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05-11-2006, 08:24 AM
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Picture of the Month: April 2006
Welcome to April's Picture of the Month poll!
To emphasize that the Picture of the Month polls are different from other polls around the forum, and that the emphasis should be on the pictures rather than the royal houses for which they represent, instead of the country name, the pictures are embedded into the poll choices this month. To see the image in its full size, click on the thumbnail to enlarge.
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: Mette2 - Dennism, pdas1201 and Danielle
Spain: mtbcm - LaChicaMadrilena, Elsa M., Anna_R
Jordan: Humera - Little_star
Morocco: Humera - Amira
Brunei: Humera - Warren
Monaco: tbhrc - Ianna, Michelle, Iceflower
Japan: mandyy - kei893265, merampo
Norway: purple_platinum - Larzen, LaMinka
Sweden: purple_platinum - Lena
Luxembourg: suturegeisha - drimal
The Netherlands: The Watcher - Marengo, Maxie
Britain: princejohnny25 - ysbel, HMQueenElizabethII, Avalon
Denmark: H.M. Margrethe - Mandy, norwegianne, pdas1201
The poll will be open for three weeks. It will close on June 2. 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 pictures in the above poll have been posted in a random order, first by their shape (portrait or landscape), and do not reflect any personal feelings of The Moderating Team.
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05-11-2006, 09:53 PM
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A. Britain
As the Queen inspects a row of sober faces of Sandhurst's finest at the annual Sovereign's Parade, she spots a dash of red. "Now there's a face I recognize!" she cries as Prince Harry grins from ear to ear. "Ah Granny, stop!" Source: Tim Graham/Corbis
B. Sweden
On the night the 60th Birthday of their father, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Madeleine poses with their fellow young European royals at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. The King's birthday are celebrated with a private dinner at Drottningholm Palace, te deum, military tribute, government luncheon, and finally, a gala dinner. Source : Pontus Lundahl / Scanpix
C. Norway
King Harald & Queen Sonja are on a two-days visit to Svalbard to inaugurate Svalbard Research Park, and also due to the Centenary celebration of "Longyearbyen" (Long Year Town). The Queen has been in Svalbard for several days for a private visit before the offical visit was started. Here, both the King & the Queen walked along one of Svalbard's road on a clear blue-sky day.
D. Spain
Princes Letizia and Felipe de Bórbon can’t hide their smiles and pride when presenting little Leonor; while she hangs on her parents' hands for support in her first public appearence before attending Ressurection Mass. Source: Hola
E. Luxembourg
Prince Louis of Luxembourg and his girlfriend, Tessy Anthony, with their newborn son Gabriel at his christening.
Source: hellomagazine.com
F. Monaco
Prince Albert II of Monaco, flanked by his sisters Princess Caroline of Hanover and Princess Stephanie of Monaco, after mass commemorating first anniversary of Prince Rainier's death in Monaco - 6/4/2006 Source: Hola
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05-11-2006, 10:13 PM
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G. Japan
Proud parents Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako arrives at the Gakushuin Kindergarten with their daughter Princess Aiko to attend the entrance ceremony on Aiko's first day of school in Tokyo 11 April 2006. By keeping with the tradition Princess Masako embroidered Aiko's book bag with two dogs (their pets) and trees. Source: Yomiuri news
H. Jordan
Queen Rania bids Queen Sofia a heartfelt goodbye as the Spanish State Visit to Jordan draws to an end. Source: DPA
I. Morocco
Morocco's King Mohammed VI (R), his wife Princess Lalla Salma and the king's brother Prince Moulay Rachid arrive for a dinner with Chinese President Hu Jintao before a dinner 24 April 2006 in Rabat. Source: AFP/Getty Images
J. Denmark
The present Queen and the future King of Denmark. It was taken when Queen Margrethe was having her 66 years birthday on April the 16. in the city of Aarhus in Jutland-Denmark. Source: ANP
K. Belgium
Mathilde pays a visit to a family care centre in Antwerp on April 20th. Source: Belga
L. Netherlands
Princess Amalia and her father prince Willem-Alexander (who has his birthday) are running at the so-called 'Run for Rio', which was opened by princess Maxima. Source: DPA
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05-12-2006, 08:12 PM
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Due to the server problems the past two weeks making access for everyone sporadic, as well as offline committments, April's Picture of the Month comes two weeks late. Fortunately, May is a longer month, so we are cutting things a bit tightly but the same guidelines will follow for this month.
There will be three weeks of voting as usual, which will take us into June and overlap with the beginning of the June poll by a few days. Then after that members may comment on whichever image they chose and why, while simultaneously being able to vote for June's Picture of the Month.
ysbel & Alexandria
Picture of the Month Co-ordinators
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05-13-2006, 10:54 AM
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Gentry
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So many wonderful photos, it's hard to choose. Thanks to everyone for putting this together. Now I just have to figure out which one to vote for!
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05-13-2006, 03:22 PM
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Gentry
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once again majority photos of adorable children...
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05-13-2006, 11:49 PM
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Gentry
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i was hoping the dutch photo would be of maxima with/without maurits jumping on the queens day celebrations for the computer simulated game to jump and bite a piece of cake. it was hilarious.
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05-13-2006, 11:55 PM
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Imperial Majesty
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A reminder not to say which photo you voted for. General discussion is fine, but posts will be deleted if they identify the photo that was voted for.
Elspeth
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05-14-2006, 08:29 AM
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Serene Highness
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Originally Posted by Amelie
i was hoping the dutch photo would be of maxima with/without maurits jumping on the queens day celebrations for the computer simulated game to jump and bite a piece of cake. it was hilarious.
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Yes, that was definitely hilarious. But it has been a busy month for the DRF, so choosing a pic was extremely difficult this time, especially with the problems TRF was facing lately. :)
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05-15-2006, 08:10 PM
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Nobility
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This is going to be very close.
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05-16-2006, 10:36 AM
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Serene Highness
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thanks for all your effort, great photos, so hard to choose
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05-16-2006, 05:47 PM
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I just noticed that in the swedish picture the Duke of Brabant is the only one wearing the sash correctly. If its a white tie event the sash is worn under the arm and not over the shoulder like the other guys.
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05-16-2006, 06:53 PM
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Glistening Seas
 h-m-m these as always are excellent. you know i haven't found a month where it has been easy to pick--so many pictures--so few choices. :)
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05-28-2006, 07:47 AM
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Just a few more days. So don't forget to cast your vote!
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05-29-2006, 01:57 PM
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Less than 3 days more to vote.. so, those who haven't, don't forget to vote...
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05-31-2006, 09:26 AM
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It was hard to decide - all those cute royal children are all picture of the month!
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06-02-2006, 04:10 PM
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Thanks everybody for participating in the Picture of the Month.
The winner for this month was:
B. Sweden
On the night the 60th Birthday of their father, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Madeleine poses with their fellow young European royals at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. The King's birthday are celebrated with a private dinner at Drottningholm Palace, te deum, military tribute, government luncheon, and finally, a gala dinner. Source : Pontus Lundahl / Scanpix
Second place went to:
D. Spain
Princes Letizia and Felipe de Bórbon can’t hide their smiles and pride when presenting little Leonor; while she hangs on her parents' hands for support in her first public appearence before attending Ressurection Mass. Source: Hola
In third place:
A. Britain
As the Queen inspects a row of sober faces of Sandhurst's finest at the annual Sovereign's Parade, she spots a dash of red. "Now there's a face I recognize!" she cries as Prince Harry grins from ear to ear. "Ah Granny, stop!" Source: Tim Graham/Corbis
Congratulations to all the winners! :)
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-- Deepak Chopra
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06-03-2006, 01:29 AM
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wow, congratulations to Sweden!
it is really a nice picture, it shows the next generation of European rulers in one shot which is very rare to find:)
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06-03-2006, 10:03 AM
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Forget the back row, it's the tiaras that won it! 
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06-03-2006, 10:45 AM
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I think so too 
Its nice that the "grown ups" managed to win one and not just the toddlers. It was the most difficult month to choose so far, I also very much liked the picture of a blushing Prince Harry infront of his grandmother
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