Sofia and Carl Philip are Expecting a Child!

Today the Royal Palace announced today that Princess Sofia is pregnant! The official statement says...

"Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia are delighted to announce that The Princess is expecting their first child.

Princess Sofia is feeling well and the birth is expected to take place in April of 2016.

"We are so happy and excited to announce that we are expecting our first child. We are very much looking forward to it," says Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia.

No changes in the schedule of The Prince Couple's public engagements are planned during the fall of 2015."

The Court also released 2 photos in connection to this news. The Court has commented saying that the family has known for a bit but wanted to wait to announce the news until after Prince Nicolas' christening so that the focus would be on him. The entire royal family is thrilled with this news.

For this new photo, Sofia is wearing a top from Viktoria Chan.

Photos from Kungahuset.se

Victoria in Day Birger et Mikkelsen

Today Victoria accompanied the King to Ulriksdals Palace for WWF's Fall Gathering. They listened to speeches and the King handed out 2 prizes. While I have one photo to show you, you can see a larger gallery here.

A photo posted by Karin Törnblom (@fotografkarintornblom) on Oct 14, 2015 at 8:59am PDT

Victoria wore a new dress from Day Birger et Mikkelsen (can be purchased here) and carried her Valentino bag. That bag seems to be her favorite of the moment! I really can't see her shoes so no idea there and her earrings look to be simple gold and diamond hoops that she has had for awhile.

Victoria in H&M

Today, Crown Princess Victoria handed out the Sustainable Leadership Prize at Veckans Affärer's Sustainability Day at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm. For this she wore a new jacket from H&M. Her necklace comes from Sophie by Sophie, earrings from Kreuger Jewellery and her bag from Valentino. More photos can be seen here. 

Grattis ABB till #NMC :s pris Hållbart ledarskap 2015. #hållbarhetsdagen #veckansaffärer #kronprinsessan

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Sports without Borders

Today on October 12th, Sofia and Carl Philip inaugurated the start of Sports Without Borders at two schools, Lommarskolan and Grindskolan. Sports without Borders was started in 2004 by Admir Lukacevic with the goal to use sports to teach children how to be comfortable to take necessary risks and responsibilities in order to shape their lives.

 I was honestly surprised that Carl Philip and Sofia undertook this engagement as this is the kind of event I would expect Daniel to attend. However it does fit into Carl Philip's commitment categories as he has always been involved in sports. Either way, I am glad someone from the family was there!

Anyway- Back to the fashion. Sofia wore a new trench coat from Tiger of Sweden. Her shoes appear to be her Gant Boots which she is loving lately.

UPDATED: A Royal Christening

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Today Prince Nicolas was christened and the entire Swedish Royal Family was out in new outfits looking amazing. Let's look at what they wore!

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Starting with the mother, Princess Madeleine, she wore a dress from Valentino (no real surprise there- she has worn Valentino for her wedding and Princess Leonore's Christening). Her shoes are from Gianvito Rossi.

Little Leonore stole the show refusing to sit still. She was running around the church and being well 1! She wanted to know what was going on and who can blame her!

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For her brother's big day, she wore a dress from Bonpoint. Leonore's had the addition of some lace which I wonder if it came from her mother's wedding dress.

Next up is Queen Silvia, who was dressed nicely in blue for the ceremony. She has worn Valentino at her last 2 grandchildren's christenings but I am unsure about this piece. Nevertheless- I loved it.

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Crown Princess Victoria showed off her baby bump in a beautiful purple dress. Reports say it is from Seraphine but I have an email out to my contact at the company to confirm and possibly get some stock pictures.
UPDATE: I have confirmed that this dress is indeed from Seraphine. They said that they have created a few bespoke pieces for Victoria and this is one of them. This means 2 things- 1. no stock photos and 2. we can expect to see more of this brand on her!

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Princess Estelle was right on Leonore's tail for stealing the show. Estelle at one point ran out of her seat to go get her crying cousin his pacifier. What a sweetheart!

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Estelle rewore her outfit from Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip's Marriage Ban ceremony which came from Marie Chantal.

Finally for the royal ladies comes Princess Sofia.

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Sofia looked amazing in a fuchsia dress from Gucci which I think was by far my favorite. She wore this dress with shoes from the Swedish brand, Rizzo.

 

What did you think?

Sofia returns to Dalarna

Sofia and Carl Philip undertook a 2 day visit to Dalarna on October 5-6. I am going to break it down by days.

First Day:

Sofia and Carl Philip started off their visit by visiting a school in Borlänge for refugees. They seemed quite at home with the children and Sofia ended up carrying one around for a bit. Next they visited Dalform, a factory that manufactures lockers and storage spaces for schools. Next they visited Skedvibröd where Sofia tried her hand a making flat bread.

A photo posted by Svensk Damtidning (@svenskdamtidning) on Oct 5, 2015 at 11:43am PDT

After they had lunch they continued on Falun's World Heritage house as well as Falun's Copper Mines. While in the mines, they were given the opportunity to sign their names on the wall- just as the King, Queen, and Crown Princess have done.

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For the first day, Sofia wore a top from Zara and a red coat she *may have* borrowed from Victoria. The coat has long been speculated on its designer since Victoria wore it back in 2011, but nothing concrete has ever been decided. Ideas include Armani and Gant. The coat is from an old Gant Collection, a brand that Sofia has worn since before her marriage. This is why I am skeptical to say for certain she borrowed it from Victoria. Perhaps they both have it, perhaps Victoria borrowed it from Sofia- never the less they have both worn it and that is all we can be certain of. She once again wore boots from Gant and her Engelbert Diamond Hoop Earrings. In the arrival photos, you can see her carrying her black Longchamp bag.

Day 2:

Sofia and Carl Philip started their second day of their visit to Dalarna by touring I-Cell, a factory that makes environmentally friendly insulation. You can see a large photo gallery with descriptions here, and a bonus- it is in English!

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For this half of the day, Sofia wore a dress from Indiska and coat from Zara. Her boots come from Gant.

Sofia and Carl Philip changed, and hopped in a helicopter to fly to the top of a local mountain which has a small community of Sami people.

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For this part of the visit, Sofia (and Carl Philip) wore a hat from Woolisar, boots from Tretorn, and a jacket from Woolrich.

This photo was posted a few days later and I am unsure what day the dinner took place.

Refugee Concert in Stockholm

On the 29th of September, Sofia and Carl Philip attended Hela Sverige Skramlar, a concert held to raise funds to help the refugees. About 40 artists from Sweden showed up as well as hundreds of volunteers. Over 41,921,794 SEK have been raised so far. That is over 5 million USD!

Kuin vastarakastuneet – Sofia ja Carl Philip kuhertelivat hyväntekeväisyyskonsertis http://t.co/t1yqVrrQW0 #MTVViihde pic.twitter.com/eLK3f6DDFR

— MTV Viihde (@MTVViihde) September 30, 2015

Sofia wore a new grey coat which comes from Gant and a black dress underneath. The photos are dark so no leads on the dress currently. We will have to hope she wears it again.