SWEDEN feted its longest reigning monarch King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 80th birthday on Thursday with a choral tribute, a flypast and a gala banquet to be attended by royals from around the world.
The king, the longest reigning monarch in Swedish history, took part in a morning thanksgiving celebration, called a Te Deum, at the palace chapel.
It was to be followed by a military honour guard, a flypast over the palace and a royal salute and a choral tribute before a lunch at City Hall. A banquet was to be held in the evening, with a number of European royals and dignitaries invited, as well as Thailand’s royal couple.
Attendees at the events include King Harald, Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway; King Rama X and Queen Suthide of Thailand; Queen Sofia of Spain; and King Frederik, Queen Mary, Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte of Denmark.
AFP
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