The Babywatch.

[justine]

How wonderful for the royal family!
Wonderful that the Crown Princess safely delivered the new heir.
Wonderful for the family to have this new little treasure.
Wonderful that Maud will have a little female cousin to grow up with.

Wonderful for the future Queens Elisabeth of Belgium and Catherina-Amalia of the Netherland to have another future Queen in the bunch.

I hope to live my life long enough to see them in a photo celebrating Queen Victoria of Sweden's jubliee!

 

[norwegianne]

NRK is sending lots of stuff right now. From Mette-Marit and Haakon's childhood, how this will relate to Marius, guessing the name of the princess, about their relationship, clips from previous interviews, etc.

Goodie.

 

[andiemac]

Originally posted by Dennism@Jan 21st, 2004 - 2:08 am
Another photo. It's not great. It's from VG:

why did he cover himself from the press ?? too anxious to face them ?

 

[jun5]

HELLO

NORWAY WELCOMES BIRTH OF FIRST FEMALE HEIR TO THRONE

21 JANUARY 2004

The Norwegian royal family is celebrating today after Princess Mette-Marit gave birth to a baby girl. Both mother and child are said to be doing well after the infant was delivered without complications at 9.14am.

Crown Prince Haakon, who is acting regent while his father King Harald recovers from a recent operation, drove his wife to hospital at 4 o'clock on Wednesday morning. A few hours later, in a swiftly prepared press room at Norway's Rikshospitalet Hospital, the birth was officially announced.

And the new princess has extra-special status, as she is Norway's first ever female heir to the throne. Those eager to know the infant's name will have to wait a while longer, however, because it will not be divulged until a press conference later in the week.

For the meantime, Mette-Marit and Haakon will be enjoying some quality time with their new arrival. Every preparation had been made at the hospital, which says it gained valuable experience from the birth of Princess Martha Louise's baby, Maud Angelica, last April.

 

[Alexandria]

The babywatch is now officially over: A daughter was born to Haakon and Mette-Marit early on the morning of 21 January. Please see the thread entitled A Princess-Welcome for more updates, information and pictures.