Re: Update and royal wedding/doubles

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I really don't know why this was sent twice. My apologies!love/Reb> >> > This is fascinating stuff, Reb! I had no idea there was a royal> > wedding in Sweden; I guess I am just not up on my world> > events.> > I had wondered where you had gone to; missed hearing from> > you! That is so cute about Milla feeling the wedding was on> > her birthday, and that was WHY the wedding was on that day.> > I'll have to check out all the YouTube links you sent.> > Please send my love to ,> > hugs, Kate> >> >> >> >> > ________________________________> > From: Reb D reb_41se@> > To: MSersLife MSersLife > > Sent: Mon, June 21, 2010 3:48:05 AM> > Subject: Update and royal wedding> >> >> > Hi all,> >> > Sorry I've been a bit MIA around here lately. We have been staying> with 's parents for a few days, it was 's niece's seventh> birthday this past Saturday, and we made a long weekend out of it> ('s sister lives with her family quite close to their parents, it's> not in the same village, but not too many miles away).> >> > Before that we had visitors from afar. Good friends of ours who live> abroad (Turkey as of right now) and visit Sweden only once every second> year or so. It was great spending time with them, they are the kind of> friends where whenever you meet them you just pick up wherever you left,> no matter how long ago it was you saw each other last.> >> > Another event this past Saturday was of course the big royal wedding> in Sweden: The crown princess, , married her commoner, > (who now has been given the titles Knight of the Royal Order of the> Seraphim, prince of Sweden and Duke of Vastergotland, but should be> addressed with either "prince " or "His royal highness").> >> > Milla ('s niece) was quite exited that the princess was having her> wedding on Milla's birthday (some say the date was chosen because it's> the same date the king and queen of Sweden got married, but Milla knows> better, it's because it's her 7th birthday…).> >> > I wasn't too interested in the wedding beforehand. I am as romantic as> the next guy, I'd say, but I am not much of a royalist, and I am not> the kind to shed tears at weddings (unlike who cries at all> weddings…). And I haven't been too impressed with before> either, not that I mind that the crown princess is marrying a commoner> �" it may be a first (for Sweden) but it was high time. And in any> case, I think she should marry whoever she chooses*. like any young> woman or man. He just never impressed me before, that's all.> >> > When said that her parents would be recording the wedding (it was> broadcasted on TV from quite early morning to quite late evening, and> there were some broadcasts during the days before too, for that matter),> I said that "Well, that's great. Then they can watch it later" and > said: "You do realize that we ARE going to watch it, don't you?" Which I> hadn't quite realized… However, I did surrender to the whole thing> when we watched the TV broadcast of the concert held in the couple's> honor the night before the wedding. Mostly because they both looked so> truly and crazy in love. You need a heart of stone to be unmoved by> that…> >> > The honorary concert for a royal wedding is a tradition. You may be> familiar with the ABBA song "Dancing queen"? It was written for the> honorary concert when our king married his queen, and was of course> dedicated to the queen. There was some newly written material in this> concert as well. Cutest, in my opinion, was the song "Tomorrow there> will be a wedding party") sung by a children's choir, where one boy> steps up to the princess and sings to her:> >> > "You who looks just like someone who has found true love, you should> dare to show just how happy you are, treasure the moment as much as you> like, and it will stay on just a little while longer"**> >> > and then a girl steps up to (then not yet prince , as> this was before the wedding) and sings to him:> >> > "You may have doubted the fairy tales, you may be wondering how it's> possible to suddenly be made into a prince, but don't bother wondering> about all of that, because you have been given the one that you want"> >> > You can watch that part of the concert here: http://www.youtube.> com/watch? v=3er2Ioxs0zA> >> > The wedding the next day was beautiful too. And they looked like a> young couple very much in love. No, I didn't cry. But prince > cried. And and her mother of course (goes without saying> really…). And I was really touched by the couple's shaky hands> during the exchange of rings in the wedding ceremony. They may be crown> princess and prince (to be), but there and then they were just a very> nervous young couple getting married.> >> > And the crown princess gave a lovely speech from outside the royal> castle, after the wedding, where she thanked the Swedish people for> "giving me my prince" (you can watch the speech here:> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=CtoLtHKLD5k )> >> > A glimpse of the wedding ceremony (unfortunately not the exchange of> rings, but a beautiful song and many loving looks at each other from the> couple) :> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=tXNfPCIp6xc> >> > And CNN has some coverage of it too, here: http://edition.> cnn.com/2010/ WORLD/europe/ 06/19/sweden. royal.wedding/ index.html> >> > love> > /Reb> >> >> > PS. For you ABBA fans out there: Here's a clip of ABBA performing> dancing queen in the honorary concert for the wedding between the king> and the queen:> > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=f_prlKomYlo> >> > * Formally the decision on who she (as a crown princess) marries was> not only hers, but rather she needed both the king and the prime> minister to give their blessing to her choice. But in reality the> decision was hers, of course.> >> > ** Of course, addressing the crown princess with "you" is a breach of> etiquette on so many levels, but I assume that if it's done in a song,> and by a child at that, it's OK…> >>