On 22 May, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen
Silvia of Sweden started their three-day state visit to Ireland.
They spent the first day of the state visit in Dublin where they
were officially welcomed by President Michael D. Higgins and his
wife, Sabina Higgins at the Presidential Palace. King Carl XVI
Gustaf inspected the guard of honour and took part in a tree
planting ceremony. Photo: Sara…
Princess Madeleine of Sweden has taken
her eldest children, Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas on a visit
to the painting atelier of the Brazillian artist Romero Britto. The
Princess and her children helped to paint the portraits of the
Princess’s two oldest…
At the third annual Dementia X Forum at
the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, Princess Sofia and Queen
Silvia of Sweden welcomed Queen Sofía of Spain and Princess
Takamado of Japan to their country for the event. Dementia X was
hosted by BBC World News journalist and…
After a broken engagement a few years
earlier, Princess Madeleine of Sweden finally found the love of her
life after fleeing to New York City to heal her broken heart.
There, through mutual friends, she met American-British financier
Christopher “Chris” O’Neill. They appeared for the first time in
public together in January 2011, and the relationship might have
stayed quiet…
On13 May 1979, Queen Silvia of Sweden
gave birth to her second child, a son, at Stockholm Palace. The
son, the new Crown Prince of Sweden’s birth was celebrated with a
42-gun salute. The King was away on a trip and was not able to get
back to Stockholm in time…
On 13 May 1979, His Royal Highness Prince
Carl Philip of Sweden was born. To celebrate his 39th birthday,
here are 40 facts on the Swedish royal: His full name is Carl
Philip Edmund Bertil. Prince Carl Philip also has the title of Duke
of Värmland. He was born in…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
had a busy three days during their Vietnam visit from 6 May to 8
May. The trip was planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary of
the diplomatic relationship between Sweden and Vietnam. During
their first day in Hanoi, the Crown Princess Couple had lunch with
prominent Vietnamese women at the Hotel Metropole. Hotel Metropole
is located where the Swedish…
Sweden's king recalls order of chivalry from the man who allegedly sexually harassed Crown Princess Victoria
8th May 2019
His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav of
Sweden has decided to recall the order of chivalry from Jean-Claude
Arnault, it was announced. This is the man who brought the Swedish
Academia in its worst ever crisis following the “Me Too”-campaign
in Sweden. In April 2018, he…
Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel
of Sweden are currently on a three-day visit to Vietnam. Day one, 6
May was spent in Hanoi. It was there that Crown Princess Victoria
was told of the British royal baby news by Swedish news magazine
Svenskdam. The Crown Princess and…
Yesterday, Sweden celebrated King Carl
XVI Gustaf’s 73rd birthday at the Royal Palace of Stockholm. Swedes
gathered in the Inner Courtyard to celebrate their King and heard
the Navy Band perform music for the audience. The King, Queen
Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Princess Estelle,
Prince Oscar, Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Sofia watched the
performance from the balcony…
