Crown Princess Victoria, Current Events Part 4: April 2005 - May 2006

[karima]

Hi,

has Victoria lost weight?

[madeleinefan]

Hi, this is my first time posting here. Well, just wanted to share a piece of news about Crown Princess Victoria. I have a Swedish friend who lives in Australia and who met her when she was in Australia in March 2005. Apparently, the Crown Princess was gracious enough to thank her for all the trouble my friend went through to have all the Swedish children attend one of the functions. Not only is she gorgeous, but she also has a warm heart.

[Yennie]

Welcome to The Royal Forums madeleinefan. Hope you´ll like it here!

What a lucky friend you have! I´m jealous :)

[Cerasma]

Also an welcome from me,
I agree that your friend is a lucky person to met someone of the swedish royal family.
Hope you will love it here, and you will post more information like this :)

[madeleinefan]

Hi Yennie, Gita & Cerasma,

Thanks for the warm welcome. I hope I will have more to post, but I am probably the least likely to meet any member of the Swedish royal family as I live in China! Haha! In any case, I am a fan and even though I don't post often, I drop by and read the forums almost every day. Thanks to all for the great stuff here. Cheers!

[Lena]

CP Frederik and CP Victoria in Luleå yesterday. After lunch in Luleå they boarded the icebreaker Oden, which will go to Stockholm and will arrive on Wednesday. (http://www.kuriren.nu/ )

[Lena]

Two more from www.royalcourt.se

[Lena]

Sweden´s King Carl XVI Gustaf, Sweden´s Crown Princess Victoria and Denmark´s Crown Prince Frederik pose for photographers prior to a dinner at the townhall of Lulea, northern Sweden, on May 30 , 2005, as part of their participation in the International Royal Colloquium Arctic under Stress - A Thawing Tundra. The pictures are from Fotomarktplatz

[robby86]

The last one is funny. Do you know what she was doing?

The weirdest thing happend and I had to share. I went out to dinner with some of my family the other week and the most interesting thing happend. I looked over at another table and there was a women I would have sworn to be the CP Victoria. She looked so much like her she should aply to be a body double for Victoria if she needs to get away from the photographers.

[Yennie]

Victoria is going to Turkey June 13-15!

Kronprinsessan Victoria ska sälja Sverige i Turkiet.
Hon följer med näringsminister Thomas Östros dit 13-15 juni för att bland annat främja svenskt näringsliv, meddelar näringsdepartementet
Turkiet försöker komma med i EU, något som väckt opposition i andra EU-länder än Sverige. Misstron mot Turkiet bidrog till att befolkningarna i Frankrike och Nederländerna nyligen röstade nej till EU-fördraget.
Syftet med Victorias och Östros besök i Istanbul och Ankara är också att diskutera EU-processen.

Dessutom avses besöket fördjupa relationerna mellan Sverige och Turkiet. Östros träffar andre premiärminister Recep Tayyip Erdogan och ekonomiminister Ali Babacan, som är Turkiets chefsförhandlare med EU.
Turkiet är en växande marknad för svenska företag. Där finns nu 70 svenska företag representerade, heter det i ett pressmeddelande från departementet, som inte sprider vidare ljus över vilken roll Victoria ska spela

[Gita]

What will she do while in Turkey? I worked out that she will do something in Istanbul and Ankara.

[Ariel]

Is she getting married anytime soon? how is her relationship with Daniel going on?

[Gita]

I am interested to know if there will be a wedding next year but we will just have to wait and see. They have been dating for 3.5 years now. :)

[Lena]

Originally Posted by Yennie

Victoria is going to Turkey June 13-15!

Kronprinsessan Victoria ska sälja Sverige i Turkiet.
Hon följer med näringsminister Thomas Östros dit 13-15 juni för att bland annat främja svenskt näringsliv, meddelar näringsdepartementet
Turkiet försöker komma med i EU, något som väckt opposition i andra EU-länder än Sverige. Misstron mot Turkiet bidrog till att befolkningarna i Frankrike och Nederländerna nyligen röstade nej till EU-fördraget.
Syftet med Victorias och Östros besök i Istanbul och Ankara är också att diskutera EU-processen.

Dessutom avses besöket fördjupa relationerna mellan Sverige och Turkiet. Östros träffar andre premiärminister Recep Tayyip Erdogan och ekonomiminister Ali Babacan, som är Turkiets chefsförhandlare med EU.
Turkiet är en växande marknad för svenska företag. Där finns nu 70 svenska företag representerade, heter det i ett pressmeddelande från departementet, som inte sprider vidare ljus över vilken roll Victoria ska spela

Thank you Yennie for this information. Great, that she makes one more journey in the first half of the year. One could almost mean, she wants to get as many trips as possible done before the "engagement year". Well, maybe Victoria has just chosen this trip in the wise foresight, that Sweden would have a miserable june with a lot of rain and cold temperatures (I´ve even heard the chances for strawberries to midsummer are very low, says Lena biting in red sweet Austrian non-imported strawberries :p ).
Does Victoria really need to discuss, if Turkey should join the EU or not. IMO here the "weaknesses" of the Royal system show. On the one hand it´s required, that they should have no political opinion (which is of course impossible), on the other hand they are trained in politics...

[Lena]

Short german article (from BUNTE) about Victoria´s interview to this turkish newspaper (I guess that´s the original interview, but I can´t read a single turkish word...maybe a member her can (?) http://www.milliyet.com/2005/06/15/guncel/agun.html ) It says practically the same like the article in Aftenposten...only that they have spiced the article with some sort of "drama" up

Victoria würde nicht auf den Thron verzichten
Auch nicht aus Liebe

Die schwedische Thronfolgerin Victoria würde sich im Zweifel für den Thron und gegen die Liebe entscheiden. "Ich würde nicht auf das Amt verzichten", sagte Victoria in einem Interview, das die türkische Zeitung "Milliyet" am Mittwoch veröffentlichte. "Ich wurde geboren, um Schweden zu helfen, und versuche, mein Bestes zu geben."

Die 27-jährige Victoria, die sich zu einem dreitägigen Besuch in der Türkei aufhielt, ist seit knapp vier Jahren mit dem 31-jährigen Bürgerlichen Daniel Westling liiert. Einer Hochzeit mit ihm müsste die schwedische Regierung zustimmen. In der schwedischen Geschichte gab es nur wenige Ehepartner ohne einen adeligen Stammbaum, darunter die aus Deutschland stammende Königin Silvia. (A wedding would have to be approved of the Swedish government. Sweden´s history has not many couples without a noble genealogy to offer, among them the from Germany coming queen Silvia-> a) the writer has forgotten to relate the sentence to the Royal house. Here it seems as if all the Svenssons would be noble b) Here it sounds as if the government has made an exception for Silvia. And as if the trend would go back to Royal partners)

Das Verhältnis zwischen Victorias Eltern und Westling gilt als frostig. Für ein Fest der königlichen Familie im Frühjahr soll der Fitness-Studio-Betreiber keine Einladung erhalten haben. (The relationship between Victorias parents and Westling is known for being frosty. It´s said for a festivity of the Royal family in spring the gym owner hasn´t gotten an invitation-> *sigh* it was clear, that also german mags would pick up this story. After having seen a few dozens pics of the meeting at Sofiero, they should know, that this meeting was more an offical duty than anything else. I guess the "real" Bernadottish parties are of an other kind...less stays on the outside, more alcohol and more casual food. And who knows, maybe Daniel has already experienced such a party) Zu den häufigen Hochzeitsgerüchten hat der schwedische Hof bisher keine Stellungnahme abgegeben.

[mixer2002de]

Well but isn't that the same old story? For me it seems as Victoria always answers this kind of questions the same way.

[Lena]

Originally Posted by mixer2002de

Well but isn't that the same old story? For me it seems as Victoria always answers this kind of questions the same way.

Yes, very true. But I´ve a feeling, she´s intensifying the whole thing a bit. Maybe it´s also some kind of strategy...couldn´t it be, that she wants to point out, that the Swedes should try all, so that she hasn´t to deal with this moral conflict?? With "try all" I mean, that they should try as hard as possible to accept Daniel.
Ok, maybe a little bit far-fetched and maybe I´m too much of an intriguer to think like this (?)

"Jeg ble født for å hjelpe Sverige, og jeg forsøker å gjøre mitt beste"
"I was born to help Sweden and I will try to give my best"... I wonder, if I would have to pay her (or the court) money to use this sentence for a science fiction movie...well, I would change a little word "I was born to help Galactica and I will try to give my best" (Hm, ok this sounds beaten...I´ve to think about the name...)

[mixer2002de]

I think the Swedes would be happy to see her starting a family (getting married getting pregnant raising children)

[Lena]

Originally Posted by mixer2002de

I think the Swedes would be happy to see her starting a family (getting married getting pregnant raising children)

Yes, especially now...when they have to look full of jealousy to the danish and norwegian neighbours

[mixer2002de]

Yeap and Victoria is not the youngest anymore. A lot of females of her age already have got a family.