On Friday, April 29, 2022, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden was appointed Honorary Doctor from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Per a press release from the Karolinska Institutet:

“Prince Daniel has had a long and active interest in public health, and over the years has worked extensively to raise awareness of the need to promote healthier lifestyles among children and teenagers, to reduce health disparities, and to support medical research and education.

Through this untiring health-related work, Prince Daniel has become a vital and visible driving force in this field, both at home and abroad. Since his focus has always been firmly fixed on evidence-based methods, his links with KI were forged early on. He is the founder and patron of En Frisk Generation (EFG – A Healthy Generation), which has been run in partnership with KI for the last ten years. EFG works to help families in deprived areas to adopt more active, healthy lifestyles, and is run in association with schools, municipalities, and local societies. The methods employed have been scientifically assayed in a controlled and published research study conducted by researchers at KI.  

Prince Daniel and Crown Princess Victoria are founders of Generation Pep, whose goal is to provide all children and teenagers better opportunities for more active and healthy lives, regardless of their background, circumstances, or abilities. Generation Pep has become a strong, credible, and unifying force in public health work in Sweden within just five years, and Prince Daniel is deeply and actively engaged in its activities. Generation Pep is currently running a large health-promotion project in which KI is an important knowledge partner, this collaboration being regulated in an agreement signed by KI and the Swedish Crown Princess Couple’s Foundation.

Prince Daniel trained as a youth recreation leader and has a background in personal training. He studied at KI between 2011–2013. He is also honorary chairperson of the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation, which annually awards grants from its Prince Daniel Grant for Promising Young Researchers fund.”

Photos courtesy of the Swedish royal court

On Saturday, April 30, 2022, Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco along with her husband, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, and their two children, His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Jacques of Monaco and Her Serene Highness Princess Gabriella of Monaco, and Mr. Louis Ducruet attended the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship 2022 Monaco E-Prix Round 6 in Monte-Carlo.

Today’s event is the first time Princess Charlene has participated in public duties since she returned to Monaco last month.

On Saturday, April 30, 2022, His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden celebrated his 76th birthday in the outer courtyard at the Kungliga Slottet in Stockholm.

According to the Swedish royal court, the day began with:

“…Navy’s music corps conducting a musical program for the audience. Then His Majesty arrived in the outer courtyard with His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and stepped onto the High Guard Flight.

Meanwhile, the Army Music Corps conducted a figurative musical program as The King looked on. At precisely noon, there was a salute of 21 shots was fired from Skeppsholmen. Children from the audience then had the opportunity to leave flowers to the King.

After the flower handover, the three music corps played Marcia Carolus Rex. The departing from the High Guard Flight His Majesty left and returned to the palace to join his family as they looked out at the audience from the window of the Halls of the Order.”

On the afternoon of Saturday, April 30, 2022, Her Royal Highness Princess Isabella of Denmark was confirmed into the Folkekirken (Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark) at Fredensborg Slotskirke in Fredensborg. The ceremony was presided over by the Royal Chaplain-in-Ordinary, Bishop Henrik Wigh-Poulsen.

Dozens of guests attended today’s confirmation including several of Princess Isabella’s godparents including Her Majesty Queen Mathilde of Belgium and Mr. Peter Heering. Also in attendance were Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, His Royal Highness Prince Christian of Denmark, His Royal Highness Prince Vincent of Denmark, Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine of Denmark, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark, His Royal Highness Prince Nikolai of Denmark, His Royal Highness Prince Felix of Denmark, His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark, Her Royal Highness Princess Athena of Denmark to name a few. Unfortunately, Princess Isabella’s Grandfather, Professor John Donaldson as well as Crown Princess Mary’s family in Tasmania and Australia, could not attend today’s confirmation celebrations.

According to the Danish royal court, the flower arrangements inside the Slotskirke included:

“… Hortensia, Peony, Lathyrus and Butterfly as well as the Orchid variety Phalaenopsis. The Hydrangea variety ‘Princess of Passion’ has [also] been used, which Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess in her capacity as patron of the Odense Flower Festival christened in 2019.

Throughout the past 100 years, Fredensborg Slotskirke has been used for a large number of religious ceremonies for members of the royal family. In particular, the church has been the setting for royal confirmations, but it was also in this church that Princess Isabella was christened on July 1, 2007.”

Photos courtesy of the Danish royal court.