Sweden

The unusual diamond tiara that one royal family's princesses love to share

Diamonds are easily the most popular jewel in royal collections; royal families have been adding diamonds to their vaults for centuries. Princess Margaret of Connaught’s Diamond Tiara is one of the most unusual diamond tiaras in use today and it’s very popular with Sweden’s royals. Princess Margaret of Connaught married Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden in 1905 and received the…
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Crown Princess Victoria on parade as Sweden's future queen wears military uniform for first time for major event

It was a changing of the guard at the Royal Palace in Stockholm as Sweden’s future queen chose military uniform for the first time for a big annual event. Since the 1990s, the Swedish army has held a celebration in Stockholm to mark the ‘name day’ of Crown Princess Victoria. In 2025, for the first time, the heir to the throne came dressed in uniform as she continues her own…
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Sweden

The touching twist behind Princess Estelle's birthday portrait

She’s officially a teenager! Princess Estelle has turned 13, celebrating privately with her family, though the future queen stars in a new portrait with a special twist. Kate Gabor, the photographer behind the future queen’s latest birthday snap, is also the photographer who shot the first pictures of the newborn princess in 2012. When the newborn first child of Crown Princess…
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Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine coordinate for a very important reason

As the Swedish Royal Family came together to mark the birth of a brand new princess, there were other important matters to bear in mind, too. Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine both attended a church service for their niece, Princess Ines, in pale blue grey. The shade has long been used in more sombre circumstances. Ines was born as Sweden came to terms with the worst mass shooting…
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