On June 11, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden arrived at Gripsholms Slott in Mariefred to unveil a new portrait by Swedish artist, Mr. Urban Larsson, of Her Majesty Queen Silvia.
The new oil painting will be on permanent display at the Statens Porträttsamling at Gripsholms Slott.
Please click here to learn more about Mr. Urban Larsson and his work as well as to view close-up photos of the beautiful new portrait.
Well, the royal wedding is over and I must say it was a lovely ceremony. Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden looked absolutely beautiful in her custom-made bridal gown by Valentino and Mr. Christopher O’Neill looked very handsome.
If you missed the entire wedding you can watch it again here. However, I must tell you that the SVT re-broadcast won’t last forever.
And, with that congrats to the couple! 🙂
Click here, here, here, and here to view a billion photos from today’s wedding, and sadly several paparazzi photos from the reception as well as various royals and guests returning to their hotel (I hate to add the last link, but I know people want to see the photos).
Click here to view wedding highlights from SVT
Photos courtesy of Kungahuset/E.M.Rundquist
Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden hosted a gala dinner held at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm this evening in honor of their daughter, Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her fiancé, Mr. Christopher O’Neill. The couple will marry tomorrow afternoon at the Slottskyrkan at the royal palace in Stockholm.
Anyway, guests attending this evening’s private dinner included Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden, His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark, Their Highnesses Hereditary Prince Hubertus and Hereditary Princess Kelly of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece, Her Royal Highness Princess Theodora of Greece, His Royal Highness Prince Philippos of Greece, Her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco, Their Royal Highnesses Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Her Highness Princess Martha-Louise of Norway and Mr. Ari Behn to name a few.
Click here and here to view hundreds of photos.
Click here to view several videos.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset/B.Grenfeldt
On June 6, 2013, Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel, His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip, and Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine and her fiancé, Mr. Christopher O’Neill, celebrated National Day at Skasen.
Earlier in the day, Their Royal Highnesses Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel along with Princess Estelle inaugurated the “…exhibition, Open Palace, at the royal palace in Stockholm.”
Please click here, here, and here to view photos.
Click here to watch a video from today’s celebration.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset
So, you want to watch the royal wedding between Her Royal Highness Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Mr. Christopher O’Neill, eh? Well, here are a few things you need to know before the ceremony.
The royal wedding will take place at the beautiful Slottskyrkan on Saturday, June 8, 2013, and will be broadcast live online to those living in and outside of Sweden on Sveriges Television (SVT).
Here is the link which will air the wedding. Bookmark it. 🙂
The wedding begins at 16:00 (4pm) Stockholm time. I highly suggest that you log onto SVT at least an hour and a half prior to the royal wedding. Also, here is a time convertor which will tell you when the wedding begins in your time zone.
After the wedding there will be a 21-gun salute, a cortège route so locals can see the new princess couple, a boat ride to Drottningholms Slott, and finally a gala dinner at Drottningholm Slott hosted by Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
If for some reason you cannot connect to SVT the German network, ZDF, will also air the wedding live online. ** BILD.de (or this link) will also stream the royal wedding live online, and your lovely host will be Count Alexander von Schönburg.
Other networks such as RTL Belgium and ORF2 Austria will only broadcast the royal wedding live on television and online to those who reside in those countries. Sorry.
Also, if you are on Twitter you can join the live discussions with other royal watchers using the hashtags #Prinsessbröllopet, #PrincessMadeleine, #Sweden, #Stockholm, #SVT, #RoyalWedding, #ChrisONeill, and #SwedishRoyalWedding (I am sure there will be new hashtags in the days to come so check back if you like for updates). 🙂
Finally, if you are interested in watching several archival clips of Princess Madeleine courtesy of SVT please click here.
And, that’s it for now. If there are any new updates I will let you know. Otherwise, bookmark the SVT link and enjoy the wedding on Saturday! 🙂
Photos courtesy of Kungahuset/B. Grenfeldt, D. Norberg and A. Daflos. Monogram by V. Sagerlund
**Updated with new live streaming link
On Monday, June 3, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden arrived at the Karolinska Institutet in Solna to meet with researchers from the Hjärt-Lungfondens (Heart-Lung Foundation) who have recently received major research grants from the foundation. Another reason for the prince’s visit was to “…learn more about patient-orientated research…”
During today’s visit Prince Daniel also visited the laboratory at Karolinska Institutet where he examined a “…sliced sections of a mouse heart. The purpose of the investigation was to view the heart’s structure and the amount of fat cells it had taken into storage. Prince Daniel also viewed tissue samples of the brain through a confocal microscope…”
Ew.
Photo courtesy of the Hjärt-Lungfondens
On Sunday, June 2, 2013, at the Bro Hof Golf Club just outside of Stockholm His Royal Highness Prince Daniel of Sweden attended the 2013 Nordea Masters.
At the end of the golf tournament the prince presented the winner’s trophy to Mr. Mikko Ilonen of Finland.
Photo courtesy of Kungahuset
The Royal Correspondent 