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Today the Royal Family of Sweden attended the annual opening of the House of the Parliament in Stockholm. It was pened shorty after two o’clock in the afternoon. The men attended the opening in dark suits and ties, the women in dark dresses and hats. The Royal woman are always dressed in dark colours, in an intentional homage to the old court dress, which was worn until 1974 and was made of black velvet with white detailing.
The day started with a church service in the Stockholm Cathedral. At 1 o’clock the Army Music Corps played and the Grenadiers from the Life Guards paraded at the Parliament grounds. A folk dance danced inside the Parliament and folk musicians and music classes sung.
Around 2 o’clock King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, CP Victoria, Prince carl Phillip and Princess Madeleine arrived with a royal cortège. They were greeted by the Speaker of the Parliament. The King held a short speech and declared the Parliament open.
You can find information and pictures of the event in this thread.
Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Carl XVI Gustaf, Parliament, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine, Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia
As every year Crown Princess Victoria celebrated her birthday, the “Victoria Day”, at the Solliden Palace in Borghol. Her parents, King Carl Gustav and Queen Silvia, and her fiancé Daniel Westling were also in attendance.
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This year’s celebrations were different compared to the usual ones. The Royal Watchers waited for hours with flowers in their hands to congratulate their Princess. Victoria received congratulations and little presents over an hour. She took the time to greet everyone and chat with people. Daniel was always close to his fiancé ,chatted and laughed with many people in the audience. The couple looked very happy; holding hands and smiling at each other.
Of course the engaged couple also posed with the Royal couple for a group photo.
In the evening the Swedish Royal family, this time also inclusing Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Phillip, and Crown Princess Victoria’s fiance Daniel Westling attended a concert in celebration of Victoria’s birthday. Princess Victoria and Queen Silvia both wore the Swedish National costumes for this event.
You can find an article about the birthday celebrations here.
A thread at TRF can be found here.
Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Birthday, Carl XVI Gustaf, Concert, Daniel Westling, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine, Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia
On June 6th the Royal Family of Sweden celebrated their National Day.
In the morning Princess Madeleine opened the gates to the public at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, for the traditional open palace day.
The Palace open house has become a tradition on the National Day and the only chance for the public to roam freely inside the normally closed parts of the Palace.
You can see a video of Madeleine opening the gates here.
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Crown Princess Victoria celebrated the National Day in Skanninge. The town’ts market is one of the oldest in Sweden.
Later the day Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf, Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria, Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip took part in the National Day celebrations at Skansen open air museum in Stockholm
In the evening the Royal Family hosted a National Day reception at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
More information and pictures can be found here.
Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Carl XVI Gustaf, National Day, Prince Carl Philip, Princess Madeleine, Princess Victoria, Queen Silvia
Prince Carl Philip, the second child of the King and Queen of Sweden, celebrated his 30th birthday yesterday, with a small ceremony in the courtyard of the Royal Palace of Stockholm.
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The Prince was joined by his parents and two sisters, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine, for the celebration, which saw hundreds gather in the royal courtyard to wish him a happy birthday. The Prince was presented with flowers and home-made Swedish flags from the children who were in the crowd.
The military band played for the Royal Family after they made their appearance at 1pm. They played “Ack Värmland, du sköna” (”Oh Värmland, Thou Art Beautiful”) in tribute to the Prince, who is also the Duke of Värmland. But when it came time to sing the birthday song, “Ja, må han leva” (”Yes, may he live”), it almost didn’t happen! The crowd did not know when to begin singing, and it was up to King Carl XVI Gustaf to begin himself! Waving his arm in time with the music, he received a laugh from his daughters, and the crowd quickly caught on. Read more…
JessRulz Swedish Royals Biography, Birthday, Prince Carl Philip
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In a press conference yesterday, Prince Carl Philip introduced a line of silvery cutlery he has design for the Swedish company Mema/GAB.
The cutlery line, which has been named CPB 2091, is made of silver and a set of five pieces (knife, fork, spoon, dessert spoon, coffee spoon) can be purchased from goldsmith stores around Sweden for 999 Swedish kroner (approximately 95 Euros).
The Prince, who studied design at the Rhode Island School of Design in the US and the Forsberg Studio in Sweden, said of his designs, “It’s been a fantastic challenge and I am really proud of the result.”
Click here to read more about Carl Philip’s cutlery.
JessRulz Swedish Royals Press Conference, Prince Carl Philip
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Prince Carl Philip was on the ice in Värmland earlier this week, but not in the way a regular person would. The Prince was test driving a Porsche and a BMW in preparation for this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup.
Carl Philip participated in the Cup last year, and says that he has not set any goals for the race. But, of the ice driving? “It is really useful, and of course, it is also fun. I compete mainly because I think it is fun,” the Prince told reporters. Carl Philip practiced on the ice last year with his father, King Carl XVI Gustaf.
When the Prince was asked about his recent break-up with Emma Pernald, the Prince had nothing to say: “I’ll pass. As you can probably understand, I would like to not make any comments.”
JessRulz Swedish Royals Prince Carl Philip, Sport
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Today Emma Pernald, long term girlfriend of Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden, confirmed the separation rumors stating that she and the Prince are “taking a break” in their relationship and that it was their mutual decision in the Swedish newspaper Expressen.
In August they would have been together for 10 years.
First separation speculations by the media appeared in October 2008, but were disclaimed.
New speculations about a possible break up came up when Carl Philip attended the engagement party for Victoria and Daniel alone.
Her_Majesty Swedish Royals Emma Pernald, Prince Carl Philip, Separation
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Yesterday, February 26, Sweden’s two Carls – King Carl XVI Gustaf and Prince Carl Philip - had a joint engagement.
The father and son duo attended the inauguration of the agriculture and gardening conference at the University of Agricultural Studies in the Swedish village of Alnarp.
Prince Carl Philip is currently studying at Alnarp University.
JessRulz Swedish Royals Carl XVI Gustaf, Prince Carl Philip
