This is what the Aide-de-Camps do:
# Keeps a check on the program/schedule
# Finds out facts about people, companies and organisations he/she visits
# Keeps in contact with SÄPO (the security police) during the events
# Works as a link between the organisers and the royal
# Makes sure the royal gets in contact with those he/she wants to speak with
# Answers the organisers general questions about the royal
# Helps her carry gifts and keeps track of who has given what
# Attends to overcoats, bags/handbags and flowers
General info on Aide-de-Camps at the Court:
The King has twelve Aide-de-Camps that are practically with him twenty-four hours a day, one month each per year. Prince Carl Philip has two, they serve when there is need for them. On 1 October 2004, Sweden got the first female Aide-de-Camps at the Court, ever, as the Crown Princess appointed them. Victoria’s Aide-de-Camps go along when they are needed for official assignments. They are employed by the Defence and will be needed approximately 30 days per year for the Crown Princess.
To become an Aide-de-Camp for the King, one must have the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Defence, which means that King Carl XVI Gustaf has 1 231 male officers to choose from. On the female side there are only 76, even if the grad requirement was lowered to Major.
Unlike the Ladies-in-Waiting, the Aide-de-Camps don’t curtsy to the Royal Family.
Crown Princess Victoria's Aide-de-Camps:
Iréne Clément, 42, Lieutenant-Colonel (the Marine)
On Victoria: “She is relaxed and happy. Doesn’t sit on any high horses, but is herself. Funny. Radiates kindness and genuine interest”
Åsa Blomberg-Trolle, 42, Major (the Army)
On Victoria: “It’s a challenge to become an Aide-de-Camp. The Crown Princess is a fantastic person: nice, kind and natural. She is dignified, without being stiff”
Ingrid von Knorring, 43, Major (the Air Force)
On Victoria: “It’s fun to work with a person who is so appreciated. She is very professional in her job and I am fascinated by how much she can take. Caring and funny