Finnish state visit to Sweden
Queen Silvia with an injured eye
Queen Silvia had a bloodshot eye during the Finnish state visit.
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Sweden’s royal couple welcomed the new Finnish president in Stockholm. Queen Silvia suffered an eye injury.
A few weeks after taking office, the new Finnish President Alexander Stubb (56) is on a two-day state visit to the neighboring country Traveled to Sweden. The conservative politician and his wife were welcomed by King Carl XVI on Tuesday morning (April 23). Gustaf (77) and Queen Silvia (80) welcomed in Stockholm.
Festive reception in the palace
The royal couple received the presidential couple in the court stables and then drove in a royal carriage in a procession through the streets of the Swedish capital to the royal palace. In the courtyard of the palace, the king and the president inspected a grenadier company of the Swedish Life Guards. The presidential couple were then welcomed in the Rikssalen by government representatives and in the Victoria Salon by Crown Princess Victoria (46), Prince Daniel (50), Prince Carl Philip (44) and Princess Sofia (39). A celebratory gala dinner in the palace is on the program on Tuesday evening.
Take care of Queen Silvia’s eye
As usual, the Swedish royals appeared in stylish outfits at the reception. Victoria wore a royal blue midi dress with matching pumps, Sofia stood out in a knee-length yellow A-line dress.
Queen Silvia cut a great figure in the lilac coat dress, but when you look closer you notice that the 80-year-old’s left eye is completely bloodshot – a worrying sight. It is not known how the so-called hyposphagma came about. Such conjunctival bleeding can occur for various reasons, but in most cases it is harmless.
Finnish state visits to Sweden are a tradition
“With this visit, we hope to further develop the close cooperation from which our countries have benefited for so many years,” said Carl XVI. Gustaf in a speech. According to a statement from the palace, the fact that Finnish presidents make their first state visit to Sweden is a long-standing tradition and an “expression of the special relationship” between the two countries.
For King Carl XVI. It is Gustaf’s seventh state visit to Finland since his accession to the throne in 1973. The Swedish monarch has so far paid five state visits to the neighboring country, the last of which took place in March 2015.