What a lovely video! I do love Princess Victoria in her magnificent, huge tiara! She wears just the right dress to carry it off- quite plain because the tiara is so decorative, colorful and unusual- it has little cameos all around it. I loved the fact that Mary had gum-leaves in her bouquet- not little round grey buddy ones grown specially for florists, but great long blue-gum leaves that waved when she walked.
I love the Danish and the Swedish Royal weddings the best. I think those were so full of love and joy you couldn't help but be moved. Both Mary and Victoria radiates love and happiness, as does Frederik and Daniel. Such a special moment to witness!
Princess Mary and prince Fredrick the greatest couple in history! He was in tears when he saw her, she is pure elegance and grace ❤️❤️ love to them both and their family
Rayarena - A woman should never wear pearls on her wedding day. Pearls for tears! They symbolise bad luck and misfortune. Victorians wore pearls when they were in mourning and were a sign that you were to leave them be.
My favorite is the Danish royal wedding. The entrance is absolutely magnificent, Mary Donaldson is beautiful, her gown is stunning [with that crested veil] and that hymn, "God Save the Queen" resounds and reverberates off the walls of the church!
Ray Sand - It was *Zadok the Priest,* not God Save The Queen and is used in British coronations. The lyrics contain the phrase "God save the King" and not Queen, btw.
Ray Sand . I agree totally with your comment. In fact, Princess Mary was beautifully dressed, with a light air, and entered the church with a haughty and elegant air, giving a sense of her awareness and joy of the great step she was taking. Meanwhile we witnessed the feeling of her fiance, Crown Prince Frederik, of complete commotion when he saw his bride enter, while his brother, Prince Joaquin, could not contain his air of amazement and admiration when he saw the bride enter with a look so beautiful and really very original.
Victoria is a lovely girl. The Dutch church is fantastic. I love how they always get those ceiling looking down shots. That is a truly magnificent cathedral
OMG the wedding of Prince Fererik and Princess Mary from Denmark min 3:03 mim. Was a dream entrance, with that medieval song enters the bride with that elegant and royal looking dress, her bouquet was stunning ! the best part, a very handsome prince waits for her, the happiness in his face is reflected the whole time, he is really impressed by his bride. I don't think I liked a royal wedding more like I liked this one. So medieval so romantic and the devotional love in the face of the prince was priceless.
+Alice Woods You should watch the whole ceremony, I instantly fell in love with Prince Frederik and followed their love story. I also love Prince Carl of Sweden! He's a real prince charming!
Mary's entrance was to Zadok the Priest, the coronation anthem written by Handel for the coronation of George II and used at every subsequent British coronation. The words from Zadok the Priest have been used in every English and now British coronation since Edgar at Bath Abbey in 976. A beautiful piece but I think it is an odd choice for a future queen consort of Denmark to use a British coronation anthem.
All nice. But the Dutch crown prince and crown princess topped the list. It was grand, stately as a royal wedding should be. I was impressed with the pipe organ music, and then to view the entrance from about - beautiful. Also seem there was more space in the Dutch church compared to the other churches. Nice video.
Wow I give gold stars to Frederick and Mary for sheer drama, Mette-Marit for best gown, Maxima most flattering tiara/veil/hair combo, and and Victoria and Daniel for most clearly infatuated. Very cool video, thank you.
the norwegian crown prince so tall and handsome, the danish one so adorable and annoying at the same time for crying, mary donaldson so elegant and graceful
I really enjoy this clip, thank you! All the brides look so lovely, and their entrances are so dignified! It is so nice to see a grand entrance come off just the way it should, with no alarming and obvious glitches.
I think the entrance of Mary was wonderful. She looked confident,but not too much so. Professor Donaldson looked spendid too. A real asset for the Danes.
This is a good video. I love to see the bride and grooms expressions on this incredible day. Of course they have hundreds of thousands of eyes on them being royalty.
All thes brides look beautiful, all the men look so handsome. I love royal weddings. Oh, and to me, it looks like Mary WAS smiling, maybe she was nervous, but she's marrying the heir to a throne, I'd be nervous too. Thanks for teh upload
Thanks, for uploading this beautiful video! Whenever you find the time please create a sequel with the latest weddings, Monacco, Great Britain and especially Sweden's Madeleine & Christopher and Carl Philip & Sofia.
I prefer to think she was nervous & that's her RBF (resting bitch face), haha. I give her the benefit of the doubt because she seems quite nice otherwise and I love her dress and veil.
One correction: The song playing during the Danish wedding is not "God save the Queen" but "Zadok the Priest" which was one of 4 anthems collectively known as the "coronation anthems" composed by George Fredric Handel for the coronation of King George II in 1727.
I like that you can see some geniune emotion in the CP of Denmark. Princess Maxima of the Netherlands was not allowed to have her father attend the wedding.
Gail Arenberg: Danish wedding music is party music :-) Danish weddings start out slow and easy and end up with a part to celebrate the love between two people, it should always be a party :-D
I think something that, at least at the Scandinavian royal weddings, is very prominent, is the political message being sent. It's something that a lot of people seem to overlook as well. See when you look at these weddings, and say things like "They look so plain" or "It doesn't look all that royal compared to *insert royal wedding of random country here*" it's because that's the message they are choosing to send. Wedding dresses are kept simple, plain if you will, both because of fashion, but also because it send a message of being humble, and closer to the people. Yes there are things that make these weddings out of the ordinary, of course, they are royal weddings. But they are not nearly as pompous as other royal weddings. For example, you see the Swedish wedding, smaller church, the little boys dressed in old fashioned sailor uniforms, it all seems very sweet and informal. It's all these little things that makes the weddings relatable to the people.
Thanks for uploading! My favorite one is denmark, but they wer all great. Could you please add the latest ones (Felipe and Letizia of Spain, Kate & William of GB, Charlene & Albert of Monaco, Madeleine and Chris of Sweden)? If you have the time! ;)
Nothing beats that fairytale entrance(entrance of the Prince of Wales and his bride).Young beautiful blonde bride,spectacular gown,and royal carriage.Unforgotten.
Mary's dress was indeed te most beautifull, the only one to overcome Princess Diana's dress, those that you never forget. Cath Middleton's was plain, just too plain, nothing to forget.
What a wonderful video with all these couples on their special day! However, there's a little detail; you seem to confuse what a "crowned" prince, or princess is. The word "crowned" is usually attached to the title prince, and it means that when the king dies that specific son will ascend to the throne a become the new king. However if the "crowned prince marries between the "crowned" designation and his ascension to the throne, his wife becomes a princess (if she previously wasn't) but not a "crowned" one. There are exceptions to the "son" rule, and it is when the kingdom do not demand a king as the head of state, or as was the case with "crowned" princess Elizabeth, the king did not have a son. She went to become who now we know as HRM Queen Elizabeth II.
Cordoba82 - Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is heiress to the Swedish throne, even though she has a (younger) brother. Sweden changed its Royal Constitution to allow the first born to become the monarch, regardless of gender. The British Royal Family followed suit only recently, before Prince George was born which meant if Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge had a daughter first, instead of Prince George, the baby girl would have been in line to the British throne after Prince William. The correct address for the next in line to Sweden's throne after King Carl XVI Gustav is the Crown Princess Victoria. Her husband, on the other hand, was made a Prince, not a Crown Prince and was born a commoner. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rgnIrH2vsRA.html Queen Elizabeth II was *never* styled Crown Princess Elizabeth. Crown Prince or Crown Princess is more European, but not British. In case you are wondering, I am a British genealogist of English, Scottish and Swedish descent.
GingerGilligan it's not allowed to have bare shoulders in a church. I think it was at princess Madeleine and Christophers wedding a girl from Christophers family showed up in a dress with no shoulders and was told to cover up and then had to wear a horrible scarf the entire ceremony
My favorite is Princess Mary's entrance. For two reasons, I think that she's the prettiest and I love the entrance hymn. It's interesting, however, that the song was in English and not in Danish. Was it in English in honor of Mary's maternal language? I wonder.
An important message here is that these clips give the lie to those who would argue that the Scandi medel of monarchy is simple and without pomp and ceremony. Quite the reverse! Along with the UK, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, they provide the best examples of modern monarchy that blend tradition with innovation.
I feel like March 2, 1965 should be added. :) The date of the premier of the movie "Sound of Music." Marriage of Georg von Trapp and Maria. Just a movie, but a stunning processional that rivals royalty, nonetheless!
Haakon has gotten better looking with age. I just discovered him this year, and I thought he was always that hott/sexy. WoW that aerial view of Maxima's church is amazing. Frederick of Denmark is also another man who has gotten better with age. I must admit, I would not want a man in a kilt escorting me down the aisle.
@@gaynor1721 They probably changed the name moving to Australia. Mary's father mentioned their original name - MacDonald - in his speach to the newlyweds.
I give a gold star for Crown Princess Victoria for being a true lady! She knows how to behave. She was born to be the next queen of Sweden and yet she remains very modest and polite. She takes the time to greet her guests while she's walking down the aisle. She nods her head and even does a curtsy. Half of the guests on the altar were non-royals (Daniel's family and friends) but Victoria greeted them with great respect nonetheless.
+Ferdinand Liem It's because the British Royal House is much more formal and 'royal', as you put it, than any other Royal House of Europe. British royalty is still very much of the old ways, whereas other European royalties have modernised ever since they lost their political power.
Ironically, the Brits are among the "least royal" out of them. The Danes arent only the oldest European monarchy but they are the most royal with their direct blood line dating back some 500 years as where the Brits only go back to Queen Victoria.
Norway,Sweden,Netherlands,Denmark,Spanish monarchies are related to Queen Elizabeth ..they are all 3rd cousins to Queen Elizabeth..all descendants of queen victoria’s Children..
Mamamiriam - *The Dutch royal family do not descend from Queen Victoria,* but they do descend from the Britain's Royal House of Hanover like the British Royal Family does. They are related through their descent from the Royal House of Hanover and the Scandinavian royals (as well as Spain and Greece) descend from Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, which means they are distantly in line to the British throne.
The first one is composed by the norwegian composer Nils Henrik Asheim, and played by the cathedral organist Kåre Nordstoga (Oslo). The music can be bought at Cantando Musikkforlag
I don't see why it should be bad for the father "giving away" his daughter at the altar. I never saw it as a gesture of property (like the womans changes from beeing the father's property to beeing the husband's property) but as a gesture of care and love. Like the father giving his daughter to a men she loves that will take care of her and cherishs her. Like the father gives the husband the trust to take care of his daughter in the right way.
Mangan2504 - Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is heiress to Sweden's throne and, therefore, cannot be given away as that suggests she is leaving her birth family for that of her husband's. Daniel Westling, on the other hand, became a member of Sweden's Royal House of Bernadotte by becoming a Swedish Prince. To be given away by her father would be like Crown Princess Victoria renouncing the Swedish throne.
If this hasnt been answered, I know for sure that for the Netherlands, the brides (Maxima's) father was not present at the wedding because of his political past; so she was lead down the aisle by the groom. I have heard at least things things about Mette-Marit's walk down the aisle 1) her father wasn't present at the wedding 2) her father was deceased 3) a bride who is clearly not a virgin (her child was present) gets escorted by the groom.
It's true that Maxima's father wasn't present, but that isn't the reason why she and Willem-Alexander walked down the aisle together. It is simply the way it is usually done in The Netherlands. Try and search for Queen Beatrix's wedding (in 1966) on RU-vid and you'll see that she and Claus did the same. The Dutch tradition is that the groom picks up the bride at her (parents) home and together they go to the register office (and after that church, if they want to).
I enjoyed this immensely. Interesting to note that all of the royals married commoners. I thought the wedding gowns were all rather tasteful, as for the bouquet that Marit carried-its probably a norwegian flower/plant of some cultural significance. I do hope these marriages last. As am American I have always been fascinated by european monarchs. Its something we don't have in the states and royalty is often misunderstood.
The real royal music is Danmark. perhaps they not only cut on the music and only could afford an organplayer, so thy also wanted to cut on a good filmartist.
@Reflectxart Oh! Thank you so much. I hear that song in the movie "The young Victoria" and i fell in loveee!!... Forgive me for my bad english :( I'm Peruvian!!... Kisses!!
Interesting to see Continental Royalty marrying - English Royal Family get so much stick (especially from Americans) easy to forget there are other royals!Interesting too to hear about customs of Norway.The father leading the bride to her groom is symbolic - being English we have no trouble with symbolism:).As a divorcee I would happily have lead my daughter down the aisle but she expected her father to do it. As a daughter myself I understood that but my son said we know who brought us up:)
@Ann3shoes i only know the situation in the Netherlands. In the Netherlans, a couple is married in the city hall (civil marriage) before they enter the church. So they are already married when they enter the church, thats why they walk together. Probably its the same in Norway. :)
