bigheadshirmp said:
I just have one weird question.....
Isn't the weather really cold that day? how come Mary is only in a suit without even a jacket or scarf??
Also, is the little Prince Christian warm enough in that christening robe?!! I thought that christening robe is made of lace (or some material that's not for winter)??
There are radiators in the church, and there is even heat in the floor. Usually the temperature is 19 degrees Celcius, but for the occasion the heat was turned up to 21 degrees.
purple_platinum said:
btw, where is Prince Richard, husband of Princess Benedikte? also Princess Nathalie, and Prince Philippos?
Richard was sick and had to cancel. Nathalie couldn't attend, because she was at a horse show (something like that). Philippos is in the US studying.
Thank you everyone for posting pictures and comments - it's been a great joy to go through the thread.
I had a great day watching the christening for most of the day. I watched everything on tv starting at 07.00 on DR1. Then I started taping from TV2 at 10.00 while watching the christening at DR1. When the broadcasting ended at DR1 at 15.00 I watched most of what I'd taped from TV2.
Early in the evening I watched the programs TV2 and DR1 had on the christening. It's one of the best Saturdays I've had in a long time.
I thought it was a beautiful ceremony and I loved every minute of it. I thought the choices of godparents were great, and it was a nice surprise that both Haakon and Mette-Marit were chosen. I loved seeing Mary with her son - such tender and beautiful moments - and when Christian smiled - aaaawwww, it was so beautiful and he's sooo adorable. I thought it was very touching and beautiful to see the godparents paying so much attention to Christian. It was lovely to see the tender and romantic moments between Frederik and Mary, and the same with Haakon and Mette-Marit. It was also so sweet, beautiful and tender to see Joachim with his sons. It was adorable to see him hold Felix and play with Nikolai.
A funny moment in my opinion in church was when Victoria and Pavlos tilted their heads to the same side at the same time to see Christian. Another funny moment was when one of the commentators on DR1 said that Philippe and Mathilde were matching each other in their outfits.
I also liked the name. I think it was obvious that he would be named Christian. My guess for his name was Christian Henri John Frederik, so getting 3 out of 4 names right isn't bad.
As for outfits I liked most of them. I thought Mary looked really beautiful. Alexandra was also beautiful and stunning. I liked the foreign royal ladies outfits, and thought they looked very beautiful except for Mette-Marit really. I wasn't a big fan of her outfit or the bow in her hair.
Another outfit I didn't really like was - Henrik's.
I think it looks good on a man when he wears a pink or purple tie or shirt, but I don't think Henrik's suit was dark blue enough to pull off wearing a pink shirt and tie.
There was also another thing I wasn't too fond of - the foreign royals were not shown on tv enough.
It seemed at times that the cameras were too busy filming politicians and other non-royal people. At times two places were shown on tv at the same time - one from inside the church and one of the guest arriving. But that changed towards the end, and the foreign royals were really only shown arriving at church and not seen walking to their seats. The same happened after the ceremony ended when they went to the reception. I didn't see many of the foreign royals inside Christiansborg when they walked past the reporters. But then it's great to see pictures of that.
I did like that the channels kept broadcasting until all the royals had left Christiansborg and went back to Amalienborg.
