The day started with an agreement to
focus on bilateral green transition and ended with the official
opening of a new consulate general building, but in between there
were driverless cars, artificial intelligence and government
meetings. Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel continued their
four-day visit to California on Tuesday, carrying out engagements
in San Francisco and Sacramento…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel start windswept visit to California
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…
Scandinavian Spotlight: State visits, birthday celebrations and more!
17th February 2024
Let’s a take a look at the royal week in
Scandinavia! DENMARK Queen Margrethe was back in the spotlight this
week as King Frederik, Queen Mary and their children were out of
the country on a winter vacation—their first since the change of
throne last…
The jewels of a queen in waiting transformed by an historic consort
16th February 2024
It’s one of the best known tiaras of a
royal family but this regal sparkler only became a crowning glory
almost two centuries after it was created. Queen Silvia of Sweden
is often seen in a regal purple tiara made of huge amethysts
surrounded by diamonds but until she became consort, in 1976, these
gems were a necklace and had a far from starring role in the royal
jewellery…
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…
Ski trip and an apparent snooze mark the Swedish royal return to work after Christmas break
9th January 2024
The Swedish Royal Family has resumed
their agenda following the Christmas break and the King, Crown
Princess and Prince Daniel travelled to Sälen to attend one of the
most important appointments on the yearly agenda. The royal trio
headed north-west, towards the…
It’s one of my all time favourite royal
wedding dresses and just a glimpse of it can make me feel ever so
slightly emotional. For not only was the pale blue gown worn by a
lass called Lilian from Swansea on a cold, December day in 1976 a
masterclass in elegance and chic, it was also the wedding dress of
a princess decades in the making. It’s now forty four years since
Prince Bertil of…
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…
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…
The romantic tiara worn by a royal bride on the day she became a queen
23rd December 2023
It’s among the most unusual pieces in any
royal collection and, in recent years, it’s acquired a reputation
as the go to tiara for Sweden’s royal brides. The diadem now known
as ‘the Cameo’ has a long and romantic history. It was worn by
Silvia Sommerlath on the day she married King Carl XVI Gustaf of
Sweden and became the country’s queen. Their daughter, Crown…
