The Royal Family of Norway was mobilized on Friday in Lillehammer for the opening of the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2016. And it's the little Princess Ingrid Alexandra, the daughter of Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit, who lit the Olympic torch.

She is only 12 years yet Ingrid Alexandra stole the show from her grandfather King Harald V of Norway which officially launched this February 12 YOG Lillehammer putting in competition over the next ten days in five disciplines, some 1,100 young athletes from ages 15 to 18. This is indeed the princess, second in the order of succession to the Norwegian crown, which was the last carrier of the Olympic torch and lit the torch monumental -as did her father Prince Haakon exactly 22 years ago, before 13,000 spectators gathered to springboards Lysgårds where was organized the opening ceremony.

Earlier in the day, the girl attended with her parents and younger brother Prince Sverre Magnus, a curling match the first event of the games in the curling hall. The opportunity for Crown Prince Haakon to exercise his talents in the use of stone in the company of the Minister of Culture and the Norwegian Olympic medalists Pål Trulsen and Thomas Ulsrud had also held a reception in the presence of King Harald V and Queen Sonja.
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