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Zara Larsson declines to sing at Crown Princess Victoria's birthday celebrations

Swedish singer Zara Larsson has recently declined when she was asked to perform at the birthday celebrations of Crown Princess Victoria. The singer and the Crown Princess family recently had a meeting. Each year Crown Princess Victoria’s birthday ends with a big concert in her honour on Öland, Sweden. It is an opportunity for young artists to become more known in Sweden as the concert is…
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Crown Princess Family of Sweden sends their Christmas wishes

The Crown Princess Family of Sweden has released their annual Christmas video this morning. The one minute video features Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel in Tyresta National Park with their two children, four-year-old Princess Estelle and nine-month-old Prince Oscar. The video shows the family of four dressed warmly and walking on a trail in the forest. They are then seen cooking…
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Prince Daniel does the Mannequin Challenge

The Mannequin challenge is taking over the internet. The challenge, which involves a group of people who stop in the middle of a movement, while a camera sweeps through the room. Prince Daniel of Sweden had now joined the trend. Last Wednesday afternoon during a meeting with…
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Prince Daniel gives exclusive interview

Prince Daniel (P: Bengt Nyman via Wiki Commons) Prince Daniel has given a rare and exclusive interview to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. The Prince invited the journalist to his home Haga Palace, or Haga Slott, near Stockholm. Daniel gave an interview to talk about…
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Crown Princess Victoria makes first appearance since birth of Prince Oscar

Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria has made her first public appearance since giving birth to Prince Oscar just 28 days before. The heir to the throne attended the annual Dag Hammarskjöld Lecture in Stockholm on Wednesday as she smiled to the cameras waiting outside to get a glimpse of her. Her visit to to the event was so she could hear the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon…
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New photos released of Swedish newborn Prince Oscar

The Swedish Court has released new photos of Prince Oscar, the son of Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel who was born on 2 March 2016. The photos are accompanied with a word of thanks from the Crown Princess and Prince Daniel. The message reads: “Thank you very…
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It's a boy! A Prince is born in Sweden!

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has given birth to a Prince at Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm today (Wednesday 2nd March) at 20:28 weighing 3.6 kilos. Addressing the media in a press conference outside the hospital, Prince Daniel announced that Princess Victoria has…
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A Very Swedish Christmas

Next on our tour of Royal Christmas festivities is Sweden. Like any good celebration, the Swedish Royal Family keeps food in focus. With Queen Silvia’s birthday falling on December 23 her needs and wants are always taken to heart. One of her favourites is Weihnachtsstollen, which is a traditional loaf-shaped fruitcake from Germany soaked in brandy and covered with powdered sugar, served with…
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