Well, I had planned to have rolling coverage this week, but something came up, so let's start now instead.
(BTW, I will answer the second question in Tatiana Maria's post 132 after the confirmation, not time to go through old archive-articles from the 1980s and 2000s now.)
But before we start, be warned that when I'm busy (which I am now), I have a tendency to write the weirdest of things, such as:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ROYAL NORWAY
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.
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LOL.
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Hmm, since others are doing it on twitter, perhaps it's time for a look back at previous royal confirmations.
(And if the NTB-scanpix-galleries don't show, click on them more than once.)
The non-heirs:
Princess Ragnhild on May 11th, 1947:
*Confirmed alone in a service in The Palace Chapel, where NTB (The Norwegian News Agency) was allowed to take official photos in The Bird Room afterwards (
gallery-link).
They may also have photographed The Princess kneeling in front of the bishop/priest, which was done with her two younger siblings, but that photo is unfortunately no longer available (at least not as I know).
*Private dinner at the palace in the evening.
Godparents: King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway (her paternal grandparents), Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (her maternal grandparents), King George VI of the United Kingdom (her paternal first cousin once removed), King Gustaf V of Sweden (her maternal great-uncle), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (her paternal great-aunt), and Princess Margaretha of Denmark (her maternal aunt).
Known foreign royal guests: Her maternal aunt and godmother, Princess Margaretha of Denmark; and her paternal/maternal first cousin twice removed, Margrethe, Princess of Bourbon-Parma.
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Princess Astrid on May 9th, 1948:
*Confirmed alone in a service in The Palace Chapel, where NTB (The Norwegian News Agency) was allowed to photograph The Princess kneeling in front of the bishop/priest and take official photos in The Bird Room afterwards (
gallery-link).
Yes, and they even got to film the photo-session (
link).
*Private dinner at the palace in the evening.
Godparents: King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway (her paternal grandparents), Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (her maternal grandparents), Queen Astrid of Belgium (her maternal aunt), Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) of the United Kingdom (wife of her paternal first cousin once removed), Princess Thyra of Denmark (her paternal great-aunt), Prince Eugen of Sweden (her maternal great-uncle), and Prince George (Duke of Kent) of the United Kingdom (her paternal first cousin once removed).
Known foreign royal guests: Her maternal grandmother and godmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden; her maternal aunt, Princess Margaretha of Denmark; and what I believe (although I am not so familiar with his younger look) is Prince Carl Bernadotte (Prince in the Belgian nobility and former Prince of Sweden, and Astrid's maternal uncle). - Which is incorrectly referred to as ''Prince Bertil Bernadotte'' in one of the photos in the gallery above.
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Princess Märtha Louise on May 11th, 1986:
*Confirmed along with other confirmands in a private service in Asker Church (covering Asker municipality, where Skaugum is situated), although NTB (The Norwegian News Agency) was allowed in to take pictures. They also took official photos in Crown Princess Märtha's Drawing Room at Skaugum afterwards - plus some gala-pictures in The White Drawing Room at the palace in the evening (
gallery-link).
*White-tie official gala-dinner at the palace in the evening, where the royal-procession was filmed by NRK (at least, that's what I've read). They were not allowed to cover the greetings/speeches.
No information whether some of it was photographed or not, but I can't remember seeing any photos.
Godparents: King Olav V of Norway (her paternal grandfather), Princess Ragnhild of Norway (her paternal aunt), Princess Margaretha of Denmark (her maternal great-aunt), Count Fleming of Rosenborg (her paternal first cousin once removed), Dagny Haraldsen (her maternal grandmother), Haakon Haraldsen (her maternal uncle), Nils Jørgen Astrup (businessman and friend of her father), and Ilmi Horn (born Riddervold, her mother’s childhood friend and maid of honour).
Known foreign royal guests: Not known to me.
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The heirs:
Crown Prince Olav:
Haven't had time to do research on it.
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Prince Harald on May 10th, 1953:
*Confirmed alone in a service in The Palace Chapel, where NTB (The Norwegian News Agency) was allowed to photograph The Prince kneeling in front of the bishop/priest and take official photos in The Bird Room afterwards (
gallery-link).
They may have filmed parts of it, but that/these videos are no longer available.
*Private dinner at the palace in the evening.
Godparents: King Haakon VII and Queen Maud of Norway (his paternal grandparents), Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg of Sweden (his maternal grandparents), King George VI of the United Kingdom (his paternal first cousin once removed), King Leopold III of Belgium (his maternal uncle by marriage), Queen Mary of the United Kingdom (his paternal great-aunt by marriage), and Queen Ingrid of Denmark (his maternal second cousin).
Known foreign royal guests: His maternal grandmother and godmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden; and his maternal aunt, Princess Margaretha of Denmark.
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Prince Haakon Magnus on October 9th, 1988:
*Received his instructions with Asker Church congregation (which, as I wrote above, covers Asker municipality, where Skaugum is situated).
But confirmed alone in a service in The Palace Chapel, where NRK (The state-owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) was allowed to film parts of it, while NTB (The Norwegian News Agency) stood for the photos. - They also took official pictures in The White Drawing Room afterwards - plus some gala-photos in the same room in the evening.
*White-tie official gala-dinner at the palace in the evening, where the greetings/royal-procession were filmed by NRK (at least, that's what I've read), but they were not allowed to cover the speeches.
And yes, NTB got to take pictures (although I've never seen any from the greetings, just the procession).
See gallery here, which includes photos of Haakon at Confirmation Camp, the RF attending a ''conversation-service'' (be aware that I wrote ''conversation,'' not confirmation) in Asker Church some days before the day itself, and King Olav V greeting his guests at the airport (
gallery-link).
BTW: I have previously read (and therefore written in this thread) that the service and greetings/royal-procession were televised by NRK. Well, after having gone through the print-newspapers editions of VG and Aftenposten (the TV-guide-pages included) in their web-archives from October 9th, 1988,
I've now found out that this was not the case. No, they just showed clips.
Godparents: King Olav V of Norway (his paternal grandfather), Princess Astrid of Norway (his paternal aunt), Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (his paternal second cousin once removed), King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (his paternal third cousin), Princess Anne of the United Kingdom (his paternal third cousin), and Prince Carl Bernadotte (Prince in the Belgian nobility and former Prince of Sweden, and Haakon's paternal great-uncle).
Known foreign royal guests: The Danish and Swedish Regent-Couples, Queen Ingrid of Denmark (godmother to Haakon's father, the then CP Harald), Princess Anne, and Prince Carl Bernadotte (his wife Princess Kristine Bernadotte, Count Flemming and Countess Ruth of Rosenborg were also present, although you cannot see them in the gallery above).
(And to those who may wonder about the elderly lady in Haakon/Märtha's gala-photos? Well, that is their maternal grandmother, Dagny Haraldsen.)
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Hmm, was there anything else? Yes, the present confirmation of course! - And will therefore be back tonight or tomorrow morning.
A pity that Letizia won't go, but we can't have it all, so I'm extremely thrilled that he will go this time! Can't wait to see the official picture of IA with her godparents!
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