Bernadotte went to great efforts to be popular with his subordinates, so these facts are not a revelation of any kind. The issue here is not popularity and who was friendly to whom; the issue is the competence and motivations of Bernadotte during his interesting career. As stated by others, Bernadotte was for Bernadotte and was not the kind of commander who is admirable in the long line of admirable commanders in history.

In short, he was 'a skunk of the first order' and does not have an admirable character and was definitely not a commander of the first rank.

Sincerely,
K