The King's 50th Birthday Celebrations - April 1996

[Yennie]

Originally Posted by galuhcandrakirana

Who is the lady who talk to prince Albert? http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...chmentid=38940

Isn´t that Bettina Bernadotte? Daughter of Lennart and Sonja at Mainau

[pollyemma]

Princess's Caroline top dress seems made by kind of polar tissue..it should make her warm enough without needed many layers of cloths, a smarth choice. She looked very elegant and also chic. http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...chmentid=38934[/QUOTE]

it looks extremely elegant. and I'm sure did a great job of keeping a woman who usually lives in sunny places, nice and warm. love the hat too.so stylish.

[Josefine]

Originally Posted by Emil

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.

there was someone that wanted to read the speach of the king to her husband

[Boris]

Thanks a lot, Josefine.
This is the closing of Queen Silvia's speech which I was referring to when I expressed my feeling of slight disappointenment regarding the speech of CP Victoria 10 years later which sounded a bit indifferent & impersonal.
Maybe you could be so kind to post this on the 'King Carl Gustav's 60's Birthday' Thread also, where it was originally asked for.

[Josefine]

here is avideo of Robert Gustavsson , you can see the king, victoria, madeleine and silvia later in the video..

YouTube - Robert Gustafsson - Tal till kungen på 50-årsdagen (synkad)