Norwegian Royal Family - The Crown Prince and Crown Princess in a new Gala portrait released by the Royal Court (Photo courtesy of Årsrapport 2023) | April 18, 2024

♔ The direct line of succession of European Monarchies (as of January 14, 2024)

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dr1tv: - Crown Prince Frederik is ready, and I have noticed that for quite some time, says Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden 🙏🏻

Watch the new documentary 'Frederik X - King of Denmark' on DRTV.

"(Frederik and I) have a very close relationship. He has always been very protective. Crown Prince Haakon has also been, and it has meant a lot to me."

- Crown Princess Victoria, who was the youngest of the Scandinavian heirs for over 40 years, talking about the protective role the Crown Princes played in her life

The 𝑩𝑹𝑰𝑫𝑬 & 𝑮𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑴

of (current & future)

𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺 & 𝑸𝑼𝑬𝑬𝑵𝑺

Carl Gustaf ♡ Silvia, Victoria ♡ Daniel, Abdullah ♡ Rania, Rajwa ♡ Hussein, Charles ♡ Camilla, Catherine ♡ William, Harold ♡ Sonja, Mette-Marit ♡ Haakon, Frederick ♡ Mary, Margrethe ♡ Henrik, Guillaume ♡ Stephanie, Maria Teresa ♡ Henri, Albert ♡ Charlene, Masako ♡ Naruhito, Willem ♡ Maxima, Mathilde ♡ Philippe, Jetsun Pema ♡ Jigme Khesar, Letizia ♡ Felipe

Foreign Royals and other Guests pose for a group photograph at the State Banquet held in honour of the Royal Wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Crown Princess Rajwa in Jordan | 2 JUNE 2023

Haakon, Vic, Will and Guillame at the Heirs Meeting when Fred told them he got promoted to King of a whole nation:

Heirs of most of Europe (as of 14 January 2024)

King Harald V of Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway and Marit Tjessem pose for official portraits to celebrate Prince Sverre Magnus's 18th birthday, at The Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway -December 1st 2023.

📷 : Heiko Junge/NTB/Det Norske Kongehuset.

🇯🇴 Confirmations for the wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif:

🇩🇰 Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary

🇸🇪 Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel

🇳🇴 Crown Prince Haakon

🇯🇵 Princess Hisako and Princess Tsuguko

🇲🇾 King Abdullah and Queen Raja of Malaysia

🇳🇱 King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima, and The Princess of Orange

🇱🇺 Prince Sebastien of Luxembourg

🇪🇸 King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, and Infanta Elena of Spain

🇧🇪 King Philippe and The Duchess of Brabant

🇷🇴 Margareta, Custodian of the Crown, and Prince Radu of Romania

🇬🇧 The Prince and Princess of Wales

Norwegian Royal Family - The Royal Family wishes everyone a really good Easter 🐣!

The King and Queen with the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus have been gathered at Bygdø Kongsgård at the beginning of Easter week. (Photo by the Royal Court) | March 27, 2024

Three new photographs of the Norwegian Royal Family have been released by the Royal Court of Norway in honour of Prince Sverre Magnus' 18th Birthday this weekend | December 1, 2023

02 March 2023 || The Prince and Princess of Wales received Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway at Windsor Castle to talk about green energy solutions with leading Norwegian business leaders. (📷Kensington Palace)

Maybe I need to learn Swedish and immerse myself in all things SRF. Are they generally messy or boring?

Depends on how you define things. I would say they're boring 95% of the time, but then when there's a scandal, it's a scandal

Here are a few highlights:

In 1914, Gustaf V gave a speech to the people in which he opposed the government's politics & called for stronger Armed Forces (side note but it's a well-known fact that Gustaf was very worried about the growing tensions "on the continent" & I mean, the dude was right to be concerned). This led to a political crisis & the last political influence the monarch had was stripped. It's unclear who actually wrote the speech; some speculate it was Victoria since it was very well known that she was unhappy about the fact that she, as Queen, didn't have any real power.

In 1936, a woman named Anna wanted to file for divorce from her husband, Kurt. The reason? Her motivation was that her husband had cheated on her with King Gustaf V. This was during a time when homosexuality was illegal & divorce papers were open to the public, so even the hint that the monarch himself might engage in "homosexual acts"? Unthinkable! Long story short, the Court tried to come to an agreement with Anna & Kurt, but the couple continued to blackmail the Court for more & more money. In 1947, Kurt published a book about the "injustices" he had faced, but the majority of the copies of the book were bought by police. In 1951, after Gustaf V had died, Kurt wrote to the Chancellor of Justice to complain, upon which the Chancellor started an investigation. The investigation found that Kurt's "accusations were largely unfounded, but it was also clear that the Royal Court paid out large sums and took other measures with the apparent aim of silencing him." One year later, the Prosecutor-General charged Kurt & he was sentenced to 8 years in prison for extortion of the Royal Court. The whole thing is now nicknamed The Haijby Affair (after Kurt & Anna's last name) & has even been made into a movie.

In 1945, Prince Carl Johan asked for permission to marry the divorced journalist Kerstin Wijkman. They had met in 1939 & the prince fell head-over-heels for Kerstin, who couldn't give a sh*t about him at first. Gustaf V denied his grandson's request & the Royal Court tried to prevent the wedding from taking place by revoking Wijkmark's passport. When that didn't work, they started pressuring the US embassy, which meant that Carl Johan's cousin Folke Bernadotte was dragged into the whole thing. In the end, the two got married in 1946 & that meant that the Prince from then on was known as Carl Johan Bernadotte.

In the late 1950s, Princess Birgitta did something as controversial (for Swedish royal standards) as continuing her education with upper secondary studies. She studied at the School of Sport and Health Sciences for two years, where she met hockey & football player Sven Tumba. They denied it then, but rumours of a romance between the two swirled. However, decades later, they both wrote about the romance (which lasted for about a year) in their memoirs & Princess Birgitta was interviewed in a documentary about Tumba. Among other things, she reminisced about one time when the tabloids rang the doorbell & she had to hide in the wardrobe for about 10 minutes before Tumba had managed to chase them away.

We have Carl Gustaf's younger years... That man loved & still loves to party. This caused concern during his time as Crown Prince & then at the beginning of his time as monarch. He was seen by many as an immature womanizer of a party prince who, therefore, was unfit to rule. The Social Democrat-led government famously threatened with "We're one penstroke away from a Republic!" (which, if you ask me, was more PR than an actual threat, but then again, this was like 10-20 years before I was born, so...)

Speaking of Carl Gustaf, in 1989, he made the Norwegians angry by criticising their PM & the fact that they allowed seal hunting. He commented: "If Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland cannot take care of the seal problem, how will she be able to take care of the Norwegian people?"

Then there was the praising of Sultan Hassanal Bolikiah in 2004 during a state visit to Brunei (which to be fair, he just did his job & repeated what the Foreign Office told him to say).

In 2008, he caused a national outcry because not only did Prince Carl Philip shoot an elk during the annual royal hunt, but the monarch also decided to voice his opinion on the very sensitive topic of wolf hunting (no, seriously, it's an incredibly sensitive topic & not one to bring up during family dinners). Apart from getting in trouble with the public, Carl Gustaf also got in trouble with his patronage, WWF.

Do I even need to bring up 2010 & "Have you ever visited a strip or sex club?" which caused him to hit a record low in popularity. At least it gave us this iconic meme.

Honourary mention goes to when Prince Daniel (then only Daniel Westling) needed kidney surgery, so Crown Princess Victoria called her "brothers", Crown Prince Haakon & Crown Prince Frederik & was like "Hey, can you guys help me with a thing? Oh yeah, nothing big, just tricking all of the Nordic press so my fiancée can get surgery in peace." So, to cause a distraction, the three went on a trip to the Arctic while Daniel was admitted to the hospital. However... he was spotted by someone; a journalist called up the Court & was like, "I know, I will publish this; just give me a comment." Their ruse was up, so instead of pretending everything was fine & distracting the press so they couldn't publish about what was happening in Stockholm, Victoria spoke about how difficult it was & that she (obviously) was worried but that Haakon & Frederik were very supportive of her & a big help during that trip.

In 2013, just like in 2023, he got into trouble for "not wanting Victoria as heir". During an interview, the reporter asked if he was still upset about the constitutional change, to which he answered: "Of course. I think it's simple. A constitutional law that works retrospectively, that's weird."

In 2014, Princess Madeleine's apartment was renovated. What was supposed to cost 2.5 million SEK ended up costing 6.8 million SEK. Then, in 2018-2019 renovation works started again, which ended up costing around 5 million SEK. A wall between Madeleine's apartment & the apartment next door was going to be taken down & the family wanted a walk-in closet, a new bedroom, a bathroom & a wardrobe (different one from the named walk-in closet, so two wardrobes were on the wishlist). This ended up creating an argument between the National Property Board & the Royal Court, where the former thought Madeleine had "too high standards". The Royal Family didn't end up paying from their own pockets & this story has now become known as the time the Swedish taxpayers paid for Madeleine's walk-in closet.

If you're still reading, thank you & I hope you enjoyed all of this tea!

“King Philip VI of Spain and Prince Haakon of Norway aged just like wine. The years have made them more charming.” - Text & Image Submitted by cenacevedo15