Annual Gala for Stortinget

[Enigma]

though it is 10 and so years old, but i like queen sonja's dress too, i thought that it was new! because i don't recall seeing it before. cp. mm looked beautiful in the pink dress and hairstyle. p. astrid looked pretty too and the top of her dress looked very similar to cp. mm dress during queen margrethe 70th birthday celebrations:
http://lotta.svenskdam.se/kronprinsessan-mette-marits-love-it-or-hate-it-stass-i-love-it/mette-maritmargrethegala2/

[fairy tale]

Tonight is the annual gala dinner for the Members of Parliament.
Unfortunately CP Mette-Marit won't participate because she is at home with a sick child, said the assistant communications manager Sven Gjeruldsen.
Kronprinsessen hjemme | siste.no
Google Translation
I was really looking forward to see her

Some general information about the Parliamentary Dinner: Tradition and change - quite interesting.
http://www.kongehuset.no/c26939/nyhe...html?tid=80555
Google Translation


picture gallery: http://www.siste.no/bildeserier/bild...cle5786250.ece
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3 poor Haakon all alone

http://www.siste.no/Innenriks/article5786181.ece
Google Translation

[julliette]

Will princess Astrid be in attendance?

[fairy tale]

Originally Posted by julliette

Will princess Astrid be in attendance?

No she wasn't. And unfortunately I don't know the reason why not.

Large gallery with wonderful pictures
http://www.nettavisen.no/slideshow/?p=1&id=4676

[julliette]

Thanks, fairy tale

Sad that princess Astrid wasn't there I really like her, she's one of my favourite from the norwegian royals
And it is also sad that Mette-Marit couldn't be there. If I did understand correctly one of the kids is sick Hope is nothing serious, only one of those things kids are always having or maybe a bit of flu due to the weather

That photogallery you posted is really nice, even if there are only a few pics of the royal family. The king and the queen seem to be having a good time and it's nice to see the queen laughing because I have the feeling that it is so rare of her to do so in public.
It's funny how after almost a year after returning from Norway and checking aftenposten.no very oftenly to be updated about that wonderful country some of those faces (in the gallery) are somehow familiar to me

[fairy tale]

King Harald's speech with video
kongehuset.no - Stortingsmiddagen 2011: Kongens tale
Google Translation
I think it's a good speech and the second half is quite funny!

[fortimo]

As a mother I can understand that she wanted to be with her kid, but it is also sad, that we see her so rarely... :(