Princess Ingrid Alexandra's confirmation: August 31, 2019

[ROYAL NORWAY]

Originally Posted by kathia_sophia

Awesome news! Thanks!!!


By the way, and I apologize for my ignorance, what are the difference between the bunad and the traditional attires they wear on national day? Aren't those bunads as well?

Well, nothing to apologize for at all.

Question 1/2: Yes, it's the same thing! Although there are many different types from around the country.
Read more in the English Wikipedia article in the last part of post 38. Or in this quite informative English article from the site, ''Life in Norway (link).''

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Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

Thank you and welcome back; ROYAL NORWAY! I really like how Harald is passing down a bunad to IA. I'll be looking forward into her confirmation.

Thanks!

Yes, me too! Especially to seeing it on television, although it will be strange without Kjell Arne Totland.
Read about him in this post (link).

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Originally Posted by Archduchess Zelia

That would be very poignant seeing as QMII also designed her monogram (although I'd say her monogram-designing skillz are preferable to her fashion designing skillz ).

Yes! LOL.

Although here we are just talking about embroidering a pattern after instructions (and that she is very good at).

[MARG]

"She" is very good at creating a regal look in the traditional sense. IA is one very lucky heir.

[principessa]

TRH The Crown Prince, The Crown Princess and Prince Christian of Denmark will also be among the guests:

D.K.H. Kronprinsen, Kronprinsessen og Prins Christian deltager i H.K.H. Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandras konfirmation | Kongehuset

[kathia_sophia]

Great! Awesome that Prince Christian will go too! Let's hope that Felipe and Letizia will go and take Leonor with them.

[Blog Real]

Sum would be good for Felipe and Letizia to go and take to Leonor. Will they go?

[kathia_sophia]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

Sum would be good for Felipe and Letizia to go and take to Leonor. Will they go?

We don't know yet. Casareal hasn't updated their agenda. But, Felipe didn't go to IA christening. I understand that he is King now and has more responsabilites, but she is his goddaughter, so if he didn't attend her christening, at least attending her confirmation would be the least he could do.


But, let's see and wait for some sort of announcement. If they end up going, I doubt they'll take Leonor, but one could hope, so fingers crossed

[polyesco]

I had a feeling that Christian would go with his parents, exciting!

[theroyalfly]

Omg this is getting too exciting!!!! I hope both Felipe and Letizia will go too with Leonor of course and the royal heirs will have a good time chatting.

[principessa]

If the Norwegian Royal Court will release new pictures of Ingrid Alexandra with her family AND her godparents?

[MARG]

I think it is a great idea for the royals to encourage their collective children to get to know each other well. There will be nobody else that can share their particular problems and the support they provide each other will be invaluable.

I remember a meeting of as many of the Crown Prince and Princess couples shortly before either Willem Alexander or Felipe took the throne. It was obvious that they were all close friends and that is a good thing. Probably their parents started it when they were young, as indeed did their parents. Possibly hoping to find a possible romance?

[JR76]

Originally Posted by MARG

I think it is a great idea for the royals to encourage their collective children to get to know each other well. There will be nobody else that can share their particular problems and the support they provide each other will be invaluable.

I remember a meeting of as many of the Crown Prince and Princess couples shortly before either Willem Alexander or Felipe took the throne. It was obvious that they were all close friends and that is a good thing. Probably their parents started it when they were young, as indeed did their parents. Possibly hoping to find a possible romance?

King Gustav VI Adolf and Queen Louise of Sweden hosted several balls in the early sixties for young royals to get to know each other, King Paul and Queen Fredrika of Greece hosted the Agamenon cruise, there were visits of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and her family to her Danish colleagues, Crown Prince Carl Gustav of Sweden spent summers at Balmoral, Crown Prince Alexander is said to have spent a lot of time in Sweden while Harald of Norway and the Haga princesses visited Greece to see if anything happened... There are many examples of how the young royals of the sixties and seventies got to spend time together to get to know each other. Many of them did become close friends, but few matches were made. Most of the future monarchs atleast married outside the royal corner.

[Blog Real]

Zarzuela told Vanitatis that in the next few days it will be known if the Kings of Spain will attend Princess Ingrid Alexandra's confirmation: "We will wait to see how the operation of King Juan Carlos develops and we will know in a few days."

[ROYAL NORWAY]

Although we're still waiting for the third press-release from the court, they have updated the calendar:

*The Royal Family will be in attendance as Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra is confirmed in The Palace Chapel (12:00).
*Their Majesties The King and Queen host an official luncheon at The Royal Palace on the occasion of Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra's confirmation. The CP family, Princess Märtha Louise and Princess Astrid will be in attendance (13:30).

And as most of you probably understood when we got the second press-release in early July: No, there won't be any white-tie official gala-dinner such as we saw for the then Prince Haakon in 1988.
Why? Well, as I wrote in post 52, it will probably be easier with The Crown Princess' illness and stuff to just take the evening privately at Skaugum. - Especially after a busy day at The Palace in Oslo.

But don't worry, it's going to be just as big as what we saw 31 years ago. Yes, perhaps even bigger if we include the television-coverage:

Haakon: Televised service in The Palace Chapel - plus a white-tie gala-dinner in the evening, where only the greetings/royal-procession were televised, not the speeches.

Ingrid: Televised service in The Palace Chapel - plus a large-scale official luncheon in what I believe will be The Great Banqueting Hall, where both the greetings, royal-procession and speeches will be televised.
(Just as we saw for her christening in 2004.)

And as in 1988, the royal men will most likely be in uniforms (i.e. The King, Crown Prince and CP Frederik).

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Originally Posted by principessa

If the Norwegian Royal Court will release new pictures of Ingrid Alexandra with her family AND her godparents?

If we take into account what we have seen for previous royal celebrations (including the confirmation in 1988 and The Regent-Couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary last year), almost certainly, yes!

[principessa]

Originally Posted by ROYAL NORWAY

Although we're still waiting for the third press-release from the court, they have updated the calendar:

*The Royal Family will be in attendance as Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra is confirmed in The Palace Chapel (12:00).
*Their Majesties The King and Queen host an official luncheon at The Royal Palace on the occasion of Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra's confirmation. The CP family, Princess Märtha Louise and Princess Astrid will be in attendance (13:30).

Will the daughters of Märtha Louise also attend the ceremony?

[Biri]

I don't see why they shouldn't; it's an important day for their cousin.

[W.Y.CII]

Still a bit disappointed there won't be a white tie gala but glad to see that Christian will come with his parent (hopefully same for Estelle too).

Probably IA's cousins will be here too, I think she is quite close with them especially Maud.

[ROYAL NORWAY]

Originally Posted by principessa

Will the daughters of Märtha Louise also attend the ceremony?

As they have both said in interviews, Märtha and CP Haakon (and CP MM, after she came into the family) have always been ''very close'' and ''see each quite other a lot'' and therefore also their children.
So pretty sure they will attend both the service and the luncheon! I mean something else would really surprise me.
It's just that the court sometimes (last year's Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations included) doesn't mention the RF members who are untitled or under the age of 18 in the calendar.

But isn't Emma a bit young, especially since she's not going to have an official role? Well, she is almost 11 and attended the televised services for The King's Silver Jubilee in 2016 and The Regent-Couple's Golden Wedding Anniversary in 2018, so not a problem. And I'm pretty sure she *wants* to eat with the others afterwards.

[theroyalfly]

It's only just a few days. Is their any confirmation yet if King Felipe is attending?

[kathia_sophia]

Originally Posted by theroyalfly

It's only just a few days. Is their any confirmation yet if King Felipe is attending?

It's not confirmed yet. Casareal hasn't updated their agenda yet. I think they're waiting to see how JC recuperates in the upcoming days following the surgery.

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by kathia_sophia

We don't know yet. Casareal hasn't updated their agenda. But, Felipe didn't go to IA christening. I understand that he is King now and has more responsabilites, but she is his goddaughter, so if he didn't attend her christening, at least attending her confirmation would be the least he could do.


But, let's see and wait for some sort of announcement. If they end up going, I doubt they'll take Leonor, but one could hope, so fingers crossed

But it is Holday time now for the King and Queen of Spain so therefore i thiunk he could make it opissible. And the confirmation is on a Saturday not during the week. Wonder when they will update their aqgenda. I rember for other Events like the Wedding's in Luxembourg and Sweden the Information who would attend from Spain was relaesed about a week before.