The King's 50th Birthday Celebrations - April 1996

[Josefine]

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

[Josefine]

a few more from the same day

[Josefine]

and even more from the same day

[Josefine]

guess what even more

[Josefine]

at the birthday gala

[Josefine]

more from the gala

[Josefine]

and even more

[Josefine]

just a few more from the dinner

[Josefine]

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

[Josefine]

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]

a few more pictures

[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.

[Josefine]

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[Josefine]

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[cosh]

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

[Yennie]

no Silvia didn´t write it herself. She said that she found it and I think its written by an british man

[cosh]

thank you :)

[Dennism]

Originally posted by Josefine@Nov 23rd, 2002 - 5:41 pm

Who is the woman in the white top and black skirt?

[Josefine]

That is Princess Caroline of Hanover, she was Princess Caroline of Monaco doughtier of princess Grace.

[Yennie]

Madeleine at the concert at the Globe arena that took place a few days before the birthday