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Old 02-08-2005, 09:17 AM
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two more of her
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Old 02-16-2005, 03:03 PM
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a bit larger of the black and white photo
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Old 02-16-2005, 03:17 PM
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i think this is before the marrige
she was dating the prince and was at a party in sweden but no one know of her then
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Old 04-30-2005, 07:54 AM
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do people know of more photos of silvia before her marrige
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Old 04-30-2005, 08:08 AM
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As others have said, Silvia is one of those true classic beauties no matter what her age. No doubt Carl Gustav knows every day of his life that he made the right choice.:) She's the epitome of a gracious regal lady.
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I know she is so beautiful and has aged very well. I think Madeleine looks more and more like her.
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Old 05-22-2005, 08:24 AM
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how many years did they date before they were official and was the engament a suprice or did the swedish people know about silvia
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how many years did they date before they were official and was the engament a suprice or did the swedish people know about silvia
They met at the olympics in 1972 and already back then Silvia met the kings sister Birgitta.
The first photo of them was taken on Öland when they stoped at a gas station, but I think the swedes knew about Silvia before that.
So the engagement was no big surprise. Perhaps we can compare it to the Victoria/Daniel story of today
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Old 06-19-2005, 06:58 AM
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Somewhere ask for a long time where is queen Silvia born (sorry I cann't find the thread). Here the answer:
Queen Silvia (Renate) is born at 23rd December 1943 at privat-women-clinic Dr.Erna Glaesmer in Heidelberg/Germany (the family lives at Dantestreet 28 in Heidelberg).

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do people know of more photos of silvia before her marrige

i got this little handout/book i found in a magazine cleaning my room today... it's a celebration of the queen's 60th birthday..and there are two pages with some mixed pictures of her before their marriage in the article... some of the pictures has been posted here... but i could scan those two pages if you or someone else is interested in them :)
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Old 11-05-2005, 06:59 PM
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Swedishme, could you please scan those pages?
Thanks in advance!! :)
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sure :) here you go...

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Thanks for the pictures. Queen Silvia looked very beautiful when she was young.
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Old 11-06-2005, 01:30 AM
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Is it just me, or are there others, who think, that there are certain parallels between "Silvia Sommerlath" and Mary Donaldson?
You have a point, Lena, in that like Mary, Silvia met her future husband during events in/surrounding Olympic festivities; like Silvia, Mary did not have the same nationality as her future spouse. And they're both brunettes who married (future) kings of Scandinavian countries. But that's where the similarities end, in my opinion. No offense to Mary fans, but in my opinion, mary can't hold a candle to Silvia in the beauty department. It's clear from these wonderful pictures of Silvia pre-wedding, that Sweden's future queen was a natural knock-out who didn't need any stylist to bring out her physical best. With Mary however, she looked like a nice, somewhat plain, girl-next-door pre-Frederick. An attractive girl next door maybe, but she certainly was not the beautiful fashion clothes horse she now has become with the help of the right stylists, money, diet, etc. etc. Whereas Silvia needed none of that to come across as radiantly pretty. By the way, thanks Josefine, for the incredible pictures of a stunning queen.
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A big Thanks to Swedishme and Josephine!!! :) Your pics of Silvia are great!! She was even more pretty than her daughters in her youth, imo.
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You have a point, Lena, in that like Mary, Silvia met her future husband during events in/surrounding Olympic festivities; like Silvia, Mary did not have the same nationality as her future spouse. And they're both brunettes who married (future) kings of Scandinavian countries. But that's where the similarities end, in my opinion. No offense to Mary fans, but in my opinion, mary can't hold a candle to Silvia in the beauty department. It's clear from these wonderful pictures of Silvia pre-wedding, that Sweden's future queen was a natural knock-out who didn't need any stylist to bring out her physical best. With Mary however, she looked like a nice, somewhat plain, girl-next-door pre-Frederick. An attractive girl next door maybe, but she certainly was not the beautiful fashion clothes horse she now has become with the help of the right stylists, money, diet, etc. etc. Whereas Silvia needed none of that to come across as radiantly pretty. By the way, thanks Josefine, for the incredible pictures of a stunning queen.
Queen Silvia was in fact a very pretty, elegant, and stylish girl. Not only Mary, but all of the new crown princesses of nowadays, can be compared to her charme and "elan".
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You have a point, Lena, in that like Mary, Silvia met her future husband during events in/surrounding Olympic festivities; like Silvia, Mary did not have the same nationality as her future spouse. And they're both brunettes who married (future) kings of Scandinavian countries. But that's where the similarities end, in my opinion. No offense to Mary fans, but in my opinion, mary can't hold a candle to Silvia in the beauty department. It's clear from these wonderful pictures of Silvia pre-wedding, that Sweden's future queen was a natural knock-out who didn't need any stylist to bring out her physical best. With Mary however, she looked like a nice, somewhat plain, girl-next-door pre-Frederick. An attractive girl next door maybe, but she certainly was not the beautiful fashion clothes horse she now has become with the help of the right stylists, money, diet, etc. etc. Whereas Silvia needed none of that to come across as radiantly pretty. By the way, thanks Josefine, for the incredible pictures of a stunning queen.
I agree to a certain point. But IMO the young Silvia had also her "ordinary girl"-days. The differences I see to Mary are, that Silvia had an more "classy" upbringing (surely also a reflection of the time then), while Mary grew up as sporty Aussie gal (jogging ppl were seen as freaks in the Germany of 1970). Besides I think Mary is more of a ponderer. It takes her longer to relax and to show a real broad smile. IMO her smile was Silvia´s trademark and it makes me somewhat sad to see these old pics and her paralysed face these days. Not that she has lost her humour and positive attitude towards life, but it simply doesn´t show as much... :(

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Lena, I couldn't agree more with your last comment. The environments Silvia and Mary grew up in, probably made a ton of difference, as did the times, of course, as well. I have to also admit I'm a bit biased toward Silvia, as she just is one of my all time favorite royals. All the young and new crown princesses, again, don't compare to her in my opinion. But again, perhaps I'm a bit biased. What makes us like one person over another anyway, especially thinking I know none of them personally?! As for Silvia's face today, I agree her face has changed in such a way that I sometimes hardly recognize the Silvia of old. But I never realised (call me naive) she had plastic surgery done, but it makes sense, thinking of it!
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As for Silvia's face today, I agree her face has changed in such a way that I sometimes hardly recognize the Silvia of old. But I never realised (call me naive) she had plastic surgery done, but it makes sense, thinking of it!
It also took me really long to believe in the rumours. Only when Ritva, the "grand dame" of watching Swedish Royalty said, it´s (probably...it was never confirmed) true, I started to believe it. And IMO it shows quite a lot in the latest video clip, I´ve posted in the News-thread.
I´m though not sure, if she had really surgeries...maybe she just had injections of Botox and maybe some "padding" with (own) fat.
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