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Wedding Gifts for Royals
What wedding gifts did royal couples receive? According to this article, http://www.boston.com/news/daily/22/norway_princess.htm some of the gifts Haakon & Mette-Marit got were 531 CDs and mittens. Does anyone know what gifts other couples received?
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From Corbis...
1.Children make a giant puzzle depicting an image of Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and fiancee Letizia Ortiz at a comercial mall in the Asturian capital Oviedo April 16, 2004. The puzzle, measuring 3x2.4 metres, will be sent as a wedding present when the couple marry next May 22 in Madrid.
2.Silverware including vanity mirrors and a writing set offered as wedding presents to the Royal couple.
3.Choice of wedding presents suggested by Duran Joyeros to offer the Royal couple on display
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From Getty...
Silversmith Marcelo Toledo shows a case with flower-shaped salt shakers made out of sterling silver 07 May, 2004 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The group, composed of six different kind of flowers (daisy-pansy-hydrangea-pomegranate-orange blossom-glacier) will be the Argentine government's official wedding present in the wedding of Spanish Prince Felipe de Borbon with Letizia Ortiz next May 22nd in Madrid.
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From Getty...
Maxima Zorreguieta (L), Argentine fiancee of Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander (R) holds a golden crown that she received as wedding present from the Dutch Gold and Silversmith Society January 9, 2002 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The couple will marry in Amsterdam February 2, 2002.
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From Getty...
1.An attendant is standing in front of a smaller part of the thousands of wedding gifts on public display at Chistiansborg Castle in central Copenhagen 17 May 2004. The gifts are from the recent Royal wedding of Denmarks Crown Prince Frederik and Crownprince Mary
2.Two mountainbikes one of them equipped with a baby-seat are amoung the thousands of weddinggifts on public display at Chistiansborg Castle in central Copenhagen Thursday, May 17. 2004. The gifts are from the recent Royal wedding of Denmarks Crown Prince Frederik and Crownprince Mary.
3. A specialy decorated, two-person, Christiania bicycle and paintings are among the thousands of wedding gifts for Denmark Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary are on public display at Chistiansborg Castle in central Copenhagen 17 June 2004.
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05-17-2005, 12:04 AM
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what about British Royals?
Prince Charles and late Diana,Princess of Wales? and Prince Charles and Duchess of Cornwall?
and Earl and Countess of Wessex? and Princess Anne? and Prince Andrew and Sarah,Duchess of York?
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i heard that Charles have ppl burn wedding gifts at highgrove........cos he got too many of them (the 1st wedding)
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06-19-2005, 06:17 PM
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What other wedding gifts did royal couples get?
I remember that Martha Louise and Ari Behn were criticized for asking for some very expensive things, but I don't remember what they were?
I wonder what Charles and Camilla got when they got married in April?
Also, what were the gifts for the current Kings and Queens like on their wedding days? I wonder if they were more extravagant than the ones the Crown Princes and Crown Princesses receive nowadays.
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what about British Royals?
Prince Charles and late Diana,Princess of Wales?
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I know that President and Mrs. Reagan gave them a giant crystal bowl, and a Middle Eastern (Saudi, I'm pretty sure) royal family gave Diana a sapphire parure of earrings and a necklace that matched her wedding ring. Diana's pearl drop tiara was the Queen's wedding gift.
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One of CP Frederik & CP Mary's presents for the weding last year was a tennis court
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some of the presents for the (then) Princes of Spain, Juan Carlos & Sofía on their wedding day (14th May 1962) were:
* Queen Federica gave her son-in-law an golden ring with an camafeo( how do you say that in English?) that comes from the 5 century b.C (which is the same ring the King always wears in his pinky finger) 
* Dictator Franco gave Sofía a diamond tiara that can be changed into a necklace
* Chiang Kai Check gave them a porcelain vase from the XVI century
* Also, the Duchess of Alba opened a bank account for the Spanish people who wanted to give money to the couple
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01-03-2006, 03:47 PM
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Mette-Marit's wedding tiara, a gift from King Harald and Queen Sonja
(source-Corbis, originally posted by Josefine)
Mary's wedding tiara, a gift from Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik.
(source-Getty Images)
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Mette-Marit's wedding tiara, a gift from King Harald and Queen Sonja
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Mette-Marit was given this special daisy tiara because her name means daisy in Norwegian. Mette-Marit is a form of Margaret.
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The earrings Princess Letizia wore at her wedding were a gift from Their Majesties, whether the veil was a present of Prince Felipe.
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...4&d=1105260812
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I know that President and Mrs. Reagan gave them a giant crystal bowl, and a Middle Eastern (Saudi, I'm pretty sure) royal family gave Diana a sapphire parure of earrings and a necklace that matched her wedding ring. Diana's pearl drop tiara was the Queen's wedding gift.
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I think this is the sapphire jewelry set. (Getty Images)
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The Dukes of Bragança, D. Duarte and D.ª Isabel, offered Prince Felipe and Letizia a set of porcelain with naval motifs taken from the water-colours painted by the Portuguese king D. Carlos.
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From Getty...
Maxima Zorreguieta (L), Argentine fiancee of Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander (R) holds a golden crown that she received as wedding present from the Dutch Gold and Silversmith Society January 9, 2002 in The Hague, The Netherlands. The couple will marry in Amsterdam February 2, 2002.
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such a waste of money and material. She received an equally rediculous thing of silver, in the shape of a polo helmet. If they combined the money they could have bought her a decent jewel that she would actually wear, instead of these horrible things which are collecting dust.
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I was reading the newspaper yesterday and it had an article about the vintage tram that is on it's way to Denmark from Melbourne as a wedding present for CP Frederik & CP Mary, and it also said that they got a journal make of kangaroo poop and a 180-ton bale of wool as presents
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Here is an article discussing gifts that Mette-Marit and Haakon got for their wedding. http://www.aftenposten.no/english/lo...icle182377.ece I think the gift of 1 Norwegian Crown for each Norwegian citizen was a very cool gift.
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