The Royal Courts/Les Cours Royales: Swedish Queen

Audience with German Chancellor

The day before, Tuesday, January 31st 2017, another European royal court had hosted another senior German dignitary. It was at the royal palace in Stockholm that King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia had received in audience German Chancellor Angela Merkel who was visiting the country. HM Queen Silvia(a German-born), in an oversized blue suit, had not missed this meeting.
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After the meeting, The King preference for urban planning and culture commissioner Roger Mogert, city planning director Anette Scheibe Lorentzi, Martin Schröder, Head of City Planning, and Vice Mayor Secretary Felix Antman Debels. During the meeting at the Royal Palace was discussed urban development issues in Stockholm.

Friday, January 27th The Queen attended the awarding of scholarships from Micael Bindefelds Foundation in memory of the Holocaust in a ceremony at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. This year's winner is the composer Jacob Mühlrad. The Foundation's purpose is to promote cultural expressions that are made to tell stories of the Holocaust. This year's scholarship goes to composer Jacob Mühlradexternal link, opens in new window .

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The Swedish Royal Family attended a sad event

HM Queen Silvia

Members of the Royal Family were photographed last Friday, January 20th 2017 dressed black dressed in Stockholm. Amongst them was Princess Madeleine King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's youngest who lives in London with her husband the British-American banker Christopher O'Neil and their two children Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas, accompanied her parents and aunt to a Religious service, the funeral of their dearest friend, financier, diplomat and Swedish politician Ulf Dinkelspiel. Having held several positions as Secretary of State and Deputy Minister, he was a major figure in the negotiations for the entry of Sweden into the European Union. He died on January 9th at the age of 77 from cancer.

Princess Madeleine's elder siblings were absent. Local media reported that Crown Princess Victoria is currently abroad with her family. Also absent was Prince Carl Philip, and Princess Sofia who are still in South Africa with their son Prince Alexander. Also present was Princess Christina who is battling leukemia, Princess Christina, one of the four eldest sisters of the sovereign, accompanied by her husband Tord Magnuson.

"It's very sad. He has done a lot of good service and our families are friends, "King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden told reporters at the announcement of his death. Let us recall that Louise, the wife of Ulf Dinkelspiel, was an English teacher at the secondary school which Crown Princess Victoria attended and was later mentor to the Crown Princess. And that their sons married, one of Victoria's best friend, the other Madeleine's bestfriend.
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A week in the King Gustav's agenda

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Monday January 9th:
It was back to work for His Majesty King Gustav as he returned from his holidays with Queen Silvia, Princess Madeleine, her husband Chris O'Neil and their two children. His Majesty on this day attended the Society and Defence National Conference in Salen.
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Wednesday January 11th:
Well rested from a well deserve break with their youngest daughter and her family, Her Majesty Queen Silvia returned to Sweden for her first joint engagement with her husband King Gustav by attending a concert at Gripsholm Castle in connection with the inauguration of the new wing.

Thursday, January 12th: Formal Audiences
The King received four newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Royal Palace during formal audiences.
The newly appointed ambassadors of Bulgaria Ambassador Valentin Delchev Poriazov, Saudi Ambassador Abdul Aziz bin Hamoud Al-Zaid, the Somali ambassador Ali Awale Kullane and Finnish Ambassador Matti Anttonen. During this audiences, each ambassadors submits their credentials given by the Head of States to the King who then grants them the formal right to work in Sweden

After the audience with the newly credited ambassadors, His Majesty held formalaudience with the Royal Agriculture and Forestry Academy Chairman Lisa Sennerby Fosse, vice president Björn Sundell and the academy's secretary and CEO Carl-Anders Helander.

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

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All about Drottnignholm Palace according to the Royal Family

Crown Princess Victoria

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.

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The Swedish Royal Courts: A break from the babies for new dads Princes Daniel and Carl-Philip

Crown Prince Daniel

Tuesday evening, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden was in the spotlight ahead of his 70th anniversary of 70 years. Besides his wife Queen Silvia, he could count on the presence at his side of the Princes Carl Philip and Daniel came solo.

This Saturday April 30th, 2016, the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf turns 70. But the Swedes did not wait for the big day to celebrate the 70th anniversary of their sovereign. The festivities have already begun. Thus, this Monday, April 25, an event was organized in his honor at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Entitled "Baltic Sea - hope and threats", she saw various specialists intervene to evoke the Baltic in terms of commerce and politics, science and art, people and the environment. Dressed in a pink suit fuchsia, Queen Silvia was with her husband.

The royal couple had not come alone. The King and Queen of Sweden were escorted by their son Prince Carl Philip and their son in law Prince Consort Daniel. The two young dads were single, their wives, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Sofia, being one as the other on maternity leave. The first gave birth to Prince Oscar -the little brother of the princess Estelle- on March 2, the second to Prince Alexander, her first child, April 12.

However, this Tuesday, April 26, for the anniversary concert given in the chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Silvia was only to accompany her royal husband. She had chosen to wear a jacket for the occasion in gray and white tweed dress on the same gray.

Baltic Sea Concert:

April 26th:

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The Swedish Royal Courts: Their Majesties both with the same royal engagement

HM King Gustaf

Thursday April 7th, Her Queen Silvia of Sweden was under the sign of medicine. Like her husband King Carl XVI Gustaf!
They both had separate appointments on April 7th. Her in Stockholm, Him in Linköping, a town southwest of the Swedish capital. However, for the Queen Silvia of Sweden as her husband royal Carl XVI Gustaf was to medicine he was.

Silvia's mission was to return to attend the Söderberg price of Medicine 2016 Awarded since 1986 by the Torsten Söderberg Foundation and with 1 million Swedish kronor (107,700 euros), it differs every year to choose a winner in collaboration with the Swedish Society of medicine. The distinction came back this year to Professor Kaj Blennowpour for his research on Alzheimer's disease.

The Queen of Sweden, who for the occasion wore a turquoise blue suit and had established, as often, a scarf around her neck, knows the subject of neurological disorders. The foundation "Silviahemmet" (read the "Silvia's hospital"), which she founded in 1996, is dedicated indeed to train various categories of health professionals to best treat or care for people with dementia disease to which she had faced through her late own mother had been reached.

For his part, King Carl XVI Gustaf had visited that day in Linköping to visit there the various services of the National Forensic Medicine Center.
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