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Crownprincess Victoria is the first (and only) royal who hasn´t been born in one of the royal familys palaces, i´ve read beacuse Queen Silvia was nervous about her first birth so she chose to have Victoria at Karolinska Hospital instead - but Carl-Philip was born at Stockholm palace and Madeleine at Drottningholm palace and the king and all his sisters was born at Haga palace.Yesterday I read from one of the blogs commenting at the royal pregnancy on either Expressen or Aftonbladet that according to tradition the baby will be born at Haga Palace (they claimed it would be the first royal birth there, is it true?) and the first guest to see the baby according to etiquette would be the prime minister who's job would be to witness that an heir to the crown has indeed been born. The baby might even be presented on a silver tray to spectators as happened with Gustav V in the past. The blogger gave Victoria the advice that she should not accept the PM as her first guest at her bedside on such a delicate situation etc. and was simply quite shocked at the presentation ritual etc.
I just think all this sounds a bit funny. Didn't Queen Silvia give birth at a hospital so why would her daughter give birth at home? I understand that there might be some traditions and maybe even laws that the PM must pay a visit to acknowledge the new heir-to-the-throne-to-be but I doubt he'd be the very first guest. As for the presentation on a silver tray... Seriously, wasn't done with Victoria, why would it be done this time?
In the old days the prime minister and the speaker of parliment and other prominent persons would be waiting in a room next door and then be shown the (still bloody) baby - in Gustav V´s case with him laying on a silver tray... But today that cermony takes place the day after the birth and does not include a silver tray . But we will most likely see the prime minister and the speaker of parliment at the palace the day after the birth.