Crown Prince Haakon of Norway & Mette-Marit: 25 August 2001 - Page 4

Josefine · #61 05-22-2005, 09:13 AM

I need help to convert these videos to windows media player so that i can make a wedding video
is there anyone with computer skills that can help me

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marezdote · #62 05-22-2005, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Josefine

I need help to convert these videos to windows media player so that i can make a wedding video
is there anyone with computer skills that can help me

I've been working on figuring out how to transfer the media player for some videos I'm working on. Unfortunatly I haven't yet but if and when I do I'll be sure to let you know Josephine.

Josefine · #63 05-22-2005, 11:06 AM

thank you
i have been trying but with no luck at all

Alexandria · #64 07-17-2005, 01:14 PM

A Dutch friend Marianne of the Glittering Royal Events MB has been on the look out for the past several months for the special commemorative wedding book for Haakon and Mette-Marit, "Det Kongelige Bryllup." It finally arrived on Friday with some other goodies that Marianne kindly added in. (I will be scanning her postcards and magazines in the next few weeks if I get the chance.) I don't know if anyone has seen this book -- it's a very beautiful coffee table book of the wedding -- but if you pass by it in the bookstore, definitely have a flip through. There were some very nice behind-the-scenes pictures of the wedding and photoshoots.

Larzen has already shared some of them in this post: Crown Prince Haakon of Norway & Mette-Marit: 25 August 2001.

I have scanned a few others in. As Marianne went through a lot of trouble to find this book for me and I spent a fair amount of money for her to help me buy it and ship it to me, I would greatly appreciate that they not be posted elsewhere. I have scanned them in for the purpose of TRF members, and have labelled them as such.

The wedding dress (where you can really see how beautifully Mette-Marit's dress flowed, as if they were clouds!):

The reception (the more pictures like these that I see of Mette-Marit's dress the more I like it. I was never a fan of her dress until the likes of these pictures were posted originally by Larzen.):

The church service (I haven't ever seen this picture before):

These pictures are my favourite. I love the candid behind-the-scenes images from the official photoshoots. Check out Marius in them! (How big he's gotten since the wedding!)

Alexandria · #65 07-17-2005, 01:17 PM

The cake! Love that the bakers had to use a ladder to get to the top tier! :p

Cathérine Bergeyck · #66 07-17-2005, 01:20 PM

very beautiful photos, thank you Alexandria !

auntie · #67 07-17-2005, 02:20 PM

Alexandria,

You are one in a mill, wow these pics are absolutely fabulous, it's really refreshing to see new pictures, 4 years after their wedding.

carlota · #68 07-17-2005, 03:08 PM

alexandria, those are lovely photos. thanks very much!

mm's dress was a lovely one. at first i saw it really simple to be the crown princess' dress but then i started loving it. the train was just perfect.

LaMinka · #69 07-17-2005, 11:50 PM

Thanks for all the lovley phtos Alexandria! I love her gown!

Mariella, Minka

marezdote · #70 07-17-2005, 11:58 PM

Wow!! Thank's so very, very much Alexandria:)

redeye215 · #71 07-18-2005, 12:07 AM

Thanks Alexandria! I love her bouquet (sp?), its so different and unique and i love the colour! So many royal brides have mainly white bouquets.

Smilla · #72 07-18-2005, 03:38 AM

Alexandria, thanks a lot for the wonderful pictures!

mtbcm · #73 07-18-2005, 05:23 AM

It is so nice to re-live this fairy tale wedding.
Thank you Alexandria for bring it back again.

Regards.

Alexandria · #74 07-18-2005, 09:23 AM

You're very welcome everybody! :) I'm glad that everyone has enjoyed them!

I absolutely fell in love with the pictures, too, when I saw them! (My book is going to have to be laminated so that I don't damage it when I drool all over it!)

I have to say that while I like Mette-Marit a lot, I never cared for her dress. I thought it was too plain and simple (surprising since I prefer plain and simple), especially for a Crown Princess. I pictured a more grand gown for Mette-Marit, something more along the line of what Maxima or Mary wore. And while I admire the historical reasons and inspiration for Mette-Marit's gown, I can't say that I liked it any better.

... But then I saw the Silkehuset pictures Larzen posted and I started to look at it in a new light, and the pictures from this book confirmed it. Mette-Marit's dress, while not grand in the way Maxima's was with its strong presence of a full skirt and regal quality, is grand in its simplicity and the dreamy quality of it. You can see in some of the pictures from Silkehuset and the ones from Det Kongelige Bryllup that the dress (especially the train) has a floating, surreal, cloud-like quality to it. Rather fitting I think, particularly in Mette-Marit's case, who was the ultimate fantasy bride in that she went from working as a waitress and raising a son alone to being a royal bride.

auntie · #75 07-18-2005, 11:38 AM

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Oh.My.God.
Has there ever been a more beautiful bride?
I don't think so.
Thank you for these wonderful pictures!

You are so right, I think MM beauty is in her simplicity, and that she doesn't put on airs and graces. At first I really couldn't understand why th CP fell for her, yet over the years it has been evident.:)

Smilla · #76 07-19-2005, 03:47 AM

I have to say that while I like Mette-Marit a lot, I never cared for her dress. I thought it was too plain and simple (surprising since I prefer plain and simple), especially for a Crown Princess. I pictured a more grand gown for Mette-Marit, something more along the line of what Maxima or Mary wore. And while I admire the historical reasons and inspiration for Mette-Marit's gown, I can't say that I liked it any better.

Alexandria, maybe you can tell me, what were the historical reasons and inspiration for Mette-Marit's gown? Whatever they were, the gown was fantastic, a stroke of genius.

Alexandria · #77 07-19-2005, 09:03 AM

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Alexandria, maybe you can tell me, what were the historical reasons and inspiration for Mette-Marit's gown? Whatever they were, the gown was fantastic, a stroke of genius.

The inspiration for Mette-Marit's wedding dress came from Queen Maud of Norway's daily wear and evening gowns.

carlota · #78 07-19-2005, 09:40 AM

any backstage photos of any other royal wedding?

the dress was absolutely marvellous. i'm not a big fan of the front part but the back and train are gorgeous. it looks as if flowing....

Athena · #79 07-19-2005, 05:21 PM

I have to agree with some of the posters regarding MM's dress.

At first I didn't like it, but as time goes by I adore the dress. It's classic yet simple -- not over the top; this dress will stand the test of time unlike some of the dresses when have seen of late and in the past. In other word, MM's dress won't look dated nor ostentatious.