Sashes

[hrhcp]

And how come they have different colours ?

[hrhcp]

I have been reliably informed that they are called "sashes".

Now, at King Carl Gustav's 50-th birthday, I see on a lot of the pictures on LTR that the out of country royals wear light blue sashes, and Princess Caroline elects to wear a red-white-red sash.

My question ... are there certain rules of what the out of country royals wear?

And I have also noticed that the princes at times wear their sash almost horizontally over their tummy and not over their shoulder, and wonder what the significance of this is?

[hrhcp]

Can anybody contribute pictures of the various sashes that the royals wear?

The most common appear to be light blue and purple.
And then there are national colours - Norway has a nice edge to theirs. Monaco also has more than one colour.

I don't remember if the Swedish RF has muli-colour ... shouldn't there be an acknowledgement of the national colours?

[hrhcp]

Danish version, light blue

[hrhcp]

Norwegian version
Mainly red, with thin edges that are white outside, blue, and white

[hrhcp]

Norwegian version

Thanks Alexandria

[Josefine]

this is Finlands Sash, worn by Victoria

[Josefine]

the german Sash worn by Madeleine

[Josefine]

here is the swedish Sash Lilian, silvia and Carl Gusaf

[sara1981]

you know that Princess Lilian very old woman because she always help with Princess Madeleine and Princess Victoria im not sure what old she is?

Sara Boyce

[Josefine]

here is the best picture I can find of the Monaco Sash

[Josefine]

What I wanna know how should they be worn over the led shoulder or over the right shoulder

[Josefine]

I'm trying to look for the British sash but with no luck

[hrhcp]

I'm trying to look for the British sash but with no luck

Prince Charles is showing his sash beside Prince Albert,
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Josefine . Posted: Sep 28th, 2003 - 3:44 pm
.... the Monaco Sash

[Fireweaver]

actually haakon, I don't think he is. William-Alexander of the Netherlands is wearing an identical sash as P. Charles. If this was at a wedding, it could be the sash of the country and Prince Albert didn't recieve one from that particular country (yet).

[Alexandria]

I would like to know how one "gets" a sash? I know it's a tremendous honour to be bestowed one, but is it something you just get or something you have to earn? For example, will Mary automatically get a sash on her first state visit to Sweden by King Carl Gustaf? Or will it take several years before she is bestowed the honour? (And by the same token, when one leaves a royal family, as was the case for Diana and Fergie, would the sashes be given back?)

[Fireweaver]

I think you get one when you marry into a family. And then if you do a offical visit to another country you get one (or they give you one when they visit you). I don't think you get to keep it, because you won't do any "royal" visits to the country (as a representitve of your ex family) if you get divorced.

[hrhcp]

Fireweaver . Posted: Sep 28th, 2003 - 4:50 pm
actually haakon, I don't think he is. William-Alexander of the Netherlands is wearing an identical sash as P. Charles. If this was at a wedding, it could be the sash of the country and Prince Albert didn't receive one from that particular country (yet).

I've noticed this anomaly onother occasion Fireweaver, so I don't know the right answer. At King Carl Gustav's 50th birthday bash, I recall seeing that all royal guests wore light blue sashes, except for Princess Caroline who wore the Monaco sash (just like P. Albert here).
Go figure !!!

[hrhcp]

Alexandria . Posted: Sep 28th, 2003 - 5:14 pm
I would like to know how one "gets" a sash? I know it's a tremendous honour to be bestowed one, but is it something you just get or something you have to earn? For example, will Mary automatically get a sash on her first state visit to Sweden by King Carl Gustaf? Or will it take several years before she is bestowed the honour?

You might have a point here .... I saw one picture of Princess Alexandra without a sash on this MB walking beside Prince J with a sash.