MelinaB.
Serene Highness
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Andre sounds very beautiful,I would love to see that.
Hehe. :-D It's like, in the Us, you also use Kristian as a girls name right? Now THAT I find strange. :-D
How soon before the actual christening does the royal family usually announce godparents?
Godmothers:
Caroline Fleming
GodFathers
Crown Prince Frederik
Oscar Davidsen Siesbye
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.
Godmothers.
Crown Princess Mary
friend or Princess Marie.
Princess Madeline.
Why may I ask have you picked Caroline?
I don't know, I guess that she is close to the Royal family in DK And she is not godmother for any of them others ... So
In a way, I compare Schackenborg to a southern plantation. Since it is so removed , once there, people probably tend to stay on for at least an overnight, unlike the big city of Copenhagen, where there is much more going on close by. That is my own opinion, nothing I've read, just the logistics.
Okay. I always thought she was very close the Mary and Frederik. So I wondered why you thought of her as godmother to Joachim baby. I hope one day she'll be the godmother to Mary & Frederiks next baby
Some of you have questions which haven't really been answered :
About god parents (Danish: fadder): Church of Denmark (Evangelical-Lutheran) has the following requirements:
Min. three - max. five godparents.
They must be baptized in the Christian faith.
They must be old enough to know what they are taking on!
They must be in good standing.
The duties of godparents are twofold: they are witnesses to the baptism and they must be willing to take on the religious training of the baptized, should anything happen to the parents before the child comes of age.
Normally the godparents/witnesses will be Evangelical-Lutheran as well, however a godparent/witness from a different denomination may be allowed, if it is of significance to the parents of the child. The question is whether a non-Lutheran godparent should be considered a ´witness´only?
The DRF is normally allowed more godparents/witnesses than the rest of us, the reason probably being that there are more god parents from other denominations! There's a lot of ´signal value" in having this or that royal for a god parent; old connections are confirmed and new friendships are consolidated.
Viv