Today, July 14, is Crown Princess Victoria‘s 43rd birthday. Every year, Victoria and the Swedish Royal Family celebrate her birthday with a walkabout and a concert, but this year is a bit different. Embed from Getty Images Due to restrictions, the walkabout at Solliden Palace was canceled, although Victoria, Prince Daniel, and Princess Estelle and […]
The Swedish Royal Court announced some big changes for the royal household today. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia‘s children – Prince Alexander and Prince Gabriel – and Princess Madeleine and Chris O’Neill‘s children – Princess Leonore, Prince Nicolas, and Princess Adrienne – will no longer be styled HRH (or HKH in Swedish). The loss […]
King Carl XVI Gustaf‘s dinner for the Nobel Laureates was held last night, December 11, at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Unlike the Nobel Banquet (which is put on by the Nobel committee) the Laureates dinner is hosted by the King – a tradition dating from 1904 when King Oscar II implemented a separate gala […]
Tiaras! This year’s Nobel Prize Ceremony and Banquet had so many pretty tiaras, and so many Swedes on display: King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Sofia, Princess Madeleine, Chris O’Neill, and Princess Christina. Links to watch: the ceremony, and the banquet.
Another year, another Swedish royal christening – and we get to do it all again next year with Madeleine’s third! Prince Gabriel‘s Christening took place at Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace in Stockholm yesterday, December 1. Lots of Swedish royals joined the party: King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess […]
Here’s the open post for Prince Gabriel’s Christening. Hopefully I will be updating this post as a live blog throughout the broadcast, but no matter what I will definitely cover everything in detail later. SVTPlay live stream link The livestream begins at 11:30am Swedish time (5:30am US ET). Here is a time zone converter.
