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When Prince Carl Philip of Sweden marries former topless model Sofia Hellqvist in the Royal Chapel, Stockholm, the lack of controversy over the match in Sweden is a sign how far monarchies have become more relaxed in contemporary Europe. Prince Carl Philip is third in line to the throne, having been superseded by his sister Crown Princess Victoria who married her personal trainer Daniel Westling in 2010 and has a daughter Estelle, owing to a retrospective law in 1980 giving the first born right of succession regardless of sex, Europe’s first such law. They have been living together since 2010 and the public have got used to what would formerly have been a highly controversial match.

The marriage will be followed by the traditional carriage ride and then a dinner and dance. There will be a 21-gun salute. The Swedish monarchy is purely ceremonial after changes to the constitution in 1974 and seems popular.

It was Norway’s King Harald who married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968 and subsequently Sweden with King Carl Gustav who married Olympic hostess Silvia Sommerlath in 1976, who pioneered the marrying of members of the royal families into the middle class and for love, the norm having been previously that royalty married royalty in both countries. Marrying outside royalty and aristocracy is now usual in Europe with the British royal wedding being the most recent high profile example.

When Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon married Mette-Marit Holby in 2001 it was initially highly controversial that she was a single mother and linked with the use of drugs but she has become extremely popular. There was controversy when Crown Prince (now King) Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands married Maxima Zorreguieta as her father had been a member of the Argentine military junta of General Videla and when his mother Crown Princess (later Queen) Beatrix married Claus von Amsberg who was German in 1965. It would once have been thought improbable that Spain would have a divorced Queen but Queen Letizia is divorced. She and her husband King Felipe are attempting to rebuild the popularity of the monarchy in Spain after King Juan Carlos’s abdication last June.

Monaco is unique as the Oscar-winning actress Grace Kelly’s marriage to Prince Rainier in 1956 was so high profile but their daughters Princesses Caroline and Stephanie’s disastrous love lives made the gossip columns for years. The heir Prince Albert had two illegitimate children which he has publicly acknowledged though his marriage to Princess Charlene now seems a stable one. The “sunny place for shady people” has its international profile largely because of its royal family.

There are still over 40 monarchies in the world. More recently, laws have equalized the sexes, most recently in Britain and the 15 Commonwealth realms and in all European countries save for Spain, Monaco and Liechtenstein. The institution can go through troubled times as Britain’s monarchy did in the 1990s and Spain’s is now but its ability to adapt and change rigid rules and protocol, as shown by the forthcoming Swedish royal wedding, is undoubtedly a pivotal reason for its survival and continued popularity.

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H.M. THE QUEEN’S CHRISTMAS BROADCAST 25th DECEMBER 3PM.  

This year, the centenary of the start of World War One, the Queen used the theme of reconciliation in her Christmas Broadcast. She praised the ceramic poppy installation at the Tower of London which was a tribute to the fallen of the Great War and seen by millions. She said that as she walked among them that the only possible reaction was silence. The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the Invictus Games for injured service personnel launched in London by Prince Harry, who turned 30 this year, were cited as examples of togetherness.

The Queen used a statue, called Reconciliation, to symbolise her theme, often she uses quotes from scripture and in her first televised Broadcast in 1957 quoted from a passage in Pilgrim’s Progress. She also talked of her visit to Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast and mentioned the Scottish Referendum. She also paid tribute to those helping the victims of Ebola in Africa. It was a superbly delivered and scripted Christmas Broadcast.

The tradition of Christmas Broadcasts was begun by George V when he inaugurated the Empire Service with a BBC broadcast from Sandringham in 1932. The Queen first Christmas Broadcast took place in 1952 and now can be watched online and is available on social media. This has considerably widened its audience, far fewer of which watch at 3pm as in the early decades of the Queen’s reign.

The Queen chooses a theme which is her own and in her own words, it is personal to her and it may also be one with global significance. There is always a deeply religious context to the message as she takes her role as Supreme Governor of the Church of England very seriously. Tributes are usually paid to our armed forces for whom the Queen records a special message. The highlights of the royal year, births, jubilees anniversaries and significant public engagements are included in the Broadcast, which lasts up to ten minutes.

The continuity embodied in this annual Broadcast is important as the Queen speaks to the Commonwealth to which she is so dedicated and broadcasts have often featured royal visits abroad.

The Queen’s state visit to France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings and her state visit to Rome and meeting with Pope Francis were most successful. The enormous popularity of the visits by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the Antipodes, with Prince George and to New York, with William meeting President Obama in Washington, was most significant.

The Queen’s historic state visit to Ireland in 2011 was arguably the highlight of her reign. The return visit of President Michael D. Higgins to Britain this year was an enormous success and the royal involvement in the Northern Ireland peace process and in reconciliation with Ireland has been a triumph.

On 9 September 2015 the Queen will become our longest reigning monarch. The Duke of Edinburgh at 93 is now the oldest ever European male consort. William and Kate, now resident at Anmer Hall with George at 17 months, have had a highly successful year despite Kate’s severe morning sickness and we look forward to a sibling for George in April. The Prince of Wales’s environmental campaigns and William’s campaign against the illegal trade in wildlife have also been of considerable significance in an excellent year for the monarchy.

By: RICHARD FITZWILLIAMS, royal commentator is available on 07939 602 749 www.richardfitzwilliams.com