For the first gala dinner(Representationsmiddag) of the year  hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Sofia, both speakers were literally sublime.

With both of them giving birth one in March and the other in April, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her sister-in-law Princess Sofia were as resplendent as the other one this Wednesday, February 3 evening at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. The eldest daughter of the King and Queen appeared on the arm of her husband Prince Consort Daniel in a white lace dress and silver, refined and with a train, and wearing the Baden Fringe Tiara. Sofia, the wife of Prince Carl Philip, sported, meanwhile, a gold lame dress that hugged her baby bump. A dress that according to the Swedish magazine "Expressen" she had borrowed from one of her friends. The mother of 31-year-old wore her tiara of diamonds and emeralds, wedding gift from her parents-royal. Queen Silvia had opted for a total red lookand accompanied her lace dress with Karl XIV Johan Diamond Earrings as well as a diamond collect necklace. And tiara side, she had preferred that night Connaught Diamond Tiara.


Given as the beginning of every year in honor of diplomats, members of government and parliament, representatives from the scientific, sporting, economic and cultural, as well as those encountered by the royal family during official travel, this dinner gala was served in the Karl XI gallery Royal Palace.
Photo Credits: Paris Match