Recent content by Hans-Rickard

The portrait of Charles himself is not bad, but a more discreet colour than the screaming red would have been preferable. Now it looks like Charles is standing in a fire and almost vanishes…

Another lovely state visit between 2 tight and very close knitted families… The all nordic state visits is always something special to see 😊

She is not mentioned at Kongehuset.no so i think she is at her military training… The Royal Couple, The Crown Prince Couple, and Princess Astrid is listed as attending.

While i personally wouldn’t have anything against Beatrice being given a more prominent role, i don’t think that will go any further than attending commonwealth day service, chelsea flower show, garden parties, trooping, ascot, and lunches and dinners during state visits, and maybe the...

That tiara was if i recall correctly aquired by the Amalienborg Museum so i’m not sure it would be available for Queen Mary or anyone in the royal family to wear… The matching Sapphire Demi Parure is still Queen Margrethe’s property.

According to Royal Historian Trond Norén Isaksen it is not given that Queen Mary will be made a Grand Commander of the Order of Dannebrog anytime soon as there is no precedent of appointing anyone in connection with accessions… Queen Ingrid was appointed on King Frederik IX’s 60:th birthday in...

Not this summer but this autumn in connection with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa… However all that is depending on the king’s health so we won’t know anything until it gets closer With the same logic King Charles should pay a state visit to Japan as well - but it has...

The only reason i could think about for inviting Sweden (and Finland) for a State Visit anytime soon would be Nato and the Defense and Foreign politics Cooperation… However Sweden is not one of UK’s biggest trading partners so i don’t expect it to happen soon though….. But surprises are always...

Unless you live in Norway or Moldova, this visit came totally in the media-shadows of the Danish-Swedish State Visit… A little bit sad that they didn’t choosed other dates so it could get the media-space it deserves

Next summer it is 50 years since King Carl XVI Gustaf paid a State Visit to the United Kingdom (hosted in Edinburgh)… He was then unmarried and was accompanied to the State Banquets by his sister and brother in law Princess Margaretha and John Ambler who already lived in UK… Queen Elizabeth II...

I agree… It suits her very well and yesterday was her best appearance so far wearing it

A kind gesture i would imagine… Victoria knows him very well since many years. And she prefers to wear swedish design as much as possible

Though she has worn the Leuchtenberg Sapphires from time to time for royal state visits too, like the state visit from Spain in 1979 and the state visit from Luxembourg in 2008.

It’s always like that for state visits… The difference tonight is probably that swedish television broadcasted the arrival of the guests and the presentation, wich is very unusual in Sweden.

Christer Lindarw (swedish clothes designer and dragshow artist)