Talk:Queen Silvia of Sweden

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Any Picture? Nice to see what a swedish queen looks like compared to an English one!


This article is at the wrong title. This title makes it sound as if she's the ruling monarch. And the article itself gives that impression. Not only does it need a new title, it needs a rewrite. RickK 08:09, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Rewrite/Renaming

The title of the entry conforms to the entries of other present queens consort, including Paola of Belgium, so if you have a better idea or these entries are incorrect, please advise. I also rewrote the article, with citations for information regarding her family, et cetera. The article as it was written makes very clear that she is not the reigning queen but the wife of the reigning king, so I don't understand your comment regarding this. However, I have tweaked the intro to make this even clearer. The article, as it existed, was hagiographic. It had no information, for instance, about the furor in 2002 over the Nazi connections of the Queen's father, which were revealed by a Swedish newspaper and reported around the world. Although this information in no way reflects on the Queen, it is part of her history and life and therefore should be included in the entry, particularly if properly cited. DO NOT REMOVE this information. To do so defeats one of the salient purposes of Wikipedia: full research, non POV entries. Facts are facts, and facts that make headlines around the world should not be ignored. It would be good to add more information to the career section of the entry; at present, it is merely a recitation of her work history. What, for example, is an "educational host'??? Mowens35 16:03, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming of Page

I have moved this page from "Silvia of Sweden" to "Queen Silvia of Sweden" per Wiki stylebook re article names for queens/kings consort. Mowens35 12:25, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sign language

Which Sign Language is she fluent in? Swedish Sign Language? 惑乱 分からん 23:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marriage

The third paragraph of this section has the following:

He and Silvia announced their engagement on March 12, 1976 and were married three months later, on June 19, in Storkyrkan Cathedral in Stockholm. It was the first marriage of a reigning Swedish monarch since 1797. This was necessary, because if the King had married Silvia, who did not have the proper heredity, before being king, it would have rendered him ineligible for the crown.

What is this exactly? 210.7.5.200 15:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)