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Royal Event Speculation of the Day: January 29

I have no Tiara Thursday post for you today - I know, tragic - but I can offer you the hope of some real live tiaras in action not too far in the future.

Queen Margrethe II is turning 75 in April, and if there's one thing those Danes know how to do right, it's a birthday celebration. Her 70th birthday, back in 2010, was a huge royal event with plenty of foreign royal attendance and three separate tiara events. (Three!) (And I covered them here, here, and here.) I don't know if this year's festivities will be quite so grand, but the schedule was released this week and there is some tiara potential in the mix. I also don't know if she will be joined by such a large gathering of foreign royals this year, but my guess is we will see Princess Benedikte and Queen Anne-Marie's families, plus a showing from the other Scandinavian royal families, at least.

Here's the schedule:

March 25: A new exhibit on the Queen will open at Frederiksborg Palace, Hendes Majestæt Dronningen 75 år – En dragtkavalkade, a "costume cavalcade" as the translation tells me. Anything involving her gowns would be well worth a look if you can get there.

April 8: A gala concert in Aarhus, which will apparently also include foreign official guests. A gala performance was also held in 2010:


April 15: A gala banquet at Christiansborg Palace. Again, a banquet at Christiansborg was part of the festivities in 2010:


April 16: This is Her Majesty's actual birthday. The family will make a balcony appearance during the day and there will be a luncheon at Copenhagen's City Hall. In the evening, there will be a dinner at Fredensborg Palace. And once again, something similar occurred in 2010:


Will we see similar majesty this year? Ehhhh, I dunno. But my fingers and my toes are already crossed.

P.S.: We still have two posts today, keep scrolling.

Source: Kongehuset

Royal News Update of the Weekend: An Engagement in Sweden!

A special update is in order for some special news: Prince Carl Philip of Sweden is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Sofia Hellqvist! Carl Philip, 35, and Sofia, 29, will marry in the summer of 2015.
The newly engaged couple with the King and Queen following the announcement.
Photo: kungahuset.se
The news was announced in a hastily called press conference on Friday and the couple said the engagement had happened that morning (although they were already having what was reported as an engagement party on Friday night, as you can see in the Expressen tweet below, so maybe there was a bit of advance planning? Not that it really matters...). The timing of the announcement was a surprise, but the news really wasn't for those that follow the family; Sofia's been a fixture in Carl Philip's life for several years, and they share a home. The happy couple was joined by the King and Queen at the press conference, and Queen Silvia couldn't help but note that they had been waiting for this news just like the rest of us.
Sofia wore a red Roland Mouret dress and showed off her engagement ring, a round diamond with a diamond surround and a diamond-set split shank band.
As seems to be the time-honored tradition of a royal engagement, the new family member is welcomed by a rousing round of criticism using anything the press and the public can get their hands on. In this case, Sofia comes rife with material, since her pre-CP days included some modeling (of the scantily-clad and, uh, occasionally un-clad varieties) and a turn on a reality show. The backlash won't be anything new for her, since the rumblings have been there since her relationship with Carl Philip was first disclosed back in 2010. There were the obligatory initial reports of family disapproval (how right or wrong those were, we'll never know), but in the past few years she seems to have been accepted by the royal family, including attending public family events. She's put an emphasis on her charity work during her relationship with the prince.
I know there are mixed reactions out there to the engagement, but we can all unite on the superficial level - that's what we're here for, folks, as far as this particular blog is concerned - and look forward to another tiara-filled Scandinavian wedding. Right?

Again, they've announced that the wedding will be next summer, dates and all the rest to come. As far as attendance and scope, my personal guess is we're in for something like what Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill had, but we'll just have to see what happens.
The Spanish Proclamation: Event Details

The Spanish Proclamation: Event Details

I've made a few updates to my last information post on the handover between Juan Carlos and Felipe in Spain, but here's the schedule for those that want to watch live. (RTVE.es streams live, and I'm sure there will be other options as well if the events aren't on television in your country.)

All times below are local. Here's a timezone converter.
  • Wednesday, June 18th, 6:00 P.M.: King Juan Carlos signs the bill of abdication.
  • Thursday, June 19th:
    • 9:30 A.M.: King Juan Carlos bestows the sash of Captain General on his son, now Felipe VI.
    • 10:00: The new King and Queen and their two daughters, the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia, depart from the palace.
    • 10:30: They arrive at the Congress. After military honors, the Proclamation begins. The ceremony is followed by a speech from King Felipe and then a military parade. Queen Sofia, Infanta Elena, Infanta Pilar, and Infanta Margarita will be present; King Juan Carlos will stay away so as not to detract attention from the new king. Infanta Cristina won't be there either.
    • 11:30: The royal family departs, returning to the palace where they will appear on the balcony and later hold a reception.
We will have an open post here for those that want to watch live. I'll post it just before the abdication gets started on Wednesday, so if you're planning on watching, stay tuned!

Princess Leonore's Christening: Open Post and Information

Hello, and a happy surprise weekend post to you.

Sweden's Princess Leonore, daughter of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill and second grandchild of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia, will be christened on Sunday, June 8.

Several of you have requested an open post for comments if you want to watch live, so here you go. I will also include some information about the event here and we'll have a look at the fashion on Monday morning in our regular post.

Time: 12:00 PM (noon), local Swedish time. That's 6 AM EST. The SVT broadcast is supposed to begin at 11:15 AM local.

Live stream link from SVT:

The broadcast should remain available online after the event, at least for a limited time.

The christening will take place at the chapel at Drottningholm Palace. No foreign royal guests are expected. Leonore will have six godparents: Crown Princess Victoria (sister of Madeleine), Miss Louise Gottlieb (friend of Madeleine), Mr. Patrick Sommerlath (cousin of Madeleine, on her mother's side), Mrs. Tatjana d’Abo (half-sister of Chris), Count Ernst Abensperg und Traun (brother-in-law of Chris), and Miss Alice Bamford (friend of Chris).

Princess Leonore will wear the Bernadotte christening gown, first used in 1906 and most recently used for Princess Estelle's christening. Madeleine of course wore this gown when she was christened.

National Day was on Friday and Leonore got in the spirit, helping her mother and father open the palace dressed in a wee national costume. Dangerous levels of cuteness going on in Sweden right now, is what I'm telling you.
National dress for everybody! (Except the men. They never play along on National Day.) You can see video of the palace opening here, a gallery with Leonore here, and the whole National Day concert (including a carriage ride featuring Estelle) here.

And there you go! Enjoy the christening, and feel free to post about the christening and National Day here if you like.

Photos: Expressen video and SVT video and Kate Gabor/Kungahuset

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