The Staff (& their work) of the Royal Family

[Lena]

And what will they do exactly?

[robby86]

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

Name: Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg
Background: Top student. A BA from an American college in international relations.

Do you know what college?

[mixer2002de]

Originally Posted by Lena

Thank you very much for translating, GrandDuchess! :)

What is here meant? Was there a special edition of bookmarks with the Haga princesses on it? Oh, I would love to see/own such a bookmark!


She knows more, than she´s telling...definitely.

As We do Lena :)

[robby86]

Who were/are the Haga princesses?

[Lena]

Originally Posted by mixer2002de

As We do Lena :)

:) Yes, but with the difference that you and me aren´t an "extra-pappa" or "extra-mamma" for Victoria, and that we don´t drink coffee with her, and that we don´t fix Victoria´s zip. So ETW surely has more insider-knowledge We just know, what we guess

Who were/are the Haga princesses?

That are king Carl Gustaf´s 4 sisters, who grew up in Haga castle (near Stockholm). For more infos: The Haga Princesses

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by robby86

Do you know what college?

As you can read in my earlier post ("ETW - Facts 2004", further down this page), I'm not completely sure about which college it was - all I'm sure of is that it was an all-girls college - and I think it was Barnard. I have Barnard in my head, but I'm not 100% sure.

[GrandDuchess]

Originally Posted by Lena

And what will they do exactly?

It's hard to fully characterice an Aide-de-Camp - but it's basically a personal aide/assistant to the royal. They are to be at the assistance in the performance of their duties, and to provide assistance so that everything runs smoothly.

Some pictures with Aide-de-Camps:

[GrandDuchess]

As I reported in this thread a few post below, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Carl Philip have been appointed a few Aide-de-Camps, to work for the recently established Crown Princess Household.

Here is a picture where we can see one of Victoria's new Aide-de-Camps, Major Åsa Blomberg Trolle (taken in Linköping today):

[Lena]

Thank you for explaining and posting, GrandDuchess...Victoria´s new Aide-de-Camps is wearing a ponytail

[GrandDuchess]

From Östgöta Correspondenten:



Hello there, Åsa Blomberg-Trolle!

On Friday, Crown Princess Victoria opens a diabetes research centre at the University Hospital. Åsa Blomberg-Trolle from Linköping, at the same time makes her debut as the Princess’ Aide-de-Camp.

What do you do as the Aide-de-Camp at the Crown Princess’ visits?
- I keep track of the schedule in to the smallest detail. I am to be at hand at all times and the Princess has to be able to ask me about all things concerning the visit in question.

How do you become an Aide-de-Camp?
- By tradition, The King’s Aide-de-Camps have a military education. I’m a major and have among things worked as the head of a platoon, and a military company, and have attended a leader education. We are three Aide-de-Camps who have been asked by the Defence, and have gone through many interviews. The last one was held with The Queen and the Princess herself.

And it went well?
- Yes. It’s important that the personal chemistry works, and that you can have confidence in each other.

What would you like to show Crown Princess Victoria in your old hometown Linköping if the days schedule was not so full?
- The cathedral is beautiful and has a long history. I think I’d like to show it to the Princess.

[GrandDuchess]

The Royal Head Chef –Werner Vögeli

Werner Vögeli's love for food grew already at an early age in the village of the region Emmenthal in Switzerland that he grew up in. He got the best start a chef can have as he got to experience the best ingredients from the start; fresh milk and cream from the cows, newly made flour, meat and vegetables from the farms around. At the age of 9, he began working at a local tavern and when he was 16 he moved away from home to work as a chef student in Geneva. After that he worked in many luxury hotels in Geneva and restaurants in France.

Then he came to Sweden in 1951, without knowing a word of Swedish - but determined to become a great chef as he and Tore Wretman began working together at Grand Hôtel. And indeed they both succeeded by far, Werner and the late Tore Wretman were the ones who together developed the culinary education and put Sweden on the culinary map - and with time Sweden developed into the super power it is today in the world of food. Werner is today one of the country’s most beloved chefs; he has written many books and is often on TV.

In 1961 he was appointed a cook for the Royal Court, in 1972 he became a Royal Chef and in 1977 he was appointed to the highest honour – the Royal Head Chef.

In 1977, he was one of the founders of “Le Club des Chefs des Chefs d’Etat” – an exclusive club for all the head chefs of the world’s heads of states. He was the Chairman of that club from 1988-1993, and is since then the Honorary President. The club’s motto is “Politics divides men, but a good meal unites them”.

In 1980 he received HM The King’s medal of the 8th size in a blue ribbon. In 2002, he became an Honorary Doctor at Umeå University.

Birth date: 2 January 1930.
Family: Wife Ingrid, kids Roland, Yvonne and Johan. Five grandchildren.
Lives: Stockholm.
Occupation: Chef, writer (7, soon 8, books) & the Royal Head Chef

[La Chen]

Jajajaja, i though that the most famous "swedish" chef was the Muppets one!!!!

[mixer2002de]

Originally Posted by La Chen

Jajajaja, i though that the most famous "swedish" chef was the Muppets one!!!!

I think the Muppets one was a fake Swede

[davo]

Hi,

read the interview with the countess on page 1 of this thread - then grabbed my 2001 Adelskalendar off the bookshelf to read the list of her orders and decorations.

I came across this photo from the 2004 Nobel Banquet. In it you can see the Countess wearing the King's Medal in the 12th size with chain (Well you can see the chain at least!)

I assume that the badge/brooch with the serafimerorden bow on her left is her badge as mistress of the robes.

You can also see under this the miniture of the LVO with the green ribbon in a bow on her dress. (I assume if Swedish State orders were still being awarded to Swedes then by now she would have received the Grand Cross, her LVO was pre-1975.)

And this is where is where I think the ban of Swedes receiving swedish orders is silly. She's wearing the broad riband of a foreign order. (It's ok to receive these... and many as possible. But not one from your own country. Ironic as this was the reason that the swedish orders were established. Swedes - even/especially the King - were receiving them and were wearing them when there were none of their own to wear.) So which order is she wearing? I'd say it could be the Finnish order of the white rose.

The AdelsKalendar also reveals that HKH Prinsessan Lilian Hertiginna av Halland's Hovmarskalk Elisabeth Palmstierna has the King's Medal is the 12 size with the Seraphim order ribbon.

Does anyone know which grade of the king's medal Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg has?

I'd be grateful if anyone could post here has any photos they have of the ladies in waiting or even the Courtmarshall's wearing any orders or medals that have been awarded as part of their work.

Thanks in advance

David

[Cissan]

Yesterday someone told me that ETW was one of the missing persons in South East Asia. I thought that I should have heard that if it was true.

However, I just wanted to ask you if you have heard this rumour or if it's total nonsense. Has ETW been seen in the press lately?

[Yennie]

I haven´t heard anything about that...
I think that if that was true, swedish magazine would have written about it, just like they have written about other celebrities who was in Thailand at the time of the tsunami

so..no, not true