Today, we focus Queen Sonja of Norway, one the oldest of our current Queens Consort, a distinction she has held since 1993 when the death of King Baudoin of Belgium left his Queen Fabiola a widow. However, she is just months older than former Queen Paola of Belgium (Baudoin's sister-in-law) and not quite a year and a half older than Queen Emerita Sofia of Spain.
Born as Sonja Haraldsen, the daughter of an Oslo merchant, she had to wait a long time for her Prince (now King) Harald. It took years for her husband to convince his father, the late King Olav, to let him marry a commoner. When they finally married, she immediately became Norway's first lady because Olav's wife had died long before he became king. Sonja and Harald have two children and five grandchildren.
MISS SONJA HARALDSEN
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS SONJA THE CROWN PRINCESS OF NORWAY
HER MAJESTY SONJA THE QUEEN OF NORWAY
HER MAJESTY AS MOTHER
HER MAJESTY AS GRANDMOTHER
31 December 2016
30 December 2016
Royal Lady Flashback of Dec. 30, 2016
Today we take a look at another of our current Queens Consort, Queen Letizia of Spain. Originally from the Asturias region of Spain, from whence her husband drew his pre-regnal title as Prince of Asturias, she is the first Spanish queen consort born in Spain since 1860. Her engagement to King Felipe took the nation by surprise as there had been no hint that the two were dating although both had high profiles. Letizia was a nationally known television journalist. It is said that they struck up a romance after meeting at a dinner party, but they had also crossed paths at the location of an oil spill. Once their engagement was announced, the media dug back through the files to find a photo of them shaking hands. They now have two daughters; the oldest, as heir to the throne, bears the title Princess of Asturias.
LETIZIA ORTIZ ROCASOLANO
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS LETIZIA THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS
HER MAJESTY LETIZIA THE QUEEN OF SPAIN
HER MAJESTY AS MOTHER
LETIZIA ORTIZ ROCASOLANO
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS LETIZIA THE PRINCESS OF ASTURIAS
HER MAJESTY LETIZIA THE QUEEN OF SPAIN
HER MAJESTY AS MOTHER
29 December 2016
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