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COVID-19 prevents Princess Birgitta of Sweden from returning home: “I feel homeless”

Princess Birgitta of Sweden and Hohenzollern, the second oldest sister of the Swedish monarch King Carl XVI Gustaf, is prevented from going home to Spain due to the ongoing pandemic. The Swedish princess has been unable to return to her home in months because of the coronavirus epidemic that has been raging Europe and the world. Over the last 30 years, the sister of Sweden’s King has…
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Sweden's royals remember their country's missing queen

Crown Princess Victoria has paid a poignant visit to the grave of a royal relative to lead tributes to a missing Queen of Sweden. On the anniversary of the death of Crown Princess Margaret, her descendants remembered her with an arrangement of the flower she shared her name with and left daisies on her grave. Margaret died on May 1st 1920, plunging her family and her country into grief. She had…
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Queen Silvia goes online for a royal tradition

A special royal tradition that sees the Swedish Royal Family give their support to children in need has had a very different look this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The annual event, which sees Queen Silvia welcome fundraisers to the Royal Palace in Stockholm…
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#OTD 1611: Sweden’s 16-year-old Crown Prince went to war

Gustavus Adolphus or better known as King Gustav II of Sweden was born in 1594. At the age of only 16, Gustav was a war-torn young Crown Prince who was eager to take over the Swedish throne. When Denmark-Norway stirred up a new war in 1610, it was only a question of when the war would break out. The two arch-enemies were preparing for war and in 1611 came the declaration of war when…
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Crown Princess Victoria volunteers to help make food boxes

On Monday, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden volunteered to help make food boxes. The act of kindness was done through the Stockholm City Mission. Her Royal Highness visited the Stockholm City Mission’s office at Mariatorget in the centre of the Swedish capital to make boxes of food for the homeless population. The Crown Princess has been a patron of the Stockholm City Mission since…
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