Royal parade and celebration as Sweden’s King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne
Royal parade and celebration as Sweden’s King Carl XVI celebrates 50 years on the throne
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Stockholm, Sweden – 16 September 2023
1. Various of troops and members of the audience awaiting arrival of royals barge after end of parade through city
2. Various of barge arriving
3. Various of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia waving
4. Various of king and queen walking towards palace
5. Other members of the Swedish royal family watching arrival of king and queen from palace balcony
6. King and queen waving and walking into palace
7. Airforce fly past
STORYLINE:
Four days of celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf’s accession to the throne culminated on Saturday with a military parade through the capital, Stockholm.
The scale of the golden jubilee celebrations may not reach the levels of royal anniversaries in Britain, but it was still a rare chance for the monarchy to fete itself with pomp and ceremony in the egalitarian Scandinavian country.
The 77-year-old monarch is the first king in his country’s more than 1,000-year history to reach 50 years on the throne.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II last year, he’s the second-longest reigning European monarch alive today, after his cousin, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
AP video shot by David Keyton
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