wow, i wasn't expecting it but it looks like CP&S are very doting parents and enjoy that role so not surprising. we saw them last in late october in their visit to their duchy and sofia wasn't showing back then. she may have been a 4/5 or so months pregnant given the dates.
it is a bit worrying that sofia caught COVID during the first trimester of pregnancy.
i believe you may mean november 26th, as on october 28th they visited Karlstad.
Congratulations to Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip! A lovely surprise.
I will e-mail the people of the information department and ask about this.
I am not insisting that i am right - but i want to have it straight what’s right and what’s wrong. Otherwise we can speculate and debate this in all eternity.
While Ms. Thorgren did not go into details, it sounds as if there will be no downgrade in the official festivities surrounding the birth, except inasmuch as the pandemic forces adaptations to be made.
I wonder if the choice to bestow full royal pageantry on the birth of a non-member of the Royal House is a one-time exception to prevent unequal treatment between the Prince Couple's three children, or if it is intended that Prince Oscar's future children will be welcomed in the same way although they will not be members of the Royal House.
I still wonder how the issues of the coat of arms and Order (if any) will be treated. As I wrote earlier in this thread, these have limitations placed on them by law.
Good point. The Order of the Seraphim is restricted by law to members of the Royal House and foreign Heads of State (or people of equivalent rank). What are the regulations for coats of arms?