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24 May 2012. VOR Presents… Princess Estelle Baptised in Stockholm
Tags: Christian, Crown Princess Victoria, Estelle, EU, European Union, political commentary, politics, Prince Daniel Duke of Västergötland, Princess Estelle, Princess Máxima of the Netherlands, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Stockholm, Stockholm Palace, Sweden, Victoria Crown Princess of Sweden
On 22 May, Swedish Princess Estelle, born on 23 February, was baptised in the chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
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At the ceremony, three-month Princess Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary, Duchess of Östergötland, was dressed in a special baptismal gown. During the event, her mother, Crown Princess Victoria, held her.
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550 guests were at the baptism, most of them royalty from around the world. TV in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway carried live broadcasts of the baptism, and thousands of tourists and locals gathered outside the palace.
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Dutch Crown Princess Máxima, Danish Crown Prince Frederik, and Swedish Princess Madeleine at Princess Estelle’s baptism.
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Estelle was the first-born child of 34-year-old Crown Princess Victoria. According to the law of succession, the newborn princess is the next heir to the throne after her mother.
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Crown Princess Victoria with her husband, Daniel Westling (1973- ), a “man of the people” who grew up in an ordinary Swedish middle-class family in the village of Ockelbo in the north-east.
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Stockholm marked the baptism with a 21-gun-salute. According to the law of succession, the princess be baptised in and be a member of the Church of Sweden (Evangelical Lutheran) to have the right to inherit the throne.
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23 May 2012
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Editor’s Note:
This is how Christians are made… not by “giving their heart to Jayzuss”, or by being “sealed in the temple”. You can see the yawning gulf between Christians and Yahoo Sectarians. There’s no resemblance in the least. Yes, Virginia, there IS a form of “Mere Christianity”, and Hard-Shell Baptists, Mormons, Pentecostalists, JWs, and other Sectarians are NOT part of it. That’s why Orthodox can have NOTHING to do with such nonsense as the Manhattan Declaration, Moral Majority types (the group’s gone, but its baleful ideology is still with us), and the so-called Pro-Life Movement (all are nothing but Trojan Horses of the godless Radical Right).
On the one hand, Tradition, Hierarchy, and Order… on the other, License, Levelling, and Anarchy… which do you want? Socialists have NO qualms in bowing before a King or Queen… Republicans do have such qualms… what does that tell you about them? Honour or the Dollar… which one do YOU want?
BMD