70th Birthday Celebrations of King Harald V of Norway

[JessRulz]

The Danish Royal Court has confirmed that Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be attending the celebrations on the 23rd and 24th:

Fødselsdag i Norge
Fredag 23. februar 2007 - Lørdag 24. februar 2007
Kronprinsparret deltager i festarrangementer fredag-lørdag i forbindelse med H.M. Kong Haralds 70-års fødselsdag.

From kronprinsparret.dk

[carlota]

i assume that the spanish royal family (at least felipe or letizia) are not attending the celebrations following erika's death.... anything said on this?

what a pity, i thought this event would be the chance to see all the crown princesses together.

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by JessRulz

The Danish Royal Court has confirmed that Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will be attending the celebrations on the 23rd and 24th:



From kronprinsparret.dk

Kongehuset has the full list of attending Danish royals:
HRH The Prince Consort, The Crown Princely Couple, HRH Prince Christian and HRH Prince Joachim are attending HM King Harald of Norway's 70th birthday in Oslo, from the 23. to 25 February


VG reports that 63 people with royal background will be arriving for the celebrations. "We know they're busy people," says King Harald. "So we invited a lot of people, to ensure that someone would come. Surprisingly many of them decided to do so. So, we've got a bit of a logistical problem."

Five monarchs and two presidents. Strøm av kongelige gjester til 70-årsdagen

[crm2317]

Little Prince Christian is coming from Denmark? Imagine him playing with Sverre Magnus. A picture of all the royal children together would be great!!!

[Alisa]

I wonder if the festivities will be "child-friendly" why Prince Christian is listed attending. IIRC, the other times he's travelled with his parents he wasn't listed as an official guest.

[Sophus]

According to Aftenposten the present from Stortinget to the King will be a copy of the statue of his mother Crownprincess Märtha which stands in front of the norwegian embassy in Washington.

[Larzen]

Originally Posted by Alisa

I wonder if the festivities will be "child-friendly" why Prince Christian is listed attending. IIRC, the other times he's travelled with his parents he wasn't listed as an official guest.

Both Christian, Sverre Magnus and the Jordanian Prince (son of Rym) was listed on the guestlist for the swedish bash. VG says there will be a sleigh-ride (Kanefart; sleighs pulled by horses and torch-lit) from Sollihøgda on the program, there they could possible bring the children if it is not to cold.

[Princess Robijn]

Originally Posted by Larzen

Both Christian, Sverre Magnus and the Jordanian Prince (son of Rym) was listed on the guestlist for the swedish bash. VG says there will be a sleigh-ride (Kanefart; sleighs pulled by horses and torch-lit) from Sollihøgda on the program, there they could possible bring the children if it is not to cold.

How do you know that the Jordanian Prince (son of Princess Rym) will attend?

[carlota]

i read today at gremb that 63 royals have confirmed their assistance. only a week to go! i really can't wait.

hope the pregnant princesses can all come. i have serious doubts about letizia after what happened to her sister, but i still keep my hopes up for her coming. it would be such an amazing opportunity to see them all together, with ball gowns, tiaras and all the pomp and circumstance.

i don't think queen elizabeth will go though. although she seems good friends with harald and sonja, she didn't attend any of the heir's weddings lately, so i think it would be quite an offense to them and a bad image for her, giving preference to a somewhat private and leisure royal event than an official event as the wedding of a heir. it's not the image her majesty tries to give, so i therefore think she won't be there this time, which is a real shame.

[carlota]

Originally Posted by Princess Robijn

How do you know that the Jordanian Prince (son of Princess Rym) will attend?

i think larzen is talking about the celebrations for the king of sweden in 2006.

[lilytornado]

Surely at least someone of the Spanish Royals will come?
When would be the last moment they would confirm anything?
Or will they at all?

[Larzen]

King Harald said to NTB all European royal houses pluss Monaco and the Grand Dukedom of Luxembourg will be represented. According to Norwegian Press it is comming 2 Presidents (Iceland and Finland) and 5 royal heads of state.

The 4 heads of state that has been confirmed in the norwegian press is
Albert (Belgium)
Albert (Monaco)
Henri (Luxembourg)
Carl Gustav (Sweden)

Not comming
Margrethe (Denmark)
Elizabeth (UK)

so the 5th monarch is then either Juan Carlos or Beatrix, my bet is that it is Juan Carlos since he and the King is very good friends, the King even specially mentions him in his biography, and Beatrix is already sending all her sons with wifes.

Originally Posted by Carlota

i think larzen is talking about the celebrations for the king of sweden in 2006

yes, exactly

[Aurora810]

I also believe it's more likely that Juan Carlos is the 5th royal head of state attending especially b/c of the friendship between the 2 kings. Queen Beatrix will be well represented. Maybe she is concentrating on the preparations for her upcoming state visit to Turkey which will be days away when these celebrations take place.

I can hardly wait!!

[ah mei]

I had not logged on for more than 2 months.I was quite sick for this time-depression.It just hit me out of nowhere maybe stress maybe mid-life crisis but I am ok now.It is the most difficult period of my life but thanks God I put through.So what is happening in the royal scenes?All I know is that Princesses Maxima;Letiza and Mary are all pregnant.Any other interesting events?

[Larzen]

Press release about the celebration
(My translation)

Celebrations of HM The Kings 70th Birthday

The surprises are lined up when HM the King the 21 of February turns 70. On the day the government and Stortinget wishes to honor the monarch. Stortinget will hand over the gift from the elected during and arrangement in the Palace Park. The gift is a statue of Crown Princess Märtha. The Public is invited to attend this arrangement. The Royal Family will be present. In the evening the government will give a dinner in The Kings honor at Akershus.

The celebrations continues from 23-25 of February when foreign royals arrives Friday afternoon

21.2
The days starts when the royal family attends a service in the Trinity Church, the service will be aired live on NRK TV

15.30 Will the royal family attend the arrangement in the Palace Park that is hosted by Stortinget. The royal family will walk from the palace to the spot decided by Stortinget.

The birthday ends with the dinner given by the government at Akershus

Between 12-15 on the 21st and 22nd it will be possible for the public to sign a congratulation protocol for the King. The Protocol will lie in the chapel entrance at the northern side of the Palace

23.2
Foreign royal guests
5 reigning monarchs and 2 presidents and long row of royals from all of Europe has accepted the invitation to the events surrounding the Kings birthday. The Guests will arrive on Gardermoen on Friday the 23, and most of them will take part in the festive performance in Oslo City Hall in honor of both the King and Queen for their 70th birthdays. The performance is a gift from all the municipalities and counties to the royal couple. Outside the City Hall it will be possible for the public to see the royal family and other guests. The arrival is predicted at 17.55, and the show starts at 1830. It will be shown on TV2

After the show the Crown Prince Couple will host a dinner for the royal guests and heads of state at Skaugum

24.2
Saturday in the morning the Royal couple invited to a day at the Norwegian museum for cultural history at Bygdøy. It is predicted a varied program where the guests walks trough Norwegian cultural history. The museum will be open for the public but people must be aware there will be some restrictions on where they can walk. It will be possible to see the show the King and Queen has planned for the guests and the Party-Square

The public are invited to meet at the Palace square at 22.45, while the royals eats dinner it is prepare and show outside the palace, this will be a surprise for the Monarch and the gift from the military

25.2
For the guests who does not leave on Sunday the King and Queen will invite to a sleigh ride and Lunch in the Norwegian winter landscape (better it does not start to rain then)

[Larzen]

The Guests
http://www.kongehuset.no/dt_kongehus...d=501&aid=6523

In Norwegian but it should be easy to understand

Sverige
DD.MM. Kong Carl XVI Gustaf og Dronning Silvia
H.K.H. Kronprinsesse Victoria
H.K.H. Prinsesse Madeleine
H.H. Prinsesse Desireé, friherreinne Silfverskiöld og Friherre Niclas Silfverskiöld
H.H. Prinsesse Christina, fru Magnuson og Tord Maguson
H.H. Prinsesse Kristine Bernadotte

Danmark
H.K.H. Prinsgemalen
DD.KK.HH. Kronprins Frederik og Kronprinsesse Mary
H.K.H. Prins Joachim
H.E. Grevinne Ruth av Rosenborg
Grev Axel og Grevinne Jutta av Rosenborg
Grev Birger og Grevinne Lynne av Rosenborg
Grev Carl John av Rosenborg og Mette Otzen
Grevinne Desireé av Rosenborg og Peter E. Rindom

Spania
DD.MM. Kong Juan Carlos og Dronning Sofia
H.K.H. Prinsesse Cristina og H.E. Hertugen av Palma de Mallorca

Belgia
DD.MM. Kong Albert II og Dronning Paola
DD.KK.HH. Hertugen av Brabant og Prinsesse Mathilde
DD.KK. & KK.HH. Prinsesse Astrid og Erkehertug Lorenz

Luxembourg
DD.KK.HH. Storhertug Henri og Storhertuginne Maria Teresa

Monaco
H.F.H. Fyrst Albert II

Nederland
DD.KK.HH. Prinsen av Oranje og Prinsesse Maxima
DD.KK.HH. Prins Constantijn og Prinsesse Laurentien
DD.KK.HH. Prins Friso og Prinsesse Mabel

Storbritannia
HKH. Jarlen av Wessex
H.K.H. ”The Princess Royal” og Kontreadmiral Timothy Laurence
DD.KK.HH. Hertugen og Hertuginnen av Gloucester


Øvrige Kongelige gjester
DD.MM. Kong Konstantin og Dronning Anne Marie
H.K.H. Prinsesse Alexia og Don Carlos Morales Quintana
H.H. Prinsesse Alexandra av Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg og Grev Jefferson Friedrich von Pfeil und Klein Elguth
Lady Elizabeth Shakerley
Madeleine Kogevinas
Sofie Ullens de Schooten

Island
H.E. Islands President og Dorrit Moussaieff

Finland
H.E. Republikken Finlands President og Pentti Arajärvi

[Henri M.]

I wonder why Lady Elizabeth Shakerley was categorized under 'other royal guests'?

Lady Elizabeth Shakerley née Anson (*1941) is a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Arnold Anson, Viscount Anson and of Lady Anne Ferelith Fenella Anson née Bowes-Lyon. She is married Sir Geoffrey Adam Shakerley, 6th Baronet.

So on itself Lady Elizabeth is not 'royal' at al. She has five more or less royal links however:
- her mother Lady Anne Ferelith Fenella Anson née Bowes-Lyon is a cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth née Bowes-Lyon
- her mother Lady Anne Ferelith Fenella Anson née Bowes-Lyon secondly married Prince Georg of Denmark;
- her grandmother was Evelyn Maud Keppel (a known name connected to Edward VII and Camilla)
- she was a bridesmaid to and a lifelong friend of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
- her daughter Fiona is a godchild to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

[detta]

So you're right, it's Juan Carlos and not Beatrix.

But it's very nice that Maxima and Mary will be there, so we can see two of the pregnant Crownprincesses

But what about Prince Christian? Didn't some of you say he will be there? Or didn't they list the children on purpose?

[KikkiB]

Originally Posted by detta

So you're right, it's Juan Carlos and not Beatrix.

But it's very nice that Maxima and Mary will be there, so we can see two of the pregnant Crownprincesses

But what about Prince Christian? Didn't some of you say he will be there? Or didn't they list the children on purpose?

I would guess that the both Prince Christian and the Oranje kids will tag along, since the Norwegian royal kids are about the same age as them. A right royal play date But they're not on the official guest list, since they're not a part of the official programme. And they're a bit too young to attend dinners and balls

[Henri M.]

I still hope Queen Beatrix will attend as a last-minute guest.

The coming week a new Cabinet will start its legislature and the nominees for the various portefeuilles of minister and state-secretary will be given into the Queen's consideration.

If the Queen agrees with the nominations, she will sign the respective Royal Decrees for the dismission of the outgoing ministers, and the Royal Decrees for the appointment of the new ministers. A day later all the ministers and state-secretaries need to present themselves at the Palace for an audience and for their inauguration by the Queen. Maybe the Queen thought the formation of the new Cabinet would cross the festivities for King Harald?

The formation went quicker than expected. So the coming week, the Cabinet will be installed and the Queen can go to Oslo. No problem, I would think.