Carl Gustav turns 60: gala night

30 April 2006

A gala concluded the 60th birthday celebrations for king Carl Gustav of Sweden.

The royal guests had a dinner & dance at the royal palace in Stockholm.

video of their arrival at the palace:

In absence of Frederik, Mary was excorted by prince Nikolaos of Greece (her cousin-in-law) and crown prince (now king) Willem-Alexander of Holland.

 

Other guests:

A beautiful group photo of the younger generation was made.

Two of these royal couples have become king & queen in the meantime: Willem-Alexander & Máxima of Holland, and Philippe & Mathilde of the Belgians.

Carl Gustav turns 60: private dinner

29 April 2006

Crown princess Mary accompanied her father-in-law prince Henrik to Sweden, for the weekend of official festivities for king Carl Gustav's 60th birthday.

Prince Christian was also in Stockholm.

Crown prince Frederik was absent, he was participating in the Farr 40 sailing race on the isle of Capri. Queen Margrethe had to cancel as well, because of a cold.

The start of the festivities was a private dinner for 300 guests at Drottningholm palace in Stockholm.

Other guests:

Visit to Schleswig-Holstein: day two, Kiel

18 February 2006

At 8:00 the Danish delegation moved from Hamburg to Kiel, the capital of the Schleswig-Holstein region. They stopped at the Kieler Kaufmann Hotel with Christian, so he could be breastfed by Mary.

At around 11:00 the crown princely couple arrived in a limousine at the Kiel Kunsthalle to visit a Danish art expo with PM Carstensen.

Mary carried a new Prada purse. Her new suit and shirt were by Strenesse.

At noon the prince & princess had lunch with regional prime minister Peter Harry Carstensen. Mary went to breastfeed Christian who had been brought to the Waldschlösschen Hotel in Schleswig.

At 14:45 Mary & Frederik were shown the Valdemar wall at the Danewerke, a Danish fortification system that used to be the border between Denmark and Germany.

Last stop of the day was the Gottorf castle, where the couple was shown the famous globes and a reception was held, in the company of 60 Danes living in this German region.

After their official 2 day visit to the Schleswig-Holstein region Frederik, Mary and Christian left for Verbier, Switzerland, to go skiing with friends.