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Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel start windswept visit to California

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21st February 2024
It was a blustery, windy start to Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel’s visit to San Francisco, but the pair carried out a series of engagements related to Swedes abroad and nature. On Monday, the Swedish royal couple did what many tourists do in San Francisco: visited the Golden Gate Bridge and posed for pictures before visiting the Marine Mammal Center organisation for sustainability…
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A romantic but reluctant queen

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22nd January 2024
She was the royal who insisted she would only marry for love while he was a prince with a broken heart and no desire to wed again. However, on a summer’s day, exactly a century ago, they fell in love in London and began a royal romance that would lead to a crown and change the attitudes of a whole royal family. The love story of Lady Louise Mountbatten and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden…
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A jubilee year for the King of Sweden

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31st December 2023
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden marked his Golden Jubilee in 2023. While the main celebration was in mid-September, Sweden marked their jubilee king all year long beginning with a new image of the King and jubilee logo released in January. Photo: Thron Ullberg/Kungl Hovstaterna The first official event for the jubilee year was the Sweden Dinner in January, followed by the beginning of King…
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A celebratory year for Sweden's Royal Family

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28th December 2023
The past year has been one of many celebrations for the Swedish Royal Family. King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Golden Jubilee (50 years on the throne) was marked throughout the year, but the country had a few other reasons to celebrate in 2023. The country also marked 500…
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A cake with 80 candles for a queen as her grandchildren throw surprise birthday party

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23rd December 2023
The Queen of Sweden was treated to a cake for her 80th birthday by the people she most wanted to spend her day with – her grandchildren. Queen Silvia was given a surprise party by her granddaughters and grandsons and like all doting grannies, she let the youngsters blow out the candles on the cake. Kungahuset Instagram still/ fair use They needed the power of all eight of them as the…
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