Party atmosphere in Stockholm
Swedish royals celebrate national holiday
The Swedish royal family in an official portrait for National Day 2024.
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Today, June 6th, the Swedish royals celebrated their national holiday. The focus was on Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar.
As every year, today, June 6th, the National Day. Of course, the Swedish royal family also took part in the celebrations with a large program and numerous guests. The Swedish royals, Princess Estelle (12) and Prince Oscar (8), demonstratively put the youngest generation in the foreground.
Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar raise the national flag
The day before, the two juniors had their first major appearance and helped soldiers of the Royal Guard to raise the national flag. video posted on Instagram You can see how Estelle and Oscar are shown how to fold the Swedish national symbol correctly by Sergeant Major Johannes Öhneskog. The two obviously had a lot of fun at their first official “flag training”.
The Swedish royal family rang in today’s national holiday this morning with another Instagram post which, next to the words “Happy National Day!”, features a new portrait of Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar in Swedish traditional costume and a fine suit in a garden.
Royal seniors demonstrate closeness to the people
In addition to the royal offspring, the older members of the Swedish royal family also had their hands full that day. In the morning in Stockholm’s Folkets Park, Crown Princess Victoria (46) opened the general celebrations in front of a large audience with a speech in the presence of Crown Prince Daniel (50). as “Svensk Damtidning” reportedPrince Carl Philip (45) took over the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace at noon, while Queen Silvia (80) and King Carl Gustaf (78) at an event in the province of Norrbotten demonstrated their closeness to the people.
Grand reception in the Royal Palace in the evening
The evening’s program also included an official celebration in the open-air museum Skansen with a concert, which was broadcast live on Swedish television. Later in the evening, King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia invited representatives of the Swedish government and the diplomatic corps to a reception in the Royal Palace. The official part of the national holiday will end with a tattoo in the garden of the Royal Palace.