King Carl Gustaf's 65th Birthday; April 30th, 2011
 

The King in interview in Dagens Nyheter : Kungen: Har varit blyg hela mitt liv - DN.SE (in swedish)
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pictures: Kungens liv i bilder - DN.SE

The King says about
- advice to the Crown Princess: "They never received any advice. It's symptomatic of all young people. It belongs to the course, they will try their roads themselves. "
- how Prince Daniel manage their new role: "I do not want to do some form of assessment, he has just started. But they're very ambitious both and it is very, very nice to see."
Jag har varit blyg hela livet | Nyheter | Aftonbladet

The king posed during an exclusive photo session at the Royal Palace in Stockholm Sweden April 14, due to his birthday.
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You can watch the king´s birthday celebrations live here:
Aftonbladet TV

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden today celebrated his 65th birthday at the Royal Castle in Stockholm.

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Was PMadeleine there? Caouldn't see a picture of her

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No, Princess Madeleine wasn't present this year!

That hasn't come surprising as she wasn't listed in the official calendar..



** svenskdam.se: Kungens födelsedag firades på slottet **

** royalcourt.se: Kungens födelsedag firades på Yttre borggården **

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Are Victoria and Daniel not back yet?

Didn´t you look at the photos? Victoria and Daniel are at many of them...

Video:
ExpressenTV

The king had obviously some party for the close relatives, because count Carl Johan Bernadotte and his wife Gunilla were also there.
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So wrapped up in the royal wedding I didn't even realize he had a birthday.
It's crazy that Madeleines not there. That's not a smart move on her behalf. It's only a matter of time now before she can get away with this.

Another photogallery from yesterday

PPE Agency Stockholm

Victoria and Daniel arranged a birthday party for the king at Haga Palace yesterday evening. Among the guests were princess Cristina and her husband Tord Magnuson, Gustaf Magnuson with his girlfriend, coung Carl Johan Bernadotte af Wisborg with his wife Gunilla, Patrick Sommerlath.
Victoria fixade festen åt pappa - Nyheter - Senaste nytt | Expressen
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Oh, I see now. I only glanced at one of the articles which showed the King with the Queen on the balcony.

It is many photo at King Carl Gustafs 65th birthday! I see photo oldest Count Carl Johan and his wife Gunnila is much near relatives with royal family! Count Carl Johan is 94!!! Queen Silvia is beautiful blue dress and happy his husband King Carl Gustafs 65th birthday!!! More photo royal family at 65th birthday?? Princess Christina attending at brother King Carl Gustafs 65th birthday? Four sisters Bernadotte?

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A few bigger birthday pics can be found here:


** Le roi Carl XVI Gustaf de Suède a fêté ses 65 ans en compagnie de sa famille le 30 avril 2011... **

According to SvenskDam, Victoria and Daniel had invited Sofia Hellqvist to the birthday party of the king held in Haga Palace.
Victorias hemliga middag på Haga – Sofia inbjuden | Svensk Damtidning
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Judging from the reactions, not a smart move on their side... But at least we know that the Queen is probably not as anti-Sofia as it has been reported.

I dont mind Sofia attending, its a private party and why not invite the live-in partner of the brother? It would be a different matter if Sofia started attending public birthday or namesday events of SRF family members.

What bothers me more is that Madeleine choses not to turn up, she doesnt seem to have the slightest sense of duty or feeling for her highly paid "job", by the taxpayer.

Unless they get engaged, there's no way for her to officialy attend those public celebrations and I don't think that she'll just stand in the crowd somewhere clapping, cheering and so on. Whatever my opinion on Sofia is, I don't mind her attending the private party, she's CP's partner after all. Too bad that the info of her presence leaked out though...it may indicate that she's accepted by the SRF and at this point it's not good for anyone.

I agree regarding Madeleine, she should have been there.

Madeleine is not paid by the taxpayers, besides the royal children are wealthy in their own right to support any lifestyle they choose.