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Prince Oscar of Sweden celebrates his ninth birthday

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2nd March 2025
The Swedish Royal Family has more happy news as Prince Oscar celebrates his ninth birthday. The family shared a new portrait of the young prince to mark the day. On March 2 2025, the Swedish Royal Family shared a new portrait of Prince Oscar in honour of his birthday with the caption, “H.R.H. Prince Oscar turns 9 today. Congratulations!”The portrait was shot by family favourite Kate…
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The princess whose wedding dress was still being sewn as the church bells rang for her marriage

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21st February 2025
Written for Royal Central by Laura DekkersPrincess Madeleine’s wedding dress is one of the most celebrated of recent royal weddings. The bride herself talked openly about how her wedding dress was designed. The Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani had asked her if he could create her dress. And the princess said the meetings with the designer were “rather…
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The king who just announced his new granddaughter's name - and got it wrong

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10th February 2025
He had one job and it didn’t go according to plan. The King of Sweden called a special council to his royal palace to announce the name of his brand new granddaughter and promptly got things wrong.King Carl Gustaf was beaming with pride as he officially declared the safe arrival of a daughter for his son, Prince Carl Philip, and daughter in law, Princess Sofia. He couldn’t stop…
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King of Sweden speaks of dismay after many killed at shooting at college

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5th February 2025
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has spoken of his dismay and sadness following a shooting at a school in Örebro.On February 4 2025, 11 people were killed and several more were injured in what is now the worst mass shooting in Swedish history. Sweden’s king said his thoughts were with all those affected. Carl XVI Gustaf said he had learned of the shooting with ”dismay and…
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