Fairytale gowns for sure.
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Hon är vacker, hon är klok och hon är en älskvärd person. Idag fyller kronprinsessan Victoria 44 år och kommer att firas traditionsenligt på kungliga …
Ma la tiara in testa è senza prezzo.
左からオスカル王子、ガブリエル王子、後列はエステル王女、ソフィア妃。`前列左からアレクサンデル王子、シルビア王妃、カール・グスタフ国王、後列はカール・フィリップ王子、ユリアン王子、ビクトリア王太女、ダニエル王配殿下。前列左よりレオノール王女、アリアーネ王女、ニコラス王子、後列はマデレーン王女に旦那様のクリストファー・オニール氏。丁度一週間後の9月15日に在位五十周年のゴールデン・ジュビリーを目前に国王御一家勢揃いの写真が公開されました。私がこのブログを始めた時には、国王夫妻、ビクトリア王太女、カールフィリップ王子そしてマデレーン王女の五人だけだったのですが、いつの間に5倍近くのメンバー数になっていました。ゴールデン・ジュビリー目前に御一家写真公開
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 42, posed for a series of stunning portraits alongside Prince Daniel, 46, at Gustav III's pavilion at Haga, as they celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary.
Today the King and Queen are celebrating their 75th birthdays - the King turned 75 on 21 February, while the Queen will reach her milestone on 4 July, but the official celebrations take place today. This time there is no palace ball or cruise for European royals, but rather events meant to involve the general public. Earlier today the King and Queen received the Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries who came to the Palace to offer their congratulations, and in between these deputations His Majesty the King’s Guard performed their famous tattoo in the Palace Square, with the royal family watching from the balcony. The King and Queen were joined by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, the Crown Princess’s son Marius Borg Høiby, Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn with their daughters Maud, Leah and Emma Behn, Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner, and the Queen’s sole surviving sibling, 90-year-old Haakon Haraldsen, with his wife Liss. There were particularly many kindergardens in the crowd, and, in a modern-day version of “let them eat cake”, the courtiers were sent out into the crowds ahead of the tattoo to distribute more than 3,000 buns and drinks to the children (and afterwards to pick up the litter from those kindergardens where it is apparently not taught that litter is not to be dropped at the ground where you stand). After the tattoo, the Mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, led the crowd in singing the birthday song, while Princess Ingrid Alexandra conducting them from the balcony. Later in the day there was a service of thanksgivings in the Cathedral, and right now the royal family are attending an open air concert on the roof of the Opera House.
Major tears, romance and a pop rock cake — remembering Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's stunning royal wedding
Today the King and Queen are celebrating their 75th birthdays - the King turned 75 on 21 February, while the Queen will reach her milestone on 4 July, but the official celebrations take place today. This time there is no palace ball or cruise for European royals, but rather events meant to involve the general public. Earlier today the King and Queen received the Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister and other dignitaries who came to the Palace to offer their congratulations, and in between these deputations His Majesty the King’s Guard performed their famous tattoo in the Palace Square, with the royal family watching from the balcony. The King and Queen were joined by the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus, the Crown Princess’s son Marius Borg Høiby, Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn with their daughters Maud, Leah and Emma Behn, Princess Astrid and Johan Martin Ferner, and the Queen’s sole surviving sibling, 90-year-old Haakon Haraldsen, with his wife Liss. There were particularly many kindergardens in the crowd, and, in a modern-day version of “let them eat cake”, the courtiers were sent out into the crowds ahead of the tattoo to distribute more than 3,000 buns and drinks to the children (and afterwards to pick up the litter from those kindergardens where it is apparently not taught that litter is not to be dropped at the ground where you stand). After the tattoo, the Mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, led the crowd in singing the birthday song, while Princess Ingrid Alexandra conducting them from the balcony. Later in the day there was a service of thanksgivings in the Cathedral, and right now the royal family are attending an open air concert on the roof of the Opera House.
Wedding of Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern 30th May 1961
We're picking up where we left off last week , with the weddings of the last of King Carl XVI Gustaf's four sisters, the Haga Princesses. ...
Today, Princess Christina, sister of the King of Sweden, celebrates her 79th birthday! To join in the festivities, we're jumping in our tiara time machine to take a look at some of the sparkling Swedish
El traje de la ya princesa fue realizado con seda española.
Official photograph, Anna-Lena Ahlström/Kungahuset.se Princess Leonore of Sweden (daughter of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill...
Mit ihrem neuesten Auftritt bewies Sofia von Schweden einmal mehr, dass sie der Rolle als Prinzessin gewachsen ist. Sogar zur Flüchtlingssituation äußerte sie sich ...
Last week, the royal court in Sweden shared a magnificent new set of official royal portraits. Let's have a look at the jewels on display, shall we? All of the current members of the royal
Embed from Getty Images A Forty-two cannon salute in Stockholm heralded the birth of the second daughter of Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf and his wife, Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who was born at the Haga Palace on January 19, 1937. The new princess was named Birgitta Ingeborg Alice. all of these images Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf was second in line to the Swedish throne. As the succession law was based on Salic law, only males could inherit the throne, which meant that Birgitta and her three sisters and their descendants did not have dynastic rights. Princess Birgitta attended a French school in Stockholm before receiving a university qualification to teach in public school, where she was addressed as Instructor and not Princess. Hereditary Prince Gustaf Adolf was killed in a plane crash in Copenhagen in 1947, leaving Sibylla to raise their five children. Their only son, Carl Gustaf, was nearly nine months old when his father was killed. In the fall of 1960, Princess Birgitta and her younger sister, Princess Desiree visited Chicago and New York City, where they represented their grandfather for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley gave a ball in honor of the two princesses [It was not until 1980 when the new gender-equal succession law went into effect, making King Carl XVI Gustaf's daughter, Victoria, as Crown Princess. The law was not retroactive, and the king's four older sisters remained excluded from the succession. all of these images: Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Birgitta and her two sisters, Margaretha and Desiree, were among Europe's most eligible princesses. British newspapers reported in May 1957 that Birgitta was involved in a romance with a Swedish hockey player Sven "Tumba" Johansson. The Swedish Lord High Chamberlain called the report "Preposterous, completely unfounded." This was echoed by Sven's fiancee, Britta Strahle who said the report was "monumental trash." Embed from Getty Images Although his granddaughters could not succeed to the throne, their grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf had hoped that they would make grand marriages. On March 12, 1960, the King hosted a ball for his three eldest granddaughters, Princess Margaretha, 25, Princess Birgitta, 23, and 21-year-old Princess Desiree. Embed from Getty Images The guest list included Europe's most eligible young royals including Crown Prince Constantine of the Hellenes, 19, Crown Prince Harald of Norway, 23, former King Simeon of Bulgaria, 22, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, 24 and several German princes, Prince Ludwig of Baden, Duke Max in Bavaria, Prince Moritz and Prince Kark of Hesse, Count Hans-Veit of Toerring-Jettenbach and Kraft, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, who ranged in age from 23 to 34. Queen Frederika of the Hellenes was invited to the ball along with her two eligible daughters, Princess Sophie, 21, and Princess Irene, 17. They were joined by 19-year-old Princess Margrethe, 19 and 22-year-old Princess Beatrix, the heirs to the Danish and Dutch thrones, Beatrix was accompanied by her younger sister, Princess Irene. The other three princesses were Astrid of Norway, 28, Princess Alexandra of Kent, 25, and Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, 23. Princess Birgitta met her future husband, HSH Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932-2016) at a cocktail party in Germany where she was visiting family. Their engagement was announced on December 15, 1960. Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection The prince was a younger son of Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern and Princess Margarete of Saxony. At the time of her engagement, the princess was a gymnastic teacher and fencer. Only a few days before the engagement was announced Birgitta was a member of the team that won the Swedish women's foil championship. Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection The couple was married first in a civil ceremony, which took place on May 25, 1961, in the Royal Palace's Hall of State. Stockholm's mayor officiated at the ceremony. 750 guests attended the ceremony. Princess Birgitta, then 24, looked "radiant in a dress of ivory-colored duchess and a veil of tulle." Embed from Getty Images The gown had a thirteen-foot train and she wore a "cameo and diamond" tiara, once worn by Queen Josephine. Prince Johann Georg was nearing the completion of a Ph.D. in art history and archeology in Munich, where the couple lived after their marriage. One of the two groomsmen was the bride's 15-year-old brother, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf. Lady Patricia Ramsay and her husband, Admiral Sir Alexander were the only British guests at the wedding. Lady Lady was the younger sister of Birgitta's paternal grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught, who died in 1920. After the ceremony, the bride and groom got into a carriage and were driven through central Stockholm "in brilliant sunshine and were greeted by large and enthusiastic crowds." King Gustaf VI Adolf, the bride's grandfather, and his wife, Queen Louise hosted a luncheon in the palace for 270 guests. The wedding festivities moved to Sigmaringen, Germany where on the evening of May 29, a gala ball was held in honor of Princess Birgitta and Prince Johann Georg. The religious wedding took place at the Church of St John in Sigmaringen on May 30. Prince Johann Georg was Roman Catholic so the religious wedding took place in a Roman Catholic church. Birgitta, a Lutheran, agreed to raise their children in the Catholic faith. She applied to convert but her application was rejected because officials were not convinced of her spiritual commitment to joining the Church. The bride was given away by her uncle, Prince Bertil, who represented King Gustaf VI Adolf. She wore a Swedish-made white gown and the veil was held in place by a diamond tiara belonging to the princely family. The couple settled into a home in the Grünewald section of Munich, where they raised three children, Carl (1962), Désirée (1963), and Hubertus (1966). Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Marlene A Eilers Koenig Collection Princess Birgitta and her husband separated in 1990, although they never divorced. She moved to Majorca where she indulged in her favorite hobby, golf. She has her own course and competition, the Princess Birgitta Trophy. If you enjoyed this article, perhaps you can buy me a latte:
