The King's Opinion on the Succession Laws
Interesting article.. Surely he would have had a say at the time??
Swedish king says his son, not daughter, should take over throne
Mon Nov 24
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Twenty-three years have passed since Sweden adopted a new Succession Act, but King Carl Gustaf XVI is still upset that his eldest child, Princess Victoria, and not his only son will become Sweden's next monarch.
The Swedish Constitution was changed in 1980, giving the eldest child of the royal couple the right to the throne, regardless of gender.
The new law stripped seven-month-old Carl Philip of the title of Crown Prince and made his elder sister Victoria, now 26, heir to the throne.
Victoria is hugely popular in Sweden and is widely viewed as a capable and worthy successor to her father, but the king nonetheless said at the weekend that he was displeased by the change in the law.
Asked by Swedish television whether he still believed the change was wrong, he said:
"Of course. It's simple. A constitutional law that works retroactively, that's odd," he said.
A spokesman for the royal family, Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, stressed that the king was however very pleased with the way Victoria was carrying out her duties as crown princess.
Interesting article.. Surely he would have had a say at the time??
Swedish king says his son, not daughter, should take over throne
Mon Nov 24
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Twenty-three years have passed since Sweden adopted a new Succession Act, but King Carl Gustaf XVI is still upset that his eldest child, Princess Victoria, and not his only son will become Sweden's next monarch.
The Swedish Constitution was changed in 1980, giving the eldest child of the royal couple the right to the throne, regardless of gender.
The new law stripped seven-month-old Carl Philip of the title of Crown Prince and made his elder sister Victoria, now 26, heir to the throne.
Victoria is hugely popular in Sweden and is widely viewed as a capable and worthy successor to her father, but the king nonetheless said at the weekend that he was displeased by the change in the law.
Asked by Swedish television whether he still believed the change was wrong, he said:
"Of course. It's simple. A constitutional law that works retroactively, that's odd," he said.
A spokesman for the royal family, Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, stressed that the king was however very pleased with the way Victoria was carrying out her duties as crown princess.