Sweden

The princess who wore blue to say 'I do' to a prince who waited decades to marry her

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…
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Princess Estelle celebrates her 12th birthday

Princess Estelle is now a tween! The future queen of Sweden turned 12 on Friday and the Swedish Royal Court shared snaps of the young royal taken by her mother, Crown Princess Victoria, in January and February of this year. A series of three photographs were shared on the Swedish Royal Court website and a short video was posted to their social accounts showing Princess Estelle outside near…
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High tech trip for a future queen

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…
Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel start windswept visit to California

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: visited the Golden Gate Bridge and posed for pictures before visiting the Marine Mammal Center organisation for sustainability…
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A romantic but reluctant queen

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 change the attitudes of a whole royal family. The love story of Lady Louise Mountbatten and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden…
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