Sweden Marks King and Queen's 50th Anniversary
Thousands lined Stockholm’s streets as the royal couple began a day of services, a barge ride and concerts for their golden jubilee.
- On Saturday, June 13, crowds packed the streets of Stockholm to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, cheering as the couple paraded through the capital.
- The popular royal couple married four years after the then Crown Prince met Silvia Sommerlath, a German-born commoner working as an interpreter at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
- Kicking off the day with a Te Deum thanksgiving service in the Royal Chapel, the King and Queen, aged 80 and 82, later boarded the royal barge Vasaorden.
- In an interview ahead of the jubilee, the Queen joked there are "There are so many things!" that irritate her about the King, while he described her as "Unbelievably considerate."
- A recent poll by the Novus institute found 69 per cent of Swedes believe the King represents the country well, as he continues his 52 years reign as the longest-reigning Swedish monarch.
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The Swedish royal couple celebrated their Golden Wedding in Stockholm.
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden celebrated their Golden Wedding on Saturday. Just a week before the actual date on June 19th, the 80-year-old monarch and his 82-year-old wife began the day with a thank-you service in the castle chapel.On a carriage ride through the capital Stockholm, they celebrated themselves after lunch by thousands of spectators.The monarch had made Silvia Sommerlath his queen in 1976 - a bourgeois German, who…
Thousands of people gathered this Saturday in the streets of Europe to celebrate a couple whose history began more than half a century ago and which today continues to awaken admiration throughout a whole country.On board a carriage and greeting the crowd, the protagonists toured the center of the capital on a day marked by concerts, ceremonies and tributes.The occasion was no less: they celebrated their golden weddings.It is about the kings of …
Queen Silvia of Sweden shows her legendary engagement look for the first time since 1976 – as the highlight of the exhibition on the royal couple's Golden Wedding.
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