CyrilVladisla
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Did King Carol I of Romania learn to speak Romanian upon his becoming the sovereign of the country?
Count Sigvard Bernadotte writes that his grandfather (the Duke of Connaught) & his siblings often slipped into a German accent when talking among themselves in private.
Princess Alexia of Greece speaking Spanish:
Doesn’t Queen Sylvia also speak Spanish? I have read that she does.
Queen Silvia speaks Swedish, German, Portuguese, Spanish, English and Swedish Sign Language.
I believe all the continental royals speak Scandinavian at least 2 languages
Crown Prince Haakon - Norwegian, English
Crown Princess Victoria - Swedish, English
Crown Prince Frederik - Danish, English, French and German
Queen Maxima - English, Spanish, Dutch
Queen Mathilde - French, Dutch, English and Italian
Queen Silvia German, English and Swedish
How Queen Mathilde speaks Italian? Didn’t know if that!
Yes, she does. And she is actually quite fluent. She spoke italian in public several times.
Yes, she does. And she is actually quite fluent. She spoke italian in public several times.
The British royals certainly aren’t multilingual. The late Queen spoke fluent French as well as her native English, Prince Philip English, French and German. Charles can speak French and a tiny bit of Welsh.
And the rest of the family??
A great contrast indeed to the Continental Royals.
Princess Michael might speak some Russian too. She is fluent of course in her native German, and she also speaks French.
Besides Swedish the Crown Princess speaks English, German and French.Does Crown Princess Victoria speaks Portuguese?
I believe all the continental royals speak Scandinavian at least 2 languages
Crown Prince Haakon - Norwegian, English
Crown Princess Victoria - Swedish, English
Crown Prince Frederik - Danish, English, French and German
Queen Maxima - English, Spanish, Dutch
Queen Mathilde - French, Dutch, English and Italian
Queen Silvia German, English and Swedish
The British royals certainly aren’t multilingual. The late Queen spoke fluent French as well as her native English, Prince Philip English, French and German. Charles can speak French and a tiny bit of Welsh.
And the rest of the family??
A great contrast indeed to the Continental Royals.
Didn't Philip speak Greek too since he was born to Greek royal family?
No he didn't speak Greek. He told Fiammetta Rocco from The Independent in 1992 that:- "We spoke English at home,' Prince Philip recalls today. 'The others learned Greek. I could understand a certain amount of it. But then the (conversation) would go into French. Then it went into German, on occasion, because we had German cousins. If you couldn't think of a word in one language, you tended to go off in another."Didn't Philip speak Greek too since he was born to Greek royal family?