The King's 50th Birthday Celebrations 1996

Josefine · #1 11-23-2002, 04:51 PM

April 30, 1996
from his 50th birthday
royals from all over came

Josefine · #2 11-23-2002, 04:53 PM

a few more from the same day

Josefine · #3 11-23-2002, 04:57 PM

and even more from the same day

Josefine · #4 11-23-2002, 05:01 PM

guess what even more

Josefine · #5 11-23-2002, 05:04 PM

at the birthday gala

Josefine · #6 11-23-2002, 05:07 PM

more from the gala

Josefine · #7 11-23-2002, 05:40 PM

and even more

Josefine · #8 11-23-2002, 05:41 PM

just a few more from the dinner

Josefine · #9 11-26-2002, 02:33 PM

Queen Silvia had a poem for the king, what poem was it?

Josefine · #10 02-12-2003, 04:05 PM

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Originally posted by Josefine@Nov 26th, 2002 - 7:33 pm
Queen Silvia had a poem for the king, what poem was it?

Emil do ypu know the poem?

Josefine · #11 02-12-2003, 04:19 PM

a few more pictures

Emil · #12 02-12-2003, 04:27 PM

The Queen surprised her husband by making a short speech fraught with warmth and love, and ended with the following verse in English:

Count the garden by the flowers
never by the leaves that fall.
Count the days by golden hours
don't remember clouds at all.
Count your nights by stars, not shadows.
Count your life with smiles, not tears.
And with joy on every birthday
Count your age by friends, not years.

Josefine · #13 02-12-2003, 04:41 PM

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Josefine · #14 02-12-2003, 04:42 PM

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cosh · #15 02-13-2003, 07:24 AM

That's a really nice poem! Did she write it herself? I like it!