The Royal Correspondent

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden participated in the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs conference entitled, Fine-Tuning Health Care: Improved Outcomes and Cost Efficiency Using Quality Registries, in Stockholm.  For more information about today’s event as well as to view photos please click here.

Meanwhile, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria attended the 100th anniversary of the Enskilda Gymnasiets in Stockholm.

Per the Swedish royal court:

“Mr. Christopher O’Neill is and will remain a U.S. citizen, and he intends to continue its business as before after he has married HRH Princess Madeleine. The royal house policy [is that one must be] a Swedish citizen, and not hold a position of responsibility in business.

This means that Mr. Christopher O’Neill – according to those principles – can not bear the title of HRH Prince of Sweden and Duke of Gastrikland and Hälsingland.

With reference to these demands, Mr. Christopher O’Neill respectfully requested to remain a private citizen and not bestowed royal dignity [hence title].

Svante Lindqvist
Marshal of the Realm”

In other news, the combined monogram of the couple has been finally released today.  The joint MC was designed by heraldic artist, Mr. Vladmir Sagerlund, according to the Swedish royal court.

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On May 11, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Wilmington, Delaware to celebrated the 375th anniversary of the landing of the Kalmar Nyckel ship and the establishment of the New Sweden colony.

Prior to their arrival in Wilmington Their Majesties visited the “…Finnish Settlers monument at Crozer Park…” in Chester, Pennsylvania.

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On Friday, May 10, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a brief visit.  This morning the reigning couple arrived at City Hall where Mayor Michael Nutter gave a lovely speech about the historical ties between Philadelphia and Sweden.

Afterward, Their Majesties visited the American Swedish Historical Museum, the Liberty Bell and of course Independence Hall located at the Independence National Historical Park.

Tomorrow, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will arrive in Wilmington, Delaware to celebrate the 375th anniversary of the Kalmar Nyckel’s arrival in Delaware and the first Swedish settlement in the USA.

On Thursday, May 9, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in Washington, DC for a brief visit.

This afternoon the reigning couple attended a lunch meeting with “…members of the Swedish Congressional Caucus.”  Their Majesties also visited the Department of the Treasury where they attended the unveiling of a new portrait of the “…Congressional Gold Medal that will be posthumously presented to Raoul Wallenberg.”

The king and queen also visited the National Museum of the American Indian and this evening, according to various sources, they will attend a ballet performance at the Kennedy Center.  On Friday, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia will arrive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a one-day visit.  On Saturday, Their Majesties will arrive in Wilmington, Delaware to participate in the “…375th anniversary of the Kalmar Nyckel’s arrival in Delaware…”

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Their Majesties King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived in New York City last evening to begin their four-day visit to the United States in “...in connection with the 375th anniversary of the Kalmar Nyckel’s arrival in Delaware and the first Swedish settlement in the USA” according to the Swedish royal court.

This morning Their Majesties accompanied by Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her fiancé, Mr. Christopher O’Neill, had a nice family outing whilst visiting the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park, New York City.  Soon, the lovely royal family took a boat ride to Ellis Island as well as to Liberty Island where they gazed upon the majestic Statue of Liberty.  Afterward, Their Majesties headed on over to Harlem where they enjoyed a fabulous lunch at the famous Red Rooster restaurant.

Anyway, according to various sources Their Majesties will visit Washington, DC and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Whilst in Philly Their Majesties will “… tour of City Hall before visiting the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the Barnes and the American Swedish Historical Museum…” before heading on over to Wilmington, Delaware.

Video about the upcoming celebrations in Delaware.  

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On May 6, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden attended the opening of the 2013 SM UF-Företagande (Swedish Young Enterprise Championships) held at the Stockholmsmässan.  Click here to view more photos.

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On Friday, May 3, 2013, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden continued their visit to the province of Västra Götaland.  Today, the royal couple visited Fryshuset in Göteborg and Bräcke Östergård.

Meanwhile, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden toured Uppsala County according to the Swedish royal court.  The reigning couple visited a dairy farm in Harbo, visited the companies Sublift AB, Svensk Kärnbränslehanterings (SKB), and Industrial Hydraulics AB, toured the town of Östhammar where Their Majesties toured the Town Hall Square, and finally attended a dinner at Uppsala Slott.

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Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden are currently on a two-day visit to the Västra Götaland province in Sweden.  Today, the lovely royal couple visited the medieval castle known as Läckö Slott “…located on the shores of  Lake Vänern…” where they were warmly greeted by the locals and officials.  Afterward, the royal couple visited Vänerskärgården where they opened Victoriahuset and attended a lovely dinner at the “… residence in Göteborg.”

On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden celebrated his 67th birthday in the outer courtyard at the royal palace in Stockholm.

During the celebrations hundreds of Swedes came out to wish His Majesty a very happy birthday while the Marinens Musikkår and the Arméns Musikkår played traditional music according to the Swedish royal court.  

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On Monday, His Majesty accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden held a diplomatic reception at the royal palace for newly appointed ambassadors from Australia, Botswana, Guatemala, Switzerland, Slovakia and Pakistan.

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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden held a meeting at the royal palace in Stockholm yesterday with representatives from the Nordiska Huvudstadskonferensen (Nordic Capital Conference).

This afternoon, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden “… with Prins Daniel Fellowship visited the Skvadern Upper Secondary School and Mid Sweden University in Sundsvall…” according to the Swedish royal court.  During his visit to the Skvadern school the prince spoke about the “…entrepreneurship and participated in a roundtable discussion with students.”

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Per the Swedish Royal Court:

“The wedding between Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O’Neill takes place on Saturday, June 8 at. 16:00 in the Slottskyrkan (royal chapel) at the Royal Palace in Stockholm. 

June 7 

Wedding celebration starts on Friday, June 7 with a private dinner for invited guests.

Location: Grand Hôtel, Stockholm Host: The Royal Couple On June 8 

The ceremony will take place on Saturday, June 8 at. 16:00 in the Slottskyrkan. After the wedding ceremony will salute of 21 shots with five seconds between each shot from Skeppsholmen.

The bridal couple will travel in a procession by horse and carriage from the Royal Palace to Riddarholmen. Motorcade runs along the Yttre Borggården, Slottsbacken, Skeppsbron, Strömbron, Strömgatan, Norrbro, Slottskajen, Myntgatan and Wrangelska Backen to Evert Taubes terrace Riddarholmen.

From Evert Taubes terrace Riddarholmen sailing for the couple, and the invited guests by boat to Drottningholm Palace for dinner.

Armed Forces parade along the procession route and on arrival at Drottningholm.”

The Swedish network, SVT, will broadcast the royal wedding live on June 8, 2013.

On April 23, 2013, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attended a ceremony at the royal palace in Stockholm where he presented the Svenska Sällskapet för Antropologi och Geografi 2013 Anders Retzius Gold Medal to Anthropologist and West Chester University Professor, Paul Stoller.  Professor Stoller received this prestigious award for his “…important contributions to anthropological research.”

Earlier in the day, His Majesty accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden hosted a lunch for Minister of Equality, Ms. Maria Arnholm.

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