Princess Anne Birthday Reply (2016)

A piece of Royal Mailed arrived today!!

I had written to Princess Anne earlier this month to wish her a happy 66th Birthday. I didn't mail my letter until shortly before her birthday, so this was replied to almost immediately when it arrived.  Princess Anne's office has one of the quickest response time I've seen, although they don't always reply. This was the 4th time I have written to Princess Anne over the years, but only the 2nd time I've gotten a reply.

It's a very lovely letter written by Assistant Private Secretary, Anne Sullivan. The letter is brief, but mentions why I wrote and thanks me for for writing. I find it interesting that the letter mentions where I am from.

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Prince Alexander's Christening - 9th September 2016

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Prince Alexander of Sweden will being christened on Friday, 9th September. He is the 1st child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden & is 5th in line to the Swedish Throne. He will be almost 4.5 months old when christened.

The christening will take place at the Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace. (Both Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas were christened there.)

Swedish public service broadcaster, Sveriges Television, will broadcasting Prince Alexander's christening. The Live Coverage starts at 11:30 AM. The Live Stream and Service will both be in Swedish, but don't worry it's not hard to follow. And, of course, a bunch of us will be Live Tweeting the whole thing.

**Live Stream Link**

Schedule: 11 AM Stockholm = (10 AM London) (5 AM Toronto/New York) (2 AM San Francisco) (8 PM Sydney)

11 AM Guests start to arrive at Chapel

*11:30  Live Steam Starts*

12 Christening ceremony

12:45ish Guests leave Chapel

1 PM  King and Queen hold Reception

*1 PM Live Steam Ends*

(Later: Private Lunch)

Guests:
Immediate Family, Godparents plus spouses, family friends, representatives from Parliament, the Government and Official Sweden.

• Swedish Royals
• King Carl Gustaf & Queen Silvia
• Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel
• Princess Estelle
• Prince Oscar
• Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia
• Prince Alexander
• Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neil
• Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas

The children's attendance is are expected to attend, but the decisions will be made the day of. 

• Foreign Royals
• Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula of Bavaria

In lieu of gifts the couple has asked for donations to Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia Foundation and Project Playground.

If you are international, donations can also be made to a local children's charity, or to a some other cause you support. 

God Parents:

• Crown Princess Victoria (Aunt)
• Lina Frejd (Aunt)
• Victor Magnuson (Reliative)
• Jan-Åke Hansson (Friend of Carl Philip)
• Cajsa Larsson  (Friend of Sofia)

Official Photos:
Official Christening Pictures should be released with in a few days of the ceremony.  There will be a few different combinations of photos:

• Family: Carl Philip, Sofia, Alexander 
• Extended family: Alexander, Parents & Grandparents (Both Sets)
• Godparents: Alexander, Parents and God Parents
• Aunts: Alexander, Parents & Aunts (both sides)

Dress:
Prince Alexander will be christened in the same dress worn by Victoria, Carl Philip, Madeleine, Estelle, Leonore, Nicolas & Oscar at their christenings.

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Christening Guests will be in Morning Dress.

You will see the member of the royal family wear their Family Order. Prince Alexander will be given the Royal Order of the Seraphim during his christening.

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Royals attending the Rio 2016 Paralympics - September 7th - 18th

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I would expect we will only see handful of royals attend the Paralympics. Members of the International Paralympic Committee are marked (IPC) Members of their national Paralympic committees are marked (NPC)

Great Britain 

• Prince Edward of Great Britain (NPC)

Netherlands

• Princess Margriet (IPC)

Belgium 

• Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz 

7th - Opening Ceremony 

• Princess Margriet
• Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz 

8th

• Princess Margriet
• Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz 

9th

• Princess Margriet
• Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz 

10th

• Princess Margriet
• Prince Edward
• Princess Astrid & Prince Lorenz 

11th

• Princess Margriet
• Prince Edward

12th

• Princess Margriet
• Prince Edward

13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th - Closing Ceremony

Back to Rio 2016 Paralympics Main Page

New Q&A Page

We are changing how we handle questions on Gert's Royals. There are 3 things you need to know:

1st
We have decided to move all of the monthly Q&A pages to a new Tab, called"Questions?".
This will have "This Month's Q&A", "Past Month's Q&A", our "FAQs", and a new "Writing Royals FAQS."

This Month's Q&A will no longer be listed on the "Calendar" Tab.

2nd

I feel like answering questions in the comment section doesn't always work well. It's not the best place to explain something in detail. I also can't go back and add anything, or edit it.

Also some of you have been asking questions on a random blog post, that has nothing to do with your question. I always worry that you are not going to remember the exact post you asked your question on. Or you will have trouble finding that post again, etc.

From now on if you ask a question on a random post, that has nothing to do with your question.  I will take your question and put it in this month's Q&A.

I will only answer Questions in the comment section, if the Question is about the post, or something related to it.

3rd
We have gotten a lot more questions on our Q&A Page lately. Which is great. I love that you are all figuring out where our Q&A Page is, and using it. (The Q&A page is the best place to ask your questions.)

I know I am a little behind on answer your questions. I have been busy, but I will get to them. I get asked a lot of questions all over, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Direct Messages, Emails, etc. And I do try to get to all of them as soon as possible.

Since I have limited time and a lot of question, I am going to try to answer the more time-sensitive questions first & less important questions that can wait, second,  So I will try to answer question in this order:

1. Questions about something that just happened or something that's happening really soon. 
• E.g. Which Royals are attending the Rio Olympics?
2. Questions about something happening in a while. 
• E.g.  Do William and Catherine will make a stop in the USA on their Tour of Canada, like they did last time?
3. General Questions about royal things, places, people, events, etc.
• E.g. How many children do you think Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco will have?
4. Other Random Questions?

Medal Count - Rio 2016 Olympics

Final Medal Count

Total Possible Medals: refers to the total number of medals a country could win taking into account that it is possible for athletes to win multiple medals, & that each event only passes out a silver, bronze & gold medal.