Frederik & Mary's Royal Wedding 2004: John Donaldson´s speech
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Published 2014-03-22
Det Kongelige Bryllup
All Comments (21)
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Bravo to the Dane's for welcoming this beautiful classy woman into the Royal family. Her father obviously so intensely proud of her and all she's accomplished. So, sad though her mother couldn't witness this wonderful moment in her daughter's life.
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The Joy, Sincerity, Warmth, Respect, Love, Elegance, & Honesty in all these wonderful people is Genuine!! NO camera seeking, NO publicity motivated, NO money hungry/ petty individuals in attendance at this ceremony!! So nice to see CIVILITY & CLASS & DIGNITY. So different than our callous, cheap & tawdry world we experience daily in the US.. and now, the UK. LONG LIVE & PROSPER ROYALS OF DENMARK!!
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What a terrific father of the bride speech! He hit all the points: graciousness to host and new in-laws, love and pride of daughter, acknowledgement of his late wife, compliments and welcome to new son-in-law, and pithy quote at the end. Also not overlong and beginning on a humorous note. I'm not surprised to learn that Mr. Donaldson is a professor so is comfortable with public speaking even if the audience includes royal heads of Europe.
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Oh, lovely! I think this must be my favorite royal wedding in memory: the bride and groom are straight out of a fairy tale, and this father of the bride speech was so heartfelt... Mr Donaldson must have been quite a handsome devil in his youth, too, to be so dashing in his later years
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This is one lovely,caring and supportive dad!
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Watching Mr Donaldson's speech to his daughter for the first time made me realize that Mary's speech to her husband on his 50th birthday was no accident.
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I got teary eyed. Mary is so lucky to have a loving father and a family
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What a special Dad...family & royal couple...Such a blessing to see happy people...
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Mr Donaldson is giving his speech. And for a Father giving his daughter to become a Queen: MARVELLOUS.
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A very wonderful speech Mr Donalson . your daughter crown Mary will make a good queen of Denmark.God bless you all in good health, prosperity, & abundantly❤
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An amazing speech . Fredrick is indeed a very fortunate man to have found her.
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I never realised how handsome Mr. Donaldson is. What a marvellous speech.
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This speech will be studied by many fathers-in-law to be for years to come as the ultimate model from which to proceed.
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Fabulous speech. Very loving words from Mary’s father.
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What agreat speech from father to daughter...Happy ever after Princess mary and Frederick
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Her father is actually very handsome! He’s older (not old) but you can tell. He must have been really handsome when he was younger!
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What a lovely gentleman he is, no wonder Mary turned out so well.
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Wonderful speech a father could give.
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What a truly lovely father.
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This Royal family is humble.The Queen had a genuine smile.
