Christmas with the Norwegian Royal Family

[May G.]

Originally Posted by Avalon

The pictures are adorable, I just love this card, it so very Christmas-mood!

The favourite is of course the picture of Sverre Magnus (who's more adorable then ever) trying to 'clean' the King's face. I think the King is kissing his hand in that picture.

And Ingrid Alexandra has become a mini-copy of her Mom and her older brother - the resemblance, especially in these pictures, was just striking!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The photos are too sweet specially of Sverre Magnus and King Harald,.

[emilieweber2004]

i am so glad that we have many pics for christmas! the children are so cute!!!

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by acdc1

And also, for that stuffed toy monkey, is that Ingrid's or Magnus'? It seems to be with Magnus at the photoshoot, but Mette-Marit is carrying it while with Ingrid....

I think it's Magnus's moneky.
Ingrid usually carries this white bear (I think it's a bear. Or maybe a Sheep? ) with her since she was small.

[BeautyLeonor]

Aw... Her_Majesty your avatar is TOO CUTE for words
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[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by BeautyLeonor

Aw... Her_Majesty your avatar is TOO CUTE for words

Thanks BeautyLeonor. I really loved this scene of Sonja and Ingrid whispering and giggling with each other .

For me those 2 pictures were the most beautiful ones taken during this photosession:
Ingrid and Sonja (my Avatar )
Scanpix
Magnus cleaning Harald
Scanpix

I always love to the the Royal Couple with their grandchildren. I loved to see King Harald decorating the gingerbread hearts.

[dalia]

I found another gallery of the royal family in Lommedalen at Småprinsessene i Lommedalen - kjendis.no . But I didn't like the outfit of the two little girls, nothing is matching! I hope it's Ari's taste and not princess Martha Louise's taste.

[Princess Luna]

Originally Posted by dalia

I found another gallery of the royal family in Lommedalen at Småprinsessene i Lommedalen - kjendis.no . But I didn't like the outfit of the two little girls, nothing is matching! I hope it's Ari's taste and not princess Martha Louise's taste.

Maybe it`s the little girls taste

[May G.]

I belive that children should wear small flowers rather than large and the stripes with the flowers are not going at all.
I hope that Ari would pass by the barber to have a hair cutshort hair suits him more!

[Princess Luna]

Originally Posted by may Gailani

I belive that children should wear small flowers rather than large and the stripes with the flowers are not going at all.
I hope that Ari would pass by the barber to have a hair cutshort hair suits him more!

I think Ari Behn looks perfect with long hair

[Her_Majesty]

haha, I am outing myself as a fan of Ari's hairdo,too.
He looks much cooler then he did when he had the short hair.

[Princess Luna]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

haha, I am outing myself as a fan of Ari's hairdo,too.
He looks much cooler then he did when he had the short hair.

Yes he looks much cooler with long hair

[dalia]

Season's Greetings to everybody in this forum
I hope that we are not getting a little out of this thread (Norwegian Christmas 2007). I truely hope that we could open a new thread, in which we could discuss the looks and the outfits of ALL the members of this Royal Family on different occasions and compared with other royals too. Definitely, we are all here in (The House of Norway) because of our love towards this Royal Family and we would like to see them looking and performing at their best, so any praise or criticism, is going to come out from the heart, regardless to whom we favour. I truely hope that we could open such a thread in the near future.

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by dalia

Season's Greetings to everybody in this forum
I hope that we are not getting a little out of this thread (Norwegian Christmas 2007). I truely hope that we could open a new thread, in which we could discuss the looks and the outfits of ALL the members of this Royal Family on different occasions and compared with other royals too. Definitely, we are all here in (The House of Norway) because of our love towards this Royal Family and we would like to see them looking and performing at their best, so any praise or criticism, is going to come out from the heart, regardless to whom we favour. I truely hope that we could open such a thread in the near future.

We have the Royal House of Fashion, a forum totally dedicated to royal fashion and style where you can discuss your favourite and not so favourite royals.

[dalia]

Thank you for the link Mandy

[Vanesa]

Yes. I think that in a Christmas thread, we should discuss how Norwegians Royals celebrates Christmas and not fashion. But since Mandy gave us a nice link to discuss fashion...we can profit of it! All of us loves fashions here...aren't we? (Oh...and I agree about Princess Martha Louise and Ari's lack of taste )

Vanesa.

[lsme]

They are indeed lovely pictures but it saddens me to see how stepped up the efforts of the Royal Family and the Norwegian press have become to exclude Marius from the "picture" as it were. If I were Marius (who is only 10 years old), I would feel very left out if my mother had pictures taken with her royal husband and her royal children but left me out. I am sure that Mette Marit and Haakon think they are being fair and loving but are only treating Marius as "separate but equal" in their family. In fact that designation of "separate but equal" is only another way of saying "segregation" Doesn't Mette Marit realize how much it hurts when a child's mother very deliberately and publically shows the world that the only important children in her life, her only official children are her "born in wedlock" ones. Do Haakon and Mette Marit truly believe it is their right to publish pictures that include only their "royal" children because they are members of the royal family and Marius is not. Do they even care how Marius feels? The message I get from Mette Marit from these pictures is that as Crown Princess, she is only the mother of the Royal Children. How unkind, how sad, how arrogant!

[Her_Majesty]

I really don't agree, Isme.
The Crown Princely Couple includes Marius in nearly activity they take part in.
He usually takes part in every photo session they do.
So , why do they exclude him?
He even takes part in Royal celebrations (like the Birthday of HM the Queen or the Nobel Peace Prize Concert).

If you follow the Norwegian Royal family or have a closer look at other activities you'll quickly notice that there is no exluding of Marius.

Yes, Marius hasn't been included into the Royal Photo of the Crown Princely Couple and the Kids. I was suprised by that as he usually Always is included into such kind of pictures. He used to take part in all Skaugum pictures, in all family pictures and all Christmas pictures so far.
So, it must have been an exeption.


Marius' even has his own profil at the Royal Wepage:
kongehuset.no - Marius Borg Høiby
That's not what I'd call "a family who excludes their child".

You'll find more opinions here:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...ius-12077.html

[crm2317]

Which photo has Marius been excluded from?

I have always thought he was very well included in the family. He took part in the Christmas photoshoot and from the videos for Ingrid Alexandra's birthday's

[Her_Majesty]

Originally Posted by crm2317

Which photo has Marius been excluded from?

I think Isme was talking about this picture.
I don't see a problem with that... as Marius is included in this picture.
And you are right, crm2317. he usually takes part in all Family events and of course in all Christmas pictures.

Looking back at the Royal Family celebrating with Marius:
Christmas 2000- the famous "playing with Sonja and the bear" scenes
Christmas 2001
Christmas 2004 - Christmas at Skaugum
Christmas 2005
Christmas 2006
Christmas 2007
ANP

You will find many more pictures in this threads:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...a-14003-2.html
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...5-a-15051.html
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...6-a-11633.html

[Rebafan81]

I really don't think it is the familiy as much as it is the press. If you watch the video and look at all the pictures, Marius is there and a part of the decorating. CP Haakon even goes over to see how he is doing and to comment on his cookies. I think the press releases only pictures of the "royal" family, you can drop anything now a days. I actually see Marius at more royal function then either of his siblings. Also, Marius is gettting older and maybe HE doesn't want to be apart of things and wants some privacy. I can see the royal family doing this for Marius not against him. IMHO