Queen Silvia's 60th Birthday Celebrations: December 2003

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[Alexandria]

Happy to comply, Lena!

Balettföreställning av Nötknäpparen till förmån för Silviahemmet , Kungliga Operan 2003-12-22 Bertil och Jill Bernadotte

Patrik Sommerlath

Carl Johan Bernadotte och Gunnila

Prinsessan Desirée och Niclas Silfverschiöld

Prinsessan Christina, Gustaf, Victor, Oscar och Tord Magnuson

Walter Sommerlath and wife

Sybilla Ambler and Thomas Sommerlath

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[Alexandria]

Oops! I see that Dennis has beat me to the punch!

[Dennism]

Some from this afternoon:

Flowers and the Queen.

Queen Silvia

I have that one. I'm saving these to my hard drive because it won't let me use img for these:

More flowers for the Queen.

Another one with the flowers:

And a final one for now:

[Alexandria]

Was this one posted? ... The Queen looks lovely in orange. What a way to stand out on her special day!

[Alexandria]

Polfoto STOCKHOLM DEC. 22 2003 - Swedish Queen Silvia on Monday Dec. 22 2003 received presents at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, one day before her 60th birthday on Tuesday Dec. 23. The prime minister and the spokesman of the parliament gave her silver salt and pepper cellars.

IBL

[Dennism]

Found another good one:

Can you just feel the power?

[Alexandria]

Imagine Scandinavia - Stockholm. Queen Silvia of Sweden started tonight celebrating her 60th birthday at the Stockholm Opera with "The Nutcracker." Queen Silvias son Prince Carl Philip had made the folder to the charity CD solad tonight to sponsor Queen Silvias fund.

Here: Princess Christina with her husband Tord Magnusson.

Here: Princess Desiree and her husbanmd Niclas Silverschiöld

Here: At the Royal balcony in the Stockhol Royal Opera, Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip.

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Family on the balcony part 1:

[Alexandria]

IBL photos

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Family on the balcony part 2:

Madde och Carl Phillip:

Don't know if we got this one.

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www.expressen.se/

no princess lilian

[liv]

it seems as Victoria really likes his dress because I can remember she wore it on the eve of Haakon´s wedding and at the state visit of the German president

[Josefine]

she has worn it several times,
when she was in the US a year ago and
at the dinner fo stockhom that celabrated 750 years this year

[Dennism]

Stay awake Victoria!

The siblings.

Husband and Wife:

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Copyright Imagine Scandinavia/Berggren 10000, Stockholm, Sverige 20031223. Queen Silvia of Sweden celebrating her 60th birthday at the Stockholm Royal Palace today. Attending the celebrations in the Royal Court Yard where King Carl Gustaf, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip. And also some hundreds of citizens cheering for the Queen.

Get better, Madde.

[Josefine]

I can tell you that it has been very cold in sweden the last days....... stockholm has a lot of snow.......

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Copyright Imagine Scandinavia/Berggren 10000, Stockholm, Sverige 20031223. Queen Silvia of Sweden celebrating her 60th birthday at the Stockholm Royal Palace today. Attending the celebrations in the Royal Court Yard where King Carl Gustaf, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip. And also some hundreds of citizens cheering for the Queen.

[Alexandria]

Hello Magazine

Landmark Royal Birthdays Round the Globe

23 DECEMBER 2003
It's a royal birthday extravaganza this week with both Queen Silvia of Sweden and Japan's Emperor Akihito celebrating milestone ages.

Dressed in vibrant orange, Queen Silvia marked the eve of her 60th birthday on Monday by attending a command performance of Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Suite in Stockholm. Joined by King Carl Gustav and Prince Carl Philip – both wearing tuxedos – the queen's daughters, Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine, were characteristically elegant in sparkling evening gowns as they took their places in the royal box.

Meanwhile, in Asia, Emperor Akihito of Japan rang in his 70th birthday. As hundreds of well-wishers waved national flags below, the emperor and his wife Empress Michiko waved from the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Nearly a year after undergoing prostate cancer surgery, the emperor issued words of support for his own subjects struggling to push ahead. "I understand that people have faced various kinds of hardship in their daily life," he said. "I hope that the coming year will be a good year for you all."