Crown Princess Victoria, Current Events Part 3: November 2004 - April 2005

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by Yennie

I read in the calendar that Felipe ad Letitzia will visit Stockholm and the royal family next week! Nice :)
Have Victoria and Letitzia met, other than at the weddings in may 2004?

Fot photos of Princess Victoria, inaugurating the Ayala library in the Cervantes Institute of Stockholm, see this post, at the thread about the Princes of Asturias:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...&postcount=186

[GrandDuchess]

Crown Princess Victoria yesterday, Tuesday 19 April, with the Prince & Princess of Asturias and the Spanish writer Francisco Ayala at the opening Instituto Cervantes in Stockholm. Pictures from Colourpress:

Pictures from the luncheon at the Royal Palace with the King and Queen, Victoria and Lilian can be found here

[GrandDuchess]

Crown Princess Victoria yesterday, Tuesday 19 April, with the Prince & Princess of Asturias and the Spanish writer Francisco Ayala at the opening Instituto Cervantes in Stockholm. Pictures from Colourpress:

Pictures from the luncheon at the Royal Palace with the King and Queen, Victoria and Lilian can be found here

[Anna_R]

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attending the prize ceremony for "Young Scientists" at the Swedish Academy for Science today.

[Anna_R]

Some more from Imagine Scandinavia

[Anna_R]

And some more....

[Larzen]

I thought we had decided that jacket had been worn enough, did she not get the memo

[Lena]

Thank you very much for the pictures, Anna. While I´m happy, that she isn´t wearing black pants to the jacket again, I must say I´m absolutely shocked about the combination of the colours. Is she colour blind?!
And maybe it´s just me, but in a way the ponytail looks much more boring and "style-killing", when it´s in combination with winter clothes.
And have I already mentioned, that I´ve seen the jacket before :p A member, who would try to list in the "Victoria recycling clothes"-thread how often she has worn it, would get my deepest respect for this hard work.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by Larzen

I thought we had decided that jacket had been worn enough, did she not get the memo

... I am in a certain temptation to send a real memo or petition to the Royal court.
It´s not just, that she has worn it more often than her pyjamas, but it´s also one of her ugliest pieces.

[Yennie]

thanks for the pics!

but, oh no. not that jacket again. Please, take it away :(

[Danielle]

Thank you for the photos everyone. I think the neckline of the black dress she is wearing under the red jacket is terrible. It doesn’t go with anything. I think in order for it to look okay, it needs to be a V-neckline.

Now, I don’t mind purple. It’s actually my favourite colour, but there is a limit to its use. Mary has pulled it off, but as people have mentioned, that jacket really lets her down. It is two-tone. Argh! That’s not a good look. I love the skirt and the shoes, but that jacket should go to the fashion wardrobe in the sky … along with those nasty-["backside", but less politely] white shoes (sorry, couldn’t help myself :p)

[Anita]

Thank you for the pics !
I really like Crown Princess Victoria . I think she is a wonderful future Queen, she seems so nice and reachable and down-to-earth . The only thing wrong, to me, with her are her clothes !! Why does she always wear outfits that make her look like she were 60 !!?

[Alexandria]

I grumbled too when I saw the purple jacket -- it looks like it is crushed velvet to me. I hope it isn't -- as crushed velvet was out in the '90s and should never make a fashion comeback in my opinon.

Such outfits really do Victoria a great disservice as she as proven (in Australia for example) that she can be quite stylish. But outfits like this purple one make you want to scream in frustration.

I think we should make a list of all the items we do not like of Victoria's or outfits or items she has worn too often and send a petition as Lena suggests for these items to be banned from her closet!

[Gita]

And a petition to stop her from wearing a ponytail all the time!

[GrandDuchess]

Crown Princess Victoria inaugurated the Victoria Trail

It was with great verve that Crown Princess Victoria inaugurated the Victoria Trail. Accompanied by applauds, the Crown Princess cut the ribbon at Treriksröset – then she drove herself back to Kilpisjärvi.

It started as it usually does, with delays. The kids that had travelled from the Kuttainen School patiently had to wait, wait and wait. The same conditions went for the large group of media; where of most of them were from Norway and Finland, who eagerly stood ready with their telephoto lenses.

At last the Crown Princess arrived, and she was warmly received with waving flags and cheering. The Crown Princess had earlier flown to Tromsö, from where she had been escorted by Norwegian police, the Chairman of the City Council, Thore Klippmark, and Jan Unga, from the municipality’s development division.
- It’s fantastic how she takes this on with such joy, said Jan Unga.
- This attention gives a kick to the Arctic Trail and the whole scooter tourism.

And it was the means of transportation, the scooter, and the Crown Princess of course, that were in the focus. The object of the inauguration was the joint Nordic scooter trail – the Victoria Trail, a trail that stretches from Muonio to Treriksröset and which total length is 220 kilometres. The trail runs on both Swedish and Finnish sides of Muonio-Könkämä river valley and is a part of Arctic Trail, a network of trails that stretches though out the north parts of the countries.

The inauguration ritual took place at Treriksröset. Curious people had transported themselves there, by skies or scooter, to get a glimpse of the heir to the throne. And despite a rusty pair of scissors, the Crown Princess managed to cut the blue-yellow and blue-white (the flag colours of Sweden and Finland) ribbon.
- It’s a great joy and honour to open the Victoria Trail in this way. It’s fantastic to be here, said the Crown Princess, and pointed out that “the pair of scissors has to be as old as the mountain”.

The County Governor of Norrbotten, Per-Ola Ericsson, dressed in a scooter suit/overall like everyone else, expressed great joy of the fact that the Victoria Trail could finally be inaugurated.
- It’s a fantastic day for us in the north. We are one people, but divided in three countries.

After mingling and jojk (sami/lapp type of singing), it was time to leave the mountain world and return to Kilpisjärvi. But this time the Crown Princess didn’t settle with riding behind Härje Fors from the National Board of Forestry. No, she placed herself behind the handlebar and took the lead in a furious pace.

The whole celebrations didn’t last more than a few hours, but all involved parties seemed nothing but satisfied and happy when the royal circus was over.

[GrandDuchess]

Today, Thursday 21 April, Crown Princess Victoria opened The Victoria Trail – a snow scooter trail between Finland and Sweden, and part of the trail network Arctic Trail, which consists of a total of 5 000 kilometres of trails. Pictures from Fotomarktplatz:

[GrandDuchess]

Today, Thursday 21 April, Crown Princess Victoria opened The Victoria Trail – a snow scooter trail between Finland and Sweden, and part of the trail network Arctic Trail, which consists of a total of 5 000 kilometres of trails. Pictures from Fotomarktplatz:

[GrandDuchess]

Today, Thursday 21 April, Crown Princess Victoria opened The Victoria Trail – a snow scooter trail between Finland and Sweden, and part of the trail network Arctic Trail, which consists of a total of 5 000 kilometres of trails. Pictures from Fotomarktplatz:

[hrhcp]

Originally Posted by Alexandria

I grumbled too ... it looks like it is crushed velvet to me.

A yuck from me too.

I think we should make a list of all the items we do not like of Victoria's or outfits or items she has worn too often and send a petition as Lena suggests for these items to be banned from her closet!

If Victoria provides rebuttal, what then?

[hrhcp]

Look GrandDuchess, I have to reword your text. Its a skidoo or a snowmobile.
So ....

Originally Posted by GrandDuchess

Victoria Trail – a snowmobile trail between Finland and Sweden

The organizers show no taste ..... Victoria should have been riding on a Bombardier Ski-Doo.