Okay, now you say it. We are all human, the mistakes were not disastrous. My only complaint was the old ermine mantle which looked ridiculous. On beforehand I did send a picture to the Royal House Services of King Carl XVI Gustaf with his ermine mantle draped on the throne and suggested the King would do the same.
The response was that the Royal House Service was thankful for the input and would bring the recommendation into consideration. Sadly, for sime mysterious reasons, the King decided to wear the old, stiff and too feminine mantle. I hope in thirtysomething years Queen Catharina-Amalia will decide that the ermine is so old that it can only be laid on the throne, at best.
The Queen, wearing the Mellerio Sapphire Diadem in adapted version compensated more than enough.
--Previous Message-- : Well the timetable was out of the window : because proceedings in church went much : faster then planned. : : This meant that the guards outside were : still changing and the miltary massed bands : were accompagnying that with marching around : on Dam square including making march-music, : while the Heralds and Trumpeteers came : outside to proclaim the people that the new : King was inaugurated... : : So the actual proclamation was totaly washed : out by the massed bands music, besides that, : it was ofcourse a ridiculous sight that the : soldiers lining the blue carpet were : stamping their feet while "changing the : guard" when on the same time the : heralds and king-of-arms came out to make : their announcement... : : But because off the : (good-working)microphones and the choices : made by the TV-director these ommisions were : not noticed by a lot of people at home. : Later the King and Màxima left the church : during a piece of music that was exactly : timed to cover their walk between thrones : and the outside door. : But again things went swifter as planned : with the result that the King and Queen : walked for minutes in a deadly silence... : Not even the organist picked this up, which : gave a very amateuristic impression. : And it was noticable at the Kings face that : he was not amused at that moment. : : The next mistake came right after that and : was maybe the most annoying... : The piece of music that the massed bands had : to play during the time that the King and : Queen walked underneath the : pergola/passerelle back to the Palace was : NOT played. : This also resulted in a deadly silence : during the long walk of the main cortège : between Church and Palace. : The Massed bands still were holding on to : the time-table and started only when the : conductor thought it to be the right time on : his clock... : : That's why the piece of music that was : planned to accompagny the King and Queen on : their way back was ultimately played when : Beatrix, the 3 Princesses and the rest of : the guests walked underneath the fishnets. : : I saw it all and thought it to be very : strange that no one had the guts to : intervene or make his own decisions. : The Conductor of the Massed Bands was able : to see the cortège coming out of the church, : must have recognised the ermine robe, Maxima : etcetra but still he held on to the : time-table: very strange! : : : : --Previous Message-- : Many mishaps, do tell..... : : --Previous Message-- : One of many, many mishaps that occured : during : the Inaugurationday... : A great pitty that things weren't better : prepared... : Nevertheless most people did not notice all : the (sometimes idiotic) mistakes that were : made this day. : And in this day and age (mediacontrolled) : thàt's ofcourse all that matters: a fault is : only then bad when someone notices. : : --Previous Message-- : Gert is right, he has sharp eyes. The balls : are gone. I think it was screwed off to : polish the material but forgotten to attach : it again. It is impossible that P. Mansvelt : & Sons (The Hague) and the Firm Van : Meerbeke (Brussels) produced a sword from : which the 'balls' spontaneously felt off.... : : : : : : : : : : : : :
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