Monday January 16th: Farewell Audience His Majesty hosted a farewell audience with outgoing U.S Ambassador Azita Raji

It was already known that she was on holiday in the Swiss Alps at the beginning of 2017. But Princess Madeleine of Sweden confirmed this information and in the most beautiful way. The young 34 year old mother and youngest of Their Majesties's children posted on Tuesday, January 10th on her Facebook account four pictures of her children that appear to have been taken during their Swiss stay. These are accompanied by a little new year wishes from her little ones Leonore and Nicolas: "A very Happy New Year to you all from Leonore & Nicolas!" (A very happy new year For all of you on behalf of Leonore and Nicolas).

On one of the photographs, 18 months old Prince Nicolas Duke of Angermanland, standing on a wooden balcony, in an anorak and wearing a bonnet, against a backdrop of snow-capped peaks. Another picture shows the little boy, in ski suit, sitting in the snow, a wide smile illuminating his face. A photo that puts another to his older sister, Princess Leonore, 2 years and 10 months, in the same situation. Not jealous, the girl is also entitled to a second shot, this time inside. We see her drinking a chocolate with a straw. And the little greedy is really too crisp with milk froth around the mouth.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden, who lives in London, stayed during the first week of January in a ski resort of the Swiss Alps, with her husband the British-American banker Christopher O'Neill and their two children Princess Leonore and Prince Nicholas. They were accompanying her parents as H.R.H Princess Madeleine is very close to her mother. According to Swedish media, the princess spent the night at her mother the queen's bedside during her hospitalization, a little more than a week before. It is not surprising that she was also at her side when she was recovering in the Swiss mountains. And we imagine that the queen of Sweden was very happy with her youngest daughter and grandchildren Leonore and Nicolas whom she sees little in the snow. Unlike her elder sister and brother, Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Carl Philip, and their respective families, Madeleine and family do not live in Stockholm but in London.

The program series "Drottningholm Palace - one kung wonder hem" on SVT1 shown on Thursday and Friday at 18:30pm (swedish time) tells King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia, King's sister Princess Christina, and Crown Princess Victoria talks about history of the Royal Castle, located twenty minutes drive from Stockholm.

In the first part of a new TV documentary that was broadcasted on SVT last Thursday night, HM Queen Silvia talks about meeting friendly ghosts, Crown Princess Victoria talks about growing and Princess Christina speaks about the first queen H at Drottningholm Palace.
In this context reveals Queen Silvia that she has seen ghosts at Drottningholm.

You will not be afraid, Her Majesty says
- There is so much history here, there are also little friends ... ghosts. They are all very friendly, but you feel sometimes that you are not alone. So come and experience it for yourself, walk around here when it's dark. It is very exciting as it sounds, from Queen Silvia in the program.

- You will not be afraid, it is a kindness, you sense. Imagine if you could tell she says.

Princess Christina reaffirms what her sister-in law say that there are ghosts in the castle.


Crown Princess Victoria talks about her childhood at the castle
From the age of three until she left home, Crown Princess Victoria with her parents, King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and her siblings, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine at Drottningholm Castle.

And the Swedish royal couples have still today their base at Drottningholm Castle, where Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia later celebrated their son, Prince Alexander's baptism.

Among other things, says Crown Princess Victoria who was heavily pregnant during the filming of the series about growing up in the castle.  She talks about the secret places at the palace


Secret places
In the first part of the program Princess Christina presented Drottningholm's first queen, Hedvig Eleonora, who followed the construction in the 1600s.

Crown Princess Victoria shows secret places, and King Carl Gustaf is engaged in the renovation of China castle, located in the park.

It will be no less exciting in the second part of the program series, which celebrated Christmas at Drottningholm and Queen Silvia, among other things tells about the time Santa was taken by the security guard.

Remembers his childhood
In the final part of the documentary about Drottningholm palace commemorating Crown Princess Victoria his childhood in the historic estate, which is on UNESCO's World, while princess Christina remembers how younger brother Carl Gustaf drove around in his pedal car on the castle.