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It might not be so far-fetched that they are learning Chinese, since Chinese is an up and comming foreign language to learn these days. I know that some middle and junior high schools in Norway teach Chinese as a foreign language, as an elective instead of the more traditonal languages taught...

Thank you very much! It didn't occur to me to check the Queen's own homepage :eek: This should be proof enough in my discussion with my colleague :smile:

Changing religion/faith upon marriage It's not uncommon that a royal has to change his/her faith upon marriage, especially in countries which has a state church etc. I know that CP Mary of Denmark did, and those marrying the Greek princes has changed. In this regard I've had a discussion with a...

According to this web-site Flaggermus og rabies hasn't there been found rabies in bats in Norway. And that there is little fear of getting it from the bats, though they recommend you to wear gloves if handeling them. I think the kids were alowed to touch them and hold them, because that...

CP Pavlos and CP Marie-Chantal of Greece also have quite a few kids; Princess Maria Olympia (1996) Prince Constantine Alexios (1998) Prince Achileas Andreas (2000) Prince Odysseas-Kimon (2004) Prince Aristidis Stavros (2008)

I also agree that he was great. I hadn't imagined that I could combine hobbies and work. I've used his lecture as a part of social and political studies at high school level, with reasonable success :smile: Might be a tip for other teachers out there.

Yes, at least if you should compare the CP's to any other "mortal" woman, there usually are a few years between pregnancies ;) But honestly, I do think my prediction will be wrong...

My guess is that none of the (married) Crown Princesses in Europe will announce any pregnancy in 2009...

As far as I can gather from the Royal house's official website (www.kongehuset.no), the programme is as following; 10.12.08 The King, the Queen and the CP couple will attend the official ceremony at 13:00 in the Town Hall, and The King and the Queen will attend the official dinner later that...

According to NRK, Märtha Louise gave birth to a baby girl at home, today at 12.53. The girl has been given the name Emma Tallulah Behn. The baby was 3700 grams and 53 cm long. Märtha Louise fikk en datter - Nyheter - NRK Nyheter

A video clip (and article in Norwegian) from the CP couple's visit to Bergen. Deler ut penger - bt.no

Book recommandations - royalty "On Royalty" by Jeremy Paxman, is a satirical and funny book on royalty. Having just read a few chapters yet, I look farward to read more. And when I have done that, I'll come back and write some more... It is sort of a "recipe" book on how to become royal, dos...

Tre kronor does mean three crowns yes, and is the national emblem of Sweden. Three Crowns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

They talked about this event in the Breakfast TV show this morning. The press people critisised this event of being a publicity stunt, since they only got to film/take photos of the people entering the event. One of the people on the show, said that if the point of this event was to raise...

I've read someplace that the bride and groom wanted the younger generation royalty as guests for this wedding, and thus the King and Queen of Norway (and other monarchies) weren't invited, but the Crown Princely couples were. I kind of understand where they are coming from, not wanting it to be...

More photos from the Queen's visit at UWC (source: NRK Sogn og Fjordane - NRK Nyhende) 1_5422412img5422394.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting 1_5422439img5422421.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting 1_5422488img5422470.jpg - Image - Photobucket - Video and Image...

CP Mette-Marit has been co-producer on a cd with psalms and hymns. As far as I can gather she has chosen some of her favourite hymns, and hymns that means something to her. She comments upon some of them in the article. Norweigan artists perform the hymns. The cd will be released (in Norway)...

It could also actually just be the flu, since it's flu season in Norway right now, and there has been a tummy bug "epidemics" going since Christmas.

The Norwegian Royal family King Harald; University of Oslo The Norwegian Cavalry's Officers Training School (Kavaleriets offisersskole) Military Academy (Krigsskolen) Oxford University, Balliol College Queen Sonja; University of Oslo (Ba in French, English and History) CP Haakon; Royal...

It's about a couple of visits to aqua culture business that the CP was visiting but got cancelled. He went to a seminar someplace else, and was met by demonstrants and police. The demonstrants said that the CP as goodwill ambassador, should consider human rights and how these aqua culture...

Source of information on British royalty While perusing through Wikibooks, I found this "book" on British royal history. In my opinion, it gives rather good base of information for those who are interested in the history of the British royalty from the start until today. Enjoy...

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed that the photos released were a mix of old and new. But then again it's a Monday. Wonder if there will be any more released when the princess comes home from nursery today? Guess not...

I also believe she wanted to do this to get an insight in how the Danish military (home guards and other) really works in the practical part. As Crown Princess she has to have quite a good idea of how all parts of the Danish society, including the defense. So why not? She's an atlethic woman and...

Being Norwegian I obviously find it easy, but I've heard that Scandinavian languages are quite hard to learn. One thing is the pronounciation (which makes Danish hard) but also grammar (the articles, nouns and pronouns cause problems for many). Norwegian is complicated with the two written...

I would suppose their Lingua Franca is French, since Joachim's dad has French as his first language, it is only natural that his sons also learnt it. Eventually, I suppose Marie will be learning Danish (and perhaps try to avoid the critique that her soon-to-be father-in-law got?!?).