Sweden

Sweden's royals remember their country's missing queen

Crown Princess Victoria has paid a poignant visit to the grave of a royal relative to lead tributes to a missing Queen of Sweden. On the anniversary of the death of Crown Princess Margaret, her descendants remembered her with an arrangement of the flower she shared her name with and left daisies on her grave. Margaret died on May 1st 1920, plunging her family and her country into grief. She had…
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Queen Silvia goes online for a royal tradition

A special royal tradition that sees the Swedish Royal Family give their support to children in need has had a very different look this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual event, which sees Queen Silvia welcome fundraisers to the Royal Palace in Stockholm, has gone online. Queen Silvia usually invites school pupils selling mayflower pins to her home as the annual campaign gets…
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Prince Alexander of Sweden turns four

Sweden’s Prince Alexander is celebrating his fourth birthday today. The Prince is fifth in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the young royal will be celebrating with just his parents and younger brother, Prince…
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Princess Sofia trained to help coronavirus patients

Princess Sofia of Sweden has followed a three-day medical training emergency course to relieve the work of health care professionals who treat patients with coronavirus. The Princess is to start working at Sophiahemmet Hospital, of which she is Honorary Chair, soon. Princess Sofia of Sweden has not taken a break during the Easter holidays. The Princess has followed an online emergency course…
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Swedish Royals celebrate Easter online

The Swedish Royal Family have released an adorable video showing them contacting their family in Sweden – and Princess Madeleine’s family in the United States. The video begins with Crown Princess Victoria, her husband Prince Daniel and their two children…
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Looking back at the christening of Prince Alexander of Sweden

On a sunny morning on the 9th of September 2016, the first child of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden was baptised in an intimate ceremony. The christening of Prince Alexander took place at the Royal Chapel of Drottningholm Palace. In this article, I will be sharing my memories of this beautiful day as I witnessed the baptism in person. On the 19th of April 2016, Princess Sofia…
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