Informal Picture of the Season Poll Winter 2007

[ysbel]

Welcome to the Winter 2007 Informal Picture of the Season Poll !

Since the monthly official polls will highlight the official side of royalty as opposed to the informal side of royalty, we're adding informal photo polls twice this year once in April and once in October. The pictures in this poll reflect the informal and casual moments of our favorite royals during the first months of this year.

For more information on the 2007 Picture of the Month schedule and all we have planned for 2007, take a look at this thread.

This month, our Picture of the Month representatives had help in selecting their images with a small committee of their choosing. Below, you can see each royal house's representative (in bold) followed by their chosen committee members.

Belgium: Danielle - Dennism, Adry, mathilde16

Britain: Avalon - milla Ca - CasiraghiTrio

Brunei: Humera - Warren

Denmark: soCal girl – Lasse Pedersen, Mandy

Japan: vacant



Jordan: Humera - Little_star

Luxembourg: suturegeisha - drimal

Monaco: Iceflower - Ianna, Michelle, tbhrc

Morocco: Humera – Warren

Norway: Her_Majesty - KikkiB, carlota

Spain: LaChicaMadrilena - Elsa M., Anna_R

Sweden: MoonlightRhapsody - Lena

The Netherlands: The Watcher - Marengo, Maxie


The poll will be open for three weeks. It will close on April 30. During these three weeks, we ask that no one state whom they've voted for so as not to influence other members as they make their choices. For the final week of the month, you can discuss as much as you'd like about which image you voted for and why.

Please note that the links in the above poll have been posted in the order in which they were received and do not reflect the opinions of the moderating team.

[ysbel]

A. NORWAY

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Norwegian Princess Ingrid Alexandra went out for a tour with her parents, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, in the winter landscape of Gudbrandsdalen in Pellestova, Oppland, Norway. Ingrid Alexandra had her third birthday on Sunday Jan.21.

Source: Knut Kollandsrud / Det Kongelige Slott/ SCANPIX

B. BELGIUM

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Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde sharing a private moment. Source: Gettyimages.

C. MONACO

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- A talented little Ice-Princess -
Princess Alexandra of Hanover, 7-year-old daughter of Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst August of Hanover enjoying her winter holidays in Zurs, Austria in February 2007.
Source: charlottemaripomeline.web-log.nl

D. BRITAIN
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Prince William visited the Millennium Stadium on February 4, 2007. As he signed the visitor's book at the stadium, he posed directly in besides a framed picture of himself at the age of ten, wearing a red-and-white Welsh scarf and a leaf badge pinned on his suit.
Delighted, the Prince laughed and joked that he was "far better looking them."
Source - BBC

E. DENMARK

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(Credit: Rex/Hello! Magazine)
Practicing his cute royal wave, Prince Christian spends time with his parents in Verbier, Switzerland for his mother's birthday.

G. NETHERLANDS

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Lech, Austria - February 11: Princess Catharina-Amalia (L) and Countess Eloise (R) pose for photographs and play in the snow at the start of their annual Austrian skiing holiday in Lech. Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images

H. JORDAN

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Princess Salma plays with her little brother Prince Hashem as their mother Queen Rania looks on.
Source: Laha magazine


I. BRUNEI

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Birth of a Prince - Crown Princess Sarah, wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, gave birth to her first child on March 17, 2007. The little prince received the name of Abdul Muntaqim from his grandfather the Sultan of Brunei.
Source: Infofoto

J. SPAIN

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Thanks to Queen Sofia, who took three of her grandchildren to see a Disney on ice show in Madrid, we were able to see the 17-month-old Infanta Leonor showing off her walking skills, accompanied by her cousins, Froilan and Victoria de Marichalar. Source: Hola!

K. SWEDEN

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Crown Princess Victoria showing her disagreement with her father the King while they were attending a skiing competition in Are. SOURCE: Stefan Soderstrom

L. JAPAN

Yahoo! News Photo

Princess Aiko skis on her own as she attends a ski school lesson for the first time at Okushigakogen in Nagano prefecture (state), central Japan, Tuesday, March 20, 2007. (AP Photo/The Imperial Household Agency of Japan, HO)

[Ianna]

Great photos, it's hard to pick just one!

Just little note, is it just my PC, or link for Jordan's informal photo isn't working?

[Avalon]

Amazing choices!

The link to the Jordanian picture doesn't work if you click on it. But if you copy the URL - http://i10.tinypic.com/2m67rc9.jpg , it will work.

[Vanesa]

Yes...It isn't showing, Avalon...I believed it was my computer that just couldn't enter the site. I wish we could fix the problem.

Thank you for all the nice pics...I've no doubt about which one I should choice , but if I could have choice three inestead of one it hould be just perfect!!!

Vanesa.

[Avalon]

The link to the Jordanian picture should be working now.

[dazzling]

all pictures are beautiful !! each one talks for its own.I though the Dutch Princesses were adorable & the CP's son Of Bruni is sweet.

[LadyK]

This has got to be the hardest picture poll to decide on!!! How am I supposed to choose between adorable Christian, Precious Leonor, and Cute Catharina-Amalia with Countess Eloise? Not to mention, my favorite little royal, Princess Ingrid Alexandria?
Whew.....I can't decide! Well, actually I did, by choice of quality of picture, but man, was that tough!

***side note: is it just me, or did Leo look a lot like Sofia in that picture?

[Vanesa]

Yes..I think she looks more Borbon than Ortiz, but she has something from both sides, anyway...

Vanesa.

[Marengo]

I hope that I am the only one with this problem, but the Belgian picture doesn't show up for me directly, only when I copy/paste the adress.

[Paty]

Every links work for me.

[Avalon]

The links work fine for me as well.

Maybe it is the often problem with getty pictures - if the link doesn't open at the first try, click the 'Refresh' button, that usually solves the problem.

[nokklav]

i cannot view the belgium pic. tried to copy teh url in the address bar bt nothing

[Avalon]

Try to click the "Refresh" button. That usually solves the problem with getty pictures.

[nokklav]

thank you!

[ahtikavalentine]

I think princess Victoria looks really funny...is nice to see funny pictures from royals ^^