Tomorrow week, Royal Guests and Relatives will gather from around Europe to celebrate the 80th Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, and after featuring his 40th, 50th and 60th Birthday Galas, we are revisiting the King’s 70th Birthday Celebrations in 2016, 10 years ago, which was one of the first big royal events we covered on the Royal Watcher!
On the eve of the King’s 70th Birthday, several of the Foreign Royal Guests joined the Swedish Royal Family for a Concert at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm, at the end of which the King gave a speech:
What an extraordinary concert we have got to be involved tonight! It is hard to imagine a more beautiful prelude to this evening. […] On the eve of my 70th birthday, it feels useful to gather representatives of both Swedish society and the Swedish people. It is an occasion to look back but also to look ahead. And above all, to say: Thank you!”
The following day, the Swedish Royal Family and Royal Guests attended a Te Deum Service and Armed Forces celebration at the Royal Palace of Stockholm, and, following a carriage ride through the streets of Stockholm, a Lunch at Stockholm City Hall.
Finally, in the evening, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia held a Banquet for Royal Guests and Dignitaries in the Hall of State at the Royal Palace of Stockholm.
Queen Silvia of Sweden (wearing the Connaught Diamond Tiara)
Crown Princess Victoria (in the Laurel Wreath Tiara) and Prince Daniel of Sweden with Prince Carl Philip
Princess Madeleine of Sweden (wearing the Modern Fringe Tiara) and Christopher O’Neill
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark (wearing the Baden Palmette Tiara)
Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands (in the Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara)
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium (wearing the Wolfers Necklace Tiara)
Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (wearing a Ole Lynggaard Hairpiece)
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (in King Olav’s Gift Tiara) and Ari Behn
Hereditary Prince Alois and Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein (wearing the Habsburg Fringe Tiara)
Princess Benedikte of Denmark (in the Queen Sofia’s Pearl and Star Tiara)
Princess Margaretha (wearing the Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara), Princess Birgitta (in the Baden Fringe Tiara), Princess Désirée (wearing Queen Louise’s Diamond Tiara), and Princess Christina (in the Aquamarine Bandeau Tiara)
Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath of Jordan
Princess Takamado of Japan (wearing her Diamond Bandeau Tiara)
Crown Princess Margareta (in the Romanian Greek Key Tiara) and Prince Radu of Romania
Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia (wearing a Tiara)
The Duke and Duchess in Bavaria (in the Douglas Floral Tiara)
Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula of Bavaria (in a Diamond Tiara)
The Hereditary Prince and Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (wearing the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Turquoise Tiara)
Prince Manuel and Princess Anna of Bavaria (in a Diamond Tiara)
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 60th Birthday Gala
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50th Birthday Celebrations
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 40th Birthday Gala
King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Portrait Brooch
Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara
Princess Lilian’s Laurel Wreath Tiara
