i absolutely love stephanie's hair..her mother in law wed in this tiara.
Princess Stephanie Of Luxembourg Attends The Wedding Of
she's so regal looking.
No, M-T wore the Congo Necklace Tiara when she wed.
It doesn't matter, imo, how the tradition came around. What matters is the intent behind why people do it today. My dad wants to walk me down the aisle because he sees it as sharing a moment with me. I don't want him to walk me down the aisle (because I don't actually like him, lol). But its nothing to do with him owning me or handing me over to my husband. Madeleine & Vickan are obviously very close with their father and I think this was a way of sharing a close moment with him before becoming married. To me, its fine, but I can see why some Swedes are offended. It's not the church's position to tell anyone what to do, imo (and any church that would tell me I HAVE to do this or that during my ceremony, I would walk away from so quickly). And yes, we absolutely should be able to disagree with a church on a stance. I consider myself Catholic, although I disagree with the church on a lot of things (part of the reason why I no longer go to services there). No church is perfect and being able to disagree with anyone and form your own opinions is part of being an adult, imo.
Vickan & Madeleine made their choices and no one here or in Sweden or anywhere in the world has to agree with it. Vickan & Madeleine are very independent women (especially when you look at who they both chose to marry, certainly not the men her father would prefer, imo) and they chose to share a moment with their father, as is their right as humans.
I'm not Swedish, or Danish, or Nowegian, so I can't comment on Swedes or anyone being influenced by Americans regarding brides being walked down the aisle by their father, but to blame it on one culture is wrong, imo. My family is German and it's a tradition in Germany, among some as far as I know, to have the bride walked down the aisle by her father (or a male member of her family). It's a british custom. It's an Australian Custom. I'm sure it's a custom in a lot of European countries and other countries around the world. It's very silly, imo, to blame it entirely on America. There are legit reasons to dislike America & American culture, I don't see this as being one of them.
And that's my peace on the subject.