I think Prince Joachim resembles the late actor Christopher Reeve (L).
This I found to be very amusing:
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Princess Martha-Louise of Norway and her husband, Ari Behn, who looks like Prince Frederik of Denmark:
Which royals look like which celebrity? Which royal looks like an inanimate object? Let’s have fun with a royal “Totally Looks Like” post!
On August 6th, the Danish royal court announced that Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with twins.
Princess Mary, the former Mary Donaldson of Australia, married Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederick in 2004. Their elder children are Prince Christian, 4, and Princess Isabella, 3.
This will be the first time a set of twins has been born into the Danish royal house, according to Dag Trygsland Hoelseth (see his blog). He explains that there are twins in the extended family (Countesses Camilla and Josephine of Rosenborg), but there have never been twins in the immediate Royal Family.
The twins are expected to be born in January of next year.
If you have ‘tweens’ or teenagers, chances are you’ve heard the term “BFFs”. The catchy abbreviation stands for “Best Friends Forever”, a term that’s taken seriously by some of Europe’s royals.
Take the Scandinavian troika of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, and Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria: all three are close friends and, like most European royals, are distantly related through Britain’s Queen Victoria.
These three all have close ties with one another, as they share a unique position of being the heir to a throne. The burden is eased knowing that they can talk and share ideas with someone who understands the pressures. Both Frederik and Haakon have always regarded Victoria as a “lillesøster” (little sister), attending royal ceremonies and performing official duties together whenever they can.
“We share experiences from travel, and talk together on complex issues where we need to exchange ideas,” says Princess Victoria.
“We always have a really nice time together. Meeting points are obviously not as frequent as you want. Full calendars sometimes prevent you from being united, but I am very fond of both the Crown Princes and grateful for their support.”
One of their joint outings occurred when Frederik, Haakon, and Victoria visited the Antarctic as patrons of the International Polar Year, a project which allowed them to schedule working time together. They all have a keen interest in the environment and are usually seen together for such causes. In December 2009, they spent time in Frederik’s homeland of Denmark, where they attended the opening of the Bright Green Expo in Copenhagen.
Previously, Victoria was the only unmarried royal among the group, and would often accompany her princely “brothers” and their wives at royal functions. Now Victoria is escorted by Daniel Westling, her fiance, who will become a royal prince and the Duke of Västergötland upon their marriage on June 19th. The Crown Princess will walk down the aisle the same day her parents married in 1976.
The Scandinavian triumvirate are so close that Victoria was named godmother to Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Christian, the eldest children of Prince Haakon and Prince Frederik, respectively.
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The Crown Princesses of the Netherlands and Belgium are close friends through their royal husbands. Even their countries are intertwined. Belgium was once a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but gained independence in 1830. Both nations remain close allies.
Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and BFF Princess Mathilde carry out several engagements for their respective countries, but try to make it a joint effort as much as possible.
Many say that the pair work ‘seamlessly‘ when they attend events together. The opening of a new museum in Leven, Belgium, was no exception: Maxima and Mathilde smiled and greeted the crowds with warm enthusiasm and clearly enjoyed each other’s company as well.
Mathilde and Maxima have a lot in common. Close in age, they both married heirs of thrones; both women are university-educated; they speak several languages fluently; and both were successful career women when they met their husbands.
Argentine-born Maxima was working at the New York branch of Germany’s Deutsche Bank when she began dating Prince Willem-Alexander. Mathilde was employed as a speech therapist when she met her future husband, Prince Philippe, during a casual game of tennis.
The pair of princesses also share a love of being hands-on, attentive mothers. Maxima has three girls and Mathilde has two boys and two girls. Mathilde is godmother to Maxima’s middle daughter, Princess Alexia.
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Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary may be pregnant, reports Danish magazine Billed Bladet.
The 37-year-old royal has been spotted visiting her obstetrician with her husband, Crown Prince Frederik.
Billed Bladet continues, saying Mary and Frederik have made a number of visits to Dr. Morten Hedegaard, arriving at his offices at the Riget hospital via a secret underground tunnel.
The couple have two children – Christian, three years old, and Isabella, one year.
via Monsters and Critics.
…Or, All Is Quiet On The Windsor Front
Let’s face it – nothing truly exciting is happening in the world of the Windsors.
People want an engagement between William and Kate and the subsequent wedding extravaganza that comes with it – yet nothing happens. The trickle of gossip that was left about Diana has completely dried up, and Philip hasn’t made any ‘charged’ comments of late. Maybe the Queen could do something fabulously outrageous, like throw a cameraman out the window because her tiara’s too tight. Something… anything!
Instead, we have Sarah Ferguson’s address (almost) made public, and the knowledge that one of the Queen’s footmen is a secret part-time wrestler. Get the smelling salts!
Meanwhile, Denmark’s Prince Frederik and Princess Mary are evacuated from Bangkok, Thailand after violent protests against the government began to shut down the country. The crown prince and princess had been on a four-day tour of the city to celebrate the 150th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Denmark and Thailand. Now, they depart amid a flurry of protests and explosions. James Bond was about to drop in any moment because of all the excitement.
So maybe it’s just a slow news period for Britain’s royals. Maybe someone should stir things up by changing their name to “Banana Fajita” Windsor…
Keep up-to-date on the action at Monsters and Critics’ Royal Watch – http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/
theage.com.au:
The daughter of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Australian-born Crown Princess Mary has been named Isabella.
The Danish royal family’s official website said the princess had been christened Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe.
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