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Sweden’s Princess Sofia weeps at the warm public welcome on her return to her homeland as a royal

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7th October 2015
Princess Sofia married her Prince in a lavish ceremony on 13 June 2015 in the Royal Chapel at Stockholm. Before she was known as Sofia Hellqvist and had a questionable career as a glamour model, which earned her the title Miss Slitz in 2004. For the first time since marrying 30-year-old Princess Sofia returned to the mythical Älvdalen in the Dalarna region, where she grew up. During the…
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A prince consort in waiting: Daniel of Sweden

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15th September 2015
Prince Daniel of Sweden is a very rare royal indeed. For at the moment he is the only man in Europe lined up to be a prince consort to a queen regnant in waiting. While the youngest generation of the continent’s royals is dominated by girls who will grow up to rule, the…
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Sweden's royals express concern over the rights of refugee children

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11th September 2015
Members of Sweden’s Royal Family have expressed concern over the plight of refugee children. Queen Silvia called for better protection for child refugees as she attended an event in Germany focused on issues surrounding young people who have been forced to leave their homes.  And her daughter-in-law, Princess Sofia, made helping refugee children the focus of her first major speech since her…
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A modern take on royal weddings as Prince Carl Philip of Sweden weds Sofia Hellqvist

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14th June 2015
It was a very modern take on a traditional event. Prince Carl Philip of Sweden married Sofia Hellqvist in a ceremony in Stockholm on June 13th that mixed old with new to produce a royal wedding like no other. Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden following their marriage in Stockholm on June 13th 2015 (photo Mattias Edwall and Kungahuset.se) The setting was the Royal Chapel at the Royal…
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Sweden's Prince Carl Philip announces engagement

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27th June 2014
Miss Hellqvist is a former model and has been dating Prince Carl Philip for over four years. She has become close with the Royal Family, attending the wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill in 2013, and ringing in the New Year with the family on a Swiss Alps holiday. Sofia is 29-years-old. The press conference was held at 5.30pm in the garden of the Royal Palace. An official…
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