Sweden

Back to school with Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden began preschool in 1985 at Västerled Parish Preschool and started her primary school education four years later in 1989 at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma. She was said to get along well with her fellow students and was more outgoing than her older brother, Prince Carl Philip. The young Princess arrived with her parents and met her teacher outside…
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Sweden

Prince Oscar of Sweden's school revealed

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden have revealed where their son, Prince Oscar, 6, will attend school. He will join his older sister, Princess Estelle, at Campus Manilla in Stockholm. The Information Manager at the Royal Court, Margareta Thorgren…
Sweden

The love tokens that told two famous royal romances

June is royal wedding month in Sweden and one particular date is filled with regal marriage memories. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia wed on June 19th 1976 and their eldest child and heir to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria, chose the same date for her marriage to Daniel Westling in 2010. Mother and daughter wore the same tiara for their marriages and selected cream and green blooms for…
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Who is Princess Madeleine of Sweden?

As she marks her 40th birthday today, learn more about the youngest child of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden: She was born Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine on 10 June 1982 at Drottningholm Palace in Drottningholm, Sweden, as the youngest of King Carl XVI…
British Royals

The Queen looks well at beacon lighting just hours after Palace announces she won't be at Thanksgiving Service

The Queen has symbolically lit her Jubilee Beacon in a ceremony at Windsor Castle. Her Majesty looked well and in good spirits as she took part in the traditional event, just hours after Buckingham Palace confirmed she would no longer attend the Service of Thanksgiving for her reign on June 3 as she is experiencing some discomfort after a long day of events for her Jubilee. Wearing bright…
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Sweden

King Carl Gustaf watches military defence exercises

The political situation in Europe is tense after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the significant consequences is that the neutral nations of Sweden and Finland have applied for NATO membership. In the recent years, Sweden has invested heavily in upgrading its military, and King Carl XVI Gustaf visited the Swedish Air Force to watch military defence exercises. The Swedish King…
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