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Therefore, the king invited Chris and Sofia
"The most natural thing in the world"
SEOUL. Estelles birth and Count Carl Johan Bernadotte's funeral.
The king and queen has had a tumultuous year.
In a long interview with Aftonbladet says the couple on their first grandchild, the state visit to South Korea - and why they invited Chris and Sofia at Estelles baptism.
- It's the most natural thing in the world. It is always a good reason, if nothing else, to meet, says King.
Just a week after Estelles baptism left the King and Queen of Sweden with a government plane.
And on Tuesday morning, local time, they landed at the military airport in Seoul, launching his state visit to South Korea.
The couple have been invited by President Lee Myung-bak and his wife Kim Yoon-ok and stays until June 1.
On Thursday Aftonbladet had a long interview with the king and Silvia who were both excited to be visiting the country.
- It's always nice to visit Korea. I have had the opportunity to visit it several times over the years. But this is on another level because it is a state visit. We have political relations at high level. Sweden's been a neutral country and helped Korea during the long period of time. Especially during these difficult years, during the Korean War, when we were here with a field hospital. It has firmly established this contact between Sweden and Korea, says King.
On Friday you will visit the demilitarized zone between South and North Korea. What are the feelings for it?
- I've been there before. So it is not remarkable. We have been there for almost 60 years and there is a trust that we have with some other countries. But it's an odd situation. The country's in the arrest. This is actually still a war. Therefore, monitoring this route continuously. It's very strange. But one would hope that something will normalize, says King.
He and Silvia will be gone for five days and the Queen admits that she misses her newborn grandson.
- Of course it happens so much now. She is barely three months and things are happening all the time and she developed. There is a little person in there. Before she was a cute little doll. But now she can laugh and watch. You get almost a conversation with her, says Silvia.
When Estelle was renamed the Royal Chapel was just over 400 guests invited. In normal circumstances, neither Chris O'Neill and Sofia Hellqvist have been allowed because they are not yet engaged with Madeleine and Carl Philip.
But this time, thought the royal family on.
What do the King that the whole family was gathered in the Castle Church in baptism?
- It is quite natural. Right? It was the most natural thing in the world. But it is obviously always fun when you can not only collect the small and close family. Without even friends and relatives and so on. It is always a good reason, if not to another's, get together. It is not always we meet at regular times, says the king.
Many have seen the decision as a modernization of the monarchy, but the head of state thinks that it seemed quite natural.
- Glad we get some credit. Lovely. But there's nothing remarkable about it, says King.
Read the full interview with the royal couple in tomorrow's Aftonbladet, where among other things, tells more about her state visit to South Korea, the family's summer plans and when they think we'll see the next engagement of the royal family.
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