Official Visit from the King and Queen of Norway: October 25-26, 2005

[BeatrixFan]

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I wonder why Mette Marit did. Maybe she likes Camilla and wanted to show it via a curtsey. Who knows?

*By the Way - try and view that video - it's brilliant and really makes you proud of the way we do things in Britain.*

 

[Smilla]

I wonder why Mette Marit did. Maybe she likes Camilla and wanted to show it via a curtsey. Who knows?

*By the Way - try and view that video - it's brilliant and really makes you proud of the way we do things in Britain.*

Maybe the curtsey was a mark of respect, as Camilla is so much older than MM. For the British Royal Family it's a good opportunity to establish Camilla as the future queen, whatever they may say about it.

 

[LaMinka]

Another video on TV2: http://webtv.tv2.no/webtv/?treeId=101&progId=65239&itemId=114262

You have to press "fortsett" or something like that too see it. Thanks to Hans-E on GREMB for finding and post the link

 

[fanletizia]

Visit to the Palace of Westminster

From aap and anp

 

[purple_platinum]

I think this hasn't been posted yet.
King & Crown Prince visit New Scotland Yard (from ANP)

 

[Larzen]

More from the visit to The Walses at Clarence House
A pitty the Duchess will not attend the gala tonight....
A selection from UK Press

 

[LaMinka]

There are more pictures of the gala yesterday here: (not only of Camilla)http://www.rexfeatures.com/cgi-bin/newshow?item=557838&section=N

I hope anyone can post them as I don't can see them

 

[ElisaR]

The banquet pictures are beautiful.

 

[linda85]

I was looking through all the wonderful pictures posted here. Thank you to all who have done this. I appreciate it very much. I was wondering though why would Cherie Blair wear a pants suit to greet the Norwegian Royals??? It seemed a litttle disrespectful as the Queen and Crown Princess were dressed in dresses, hats , gloves and the whole ensemble. What do you think?
Linda 85

 

[Karisma]

HRH CP MM curtseys Duchess C

Quote:
Originally Posted by BeatrixFan
I wonder why Mette Marit did. Maybe she likes Camilla and wanted to show it via a curtsey. Who knows?

*By the Way - try and view that video - it's brilliant and really makes you proud of the way we do things in Britain.*

Maybe the curtsey was a mark of respect, as Camilla is so much older than MM. For the British Royal Family it's a good opportunity to establish Camilla as the future queen, whatever they may say about it.

I will say MM was unsure of herself, and how to do according to the official protocoll, "the rules of the game". MM is a Royal Higness and Crown Princess, and Camilla a Duchess. Official it was not correct with "the curtsey" . It would have been otherwise if everything was private. But both Camilla an MM seems to like eachother well so I presume it doesn't matter. ( I assume both the Brittish and Norwegian Royal courts will have to forward some information to MM and Camilla later on...)!

 

[corazon]

no wessex photo? I have a capture from bbc video but the quality is terrible.

 

[Elspeth]

I was looking through all the wonderful pictures posted here. Thank you to all who have done this. I appreciate it very much. I was wondering though why would Cherie Blair wear a pants suit to greet the Norwegian Royals??? It seemed a litttle disrespectful as the Queen and Crown Princess were dressed in dresses, hats , gloves and the whole ensemble. What do you think?
Linda 85

I think it was probably intentionally disrespectful. The Blairs don't seem to think monarchies are worth having.

 

[Mapple]

A lot of nice photos! Just noticed that King Harald wore a Navy galla uniform to the banquett yesterday. I can't remember seeing him in Navy uniforms at all (well, apart from his sailing gear, but that is sports clothes ). I know he got his military training in the Army, and he more or less always wear a Army galla uniform to such grand doos. Could it be to honour Prince Phillip and Prince Charles, as they are, as far as I understand, Navy guys?

I cannot understand whether King Harald wore the British or Norwegian uniform... Does anyone know?

 

[Elspeth]

Quote:
Originally Posted by BeatrixFan
I wonder why Mette Marit did. Maybe she likes Camilla and wanted to show it via a curtsey. Who knows?

*By the Way - try and view that video - it's brilliant and really makes you proud of the way we do things in Britain.*




I will say MM was unsure of herself, and how to do according to the official protocoll, "the rules of the game". MM is a Royal Higness and Crown Princess, and Camilla a Duchess. Official it was not correct. It would have been otherwise if everything was private. But both Camilla an MM seems to like eachother well so I presume it doesn't matter. ( I assume both the Brittish and Norwegian Royal courts will have to forward some information to MM and Camilla later on...)!

Camilla is also a crown princess and royal highness; she just isn't using the title in her day-to-day life on account of recent history. In reality, and as far as the other royal families are concerned, she's HRH The Princess of Wales, and Mette-Marit was probably just acknowledging that.

 

[misshelen]

I found pictures from AFP ( posted earlier ) but now without watermark

 

[LaMinka]

Photo and a article from VG: http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=294766 (in Norwegian)

 

[Karisma]

Disrespectful politicians

I think it was probably intentionally disrespectful. The Blairs don't seem to think monarchies are worth having.

Well, I agree it was not respectful at all. But it wasn't worse then what one could expect from any politician. Norwegian politicians are doing worse "at home". (I'm sorry to say...)

 

[Karisma]

TRH Charles and Camilla?

Camilla is also a crown princess and royal highness; she just isn't using the title in her day-to-day life on account of recent history. In reality, and as far as the other royal families are concerned, she's HRH The Princess of Wales, and Mette-Marit was probably just acknowledging that.

I can see in some of the excellent Brittish websites about Royals some of them give the couple title TRH Charles and Camilla, but in the Royal courts official site one can read this:

"After the wedding, Mrs Parker Bowles became known as HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. When The Prince of Wales accedes to the throne, she will be known as HRH The Princess Consort".


Isn't HRH Crown Princess XX "above" HRH The Duchess of XX when we speak about official protocolls? I'm just asking - no offending!

 

[LaMinka]

My friend Cecca e-mailed me some photos from the news on TV2 today:

 

[LaMinka]

More of the pictures Cecca e-mailed:

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

I heard that Princess Astrid will undertake engagements together with Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses as well on this visit, but its the second day already, anyone see her?
Here some other pics of yesterday's The Queen's Gallery visit and The King and The Duke of Edinburgh from Getty Images:
You can see The Duke and The Duchess of Gloucester from there and The DuUke of Kent as well, but i dont know hy the State Banquet not seeing them.

 

[LaMinka]

I heard that Princess Astrid will undertake engagements together with Their Majesties and Their Royal Highnesses as well on this visit, but its the second day already, anyone see her?

Maybe at the dinner later today?

 

[Elspeth]

I can see in some of the excellent Brittish websites about Royals some of them give the couple title TRH Charles and Camilla, but in the Royal courts official site one can read this:

"After the wedding, Mrs Parker Bowles became known as HRH The Duchess of Cornwall. When The Prince of Wales accedes to the throne, she will be known as HRH The Princess Consort".


Isn't HRH Crown Princess XX "above" HRH The Duchess of XX when we speak about official protocolls? I'm just asking - no offending!

Yes, it is, but there's a difference between being something and being known as something. She IS Princess of Wales; she's KNOWN by one of her lesser titles. The fact that people refer to her as Duchess of Cornwall doesn't alter the fact that she's Princess of Wales.

 

[Oppie]

I was just wondering if there is a picture of the Crown Princess curtsying, it just seems from the pictures posted she bent her knee because she is taller then the Duchess.

 

[mandyy]

Photos from Newscom of Princess Mette Marit from the banquet.

 

[EmmieLou]

This may have been posted already but where are the Norwegian Royals staying? I know they stayed on their yacht/boat the night before the official visit started, are they staying at Buckingham Palace now?

Camilla and Mette-Marit look very friendly which is a nice thing.

 

[Larzen]

Tonights gala from Aapimage and aftenposten
The Gloucesters were also present

 

[LaMinka]

This may have been posted already but where are the Norwegian Royals staying? I know they stayed on their yacht/boat the night before the official visit started, are they staying at Buckingham Palace now?

Camilla and Mette-Marit look very friendly which is a nice thing.

They are staying at the Palace

 

[LaMinka]

And Cecca never stop sending e-mails with pictures from the visit: from the gala. She didn't say where she had fund the pictures, but it looks like NRK

 

[LaMinka]

and more....