Cabinet Meeting at the Palace

Today Victoria and Carl Gustaf held a Cabinet Meeting at Kungliga Slott in Stockholm. The king hold 3-4 cabinet meetings a year where he is informed on what is going on in the government and ask questions. Victoria often attends these meetings with her father as she is heir to the throne.

Victoria rewore a dress from Marc Jacobs which we have not seen on her in a few years- since the time Estelle was born I believe. She also wore her Kreuger Jewellery Earrings.

 Tomorrow Madeleine and Silvia will hold an audience at the palace for Bill Gates and Victoria will be in Portugal.

UPDATE: And here is my video showing off my royal book collection! Do you have a collection- please share it with me!

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End of a State Visit

Today was the last day of the Indian State visit to Sweden and Victoria, Daniel, Silvia, and Carl Gustaf were all out to finish their role as hosts.

As you can see Silvia and Victoria went with opposite ends of the color spectrum with Victoria in all neutral colors and Silvia sporting every color of the rainbow. Victoria wore a new coat from H&M with her Tabitha Simmons pumps and Chanel clutch. For jewellery she went with her favorite Krueger Jewellery.

Photo from Kungahuset

One Busy Day

Today Victoria had an extremely busy day. She started out the morning by joining Crown Princess Mette Marit and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway at the EAT Forum in Stockholm. The website says, The vision of EAT is a transformation of the global food system to sustainably feed a healthy population of nine billion people by mid-Century. This makes sense that Victoria would attend because she is quite involved in the topic of sustainability. We have seen her attend a number of engagements over the past few weeks dealing with sustainability and environmental issues. 

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After attending this forum, Victoria joined her parents and Daniel for lunch which is apart of the continuation of the Indian State visit that will be going on for the next 2 days. She wore the same dress as this morning and changed the sweater to a more structured jacket. I am poking around for it now.

Onto the fashion- Victoria looked absolutely smashing today. She debuted a new dress, which thanks to a Twitter follower, is from Oscar de la Renta. She paired it with her Dior pumps and a matching clutch that I am wondering is also from Dior. I shall check into that this evening.

UPDATE: The dinner held by the King and Queen brought some surprises, disappointments, and a 3 beautiful ladies. Queen Silvia debuted a new dress which surprised me because she normally uses old favorites for state visits. I was not a fan of the dress but the jewels made me love her anyway. She wore the 9 Prong tiara with the Karl XIV Johan earrings. She also wore the Diamond Collier with pendant.

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Victoria rewore her Elie Saab green sequin dress from the Nobels and paired it with the Cut Steel Tiara, a diamond necklace and Queen Josephine's Stomacher Earrings. I am not a fan of the hair in this look and think it looked better at the Nobels but I am glad she pulled it out again.

Sofia wore a new black gown from YDE Copenhagen which I am in love with. She just looked amazing. Her hair was beautiful from the back as well. She really has not stepped in the wrong direction lately. Her earrings are emeralds from Ebba Brahe a brand we have seen Victoria wear.

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Which look did you like best?

Photos from Kungahuset and Ebba Brahe

First Day of the State Visit

Today Victoria, Daniel, Carl Philip, Sofia, and the King and Queen welcomed the President of India to Sweden. This was apart of a 3 day State Visit the President is making- it is the first state visit ever from India to Sweden so it is a big deal. This big deal had all the ladies bringing out some fine fashion.

Sofia wore a brand new dress from Paule Ka and wore her LK Bennett heels.

Victoria rewore a LK Bennett coat and a dress that she has worn in previous years which have no id. Her shoes are Dior and her hat is from Philip Treacy.

And Silvia looked lovely in purple! 

Sofia in Reiss

Today photos were released of Sofia and Carl Philip in order to promote an interview that will come out in two parts this week.

Her dress is from Reiss.

Photos from TV4

Jewel Predictions for the Upcoming Royal Wedding

Well here it is- my promised post about my jewel predictions for the upcoming royal wedding of Sofia and Carl Philip.

Let's start first off with the bride- In my previous post I said that she could decide not to wear any diadem/tiara at all which I know we all probably would be disappointed about. So let's tackle this idea first. Why on earth do I say that you ask? Well if we look back in history there have been a couple different royal brides in the Swedish line who chose not to wear a tiara on their wedding day. And I think there is first off a lot of practicality to this- who really wants to have something on your head the entire day- and that something is an priceless (okay not really but worth A LOT) and such a historical piece. It is entrusted into your care and why would you want to worry about that on your wedding day of all days! However I think this is about 25% of what I expect. Rather I expect about 50% that Sofia will be loaned a tiara from the vaults. I personally think she would look fantastic in the Connaught tiara so that is my prediction for her. It is not too heavy and perfect for someone who is coming into the family. It has volume but is still light and not to heavy. Also it was the first tiara Queen Silvia wore. My final 25% goes to Sofia being given a tiara all of her own to wear. I doubt this will happen but Victoria and Madeleine each have their own tiara which they received when they turned 18 and those were kind of like their "starter tiaras". (Actually can we talk about the fact they have STARTER tiaras of all things? How I wish I was a royal!)

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Now onto the rest of the family. What will Silvia wear? I am wondering about the Leuchtenberg Sapphires but that would depend on the color of her gown.  Below I have posted photos from her two daughters weddings so you can see what she wore then. I doubt she will wear the Braganza/Brazilian tiara due to it's weight and stiffness. She could wear the 9 Prong again and perhaps she will but I think it will be one of the lighter tiaras.

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Now Victoria, I suspect she will wear the Laurel Wreath Tiara, the same tiara she wore to Madeleine's wedding in order to honor Princess Lilian and Prince Bertil. Prince Bertil was Carl Philip's godfather so even if we don't see the tiara, which was given to Victoria by Princess Lilian upon her death, I think Victoria's sash will be pinned with the diamond brooch given to her by Lilian and Bertil upon her 18th birthday. You can see both the brooch and the tiara in the photo below.

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Now onto Madeleine. Dearest Madeleine tends to only wear the Modern Fringe Tiara which is thought to have been a gift to Queen Silvia from the King for their 10th anniversary. She wore it for her own wedding in 2013 (much to my sadness) and I expect she will wear it once again. For Victoria's wedding she wore the Connaught Tiara but I since I have attributed that to Sofia in my head I don't think Madeleine will wear it.

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As for foreign royals I have done some comparisons between Victoria and Madeleine's wedding and the only royal who wore the same tiara at both weddings was Kelly of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She wore the stunning Turquoise tiara to both weddings and looked great (you can see a photo below). She is currently pregnant so depending upon how far a long she is we may or may not see her at Sofia and Carl Philip's wedding. What are your predictions? Leave a comment or a message on Facebook/Twitter and let me know!

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Note: I would like to say how much I got distracted by all the tiaras involved in this post... I kept going off on different research tangents which made it very hard to get this finished! So much respect for those bloggers who write about jewels- I don't know how you get any posts finished with all the photos, articles, tidbits to read and see!

Royal Wedding Predictions

With less than 2 weeks until Carl Philip and Sofia tie the knot I thought it was about time that I posted my predictions for what we should expect for their wedding. You know- who we will see, what will be worn, where you should go to join in all the excitement. The important stuff!

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Okay first let's address my predictions for who we will see at the ceremony. I expect the Swedish Royal Family to be there in full force. This means the Aunts and Uncles on both sides, siblings, and possibly cousins. As for foreign royals I expect there to be representatives from all the Scandinavian countries, which I can say with a pretty good amount of confidence due to this report which states the palace confirmed that the Queen and the Crown Prince Couple will be in attendance. Queen Margrethe is Carl Philip's godmother so it makes sense that she will be there. I also expect there to be someone representing from Bavaria there considering Prince Leopold is one of Carl Philip's godfathers. Also we know that Princess Takamodo of Japan will be there which gives me some idea that there will be other royals not just from the Scandinavian country.

As for clothing I have very little ideas about what has been worn. Maybe we will see Silvia in green or purple? I think the immediate family will stick to pastels but then again I could be completely wrong. Tiara's are another story- I have some ideas for those but I think I shall save that for a separate post- I am going to need something to do this week to help me get ready for all this excitement! But just as an idea- could we see no tiara for Sofia?! Hmmm something for you to think about!

Finally- Where should you follow all the excitement? First of all- Twitter! Follow me on Twitter and I shall be tweeting about the excitement! Also you can watch it live on SVT and I shall post that link when it is announced. Now for one more sad piece of news- I actually will be attending a wedding that very same day so I will most likely disappear sometime but I will be back blogging and updating you all just as soon as I can! But honestly- could the Swedes pick better dates?! Madeleine's wedding I was at graduation and now this one I am going to be at a family wedding! Oh My!!

Well until our Tiara post- Happy Royal Hunting!