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Crown Princess Victoria attended a lecture given today by Ban Ki-moon, the UN General Secretary at Stockholm State House. This lecture is in memory of Dag Hammaskjöld, which is held in joint connection with Dag Hammaskjöld Foundation and Uppsala University. This event will be Victoria's first since giving birth to Prince Oscar, just 27 days ago.

A photo posted by Pelle T Nilsson Official (@pelletnilsson) on Mar 30, 2016 at 12:22pm PDT

A photo posted by Pelle T Nilsson Official (@pelletnilsson) on Mar 30, 2016 at 12:27pm PDT

Victoria wore a black dress which I believe is the same as this one. She wore a new coat which I think is LK Bennett but I have not been able to find a photo to prove me to be correct. Her bag is old and for some reason I have it in my mind that it is By Malene Birger but I am not sure about that. Her jewelry is also old. Her earrings are from Misst and her necklace is as well. She wore a pair of black pumps but I am unsure if they are new or old. (Side Rant: Why do Royal Ladies need so many pair of black pumps? Will someone please explain that to me?! Rant Over)

 

In other news, I am busy, busy, busy! I am a full time student as most of you know- but recently I started 2 (could be argued 3) new jobs that all started within the last week. It has been crazy! Tonight is the first night I have had a chance to sit down even think about royals! 

Sofia at Sophiahemmet

Today Princess Sofia visited Sophiahemmet's operation and surgical wards. If you remember back, Sofia became their Honorary President at the beginning of this year, taking over from Princess Christina (The King's sister) who had been their president since 1972.

Sofia got a review of the hospital's structure and how they function as caregivers from the hospital's CEO and Chief Physician. Then Sofia got to tour the various rooms and was informed by the different department heads about their work and showed them around.

For this visit, Sofia wore a black knit sweater over her Seraphine Maternity blouse.  The photos are  low quality which makes identifying the accessories near impossible but I would imagine her necklace is Pilgrim for Project Playground.

ICYMI: Photo of Oscar

In case you missed it, the Court released a photo of Victoria with Oscar and Estelle with Oscar as a part of a Thank You Message from the Crown Princess Couple.

A photo posted by Kungahuset (@kungahuset) on Mar 24, 2016 at 1:02am PDT

They attached the following message:

"We would like to convey our sincere gratitude for all the kind greetings and congratulations we have received in connection with Princess Estelle's birthday and the birth of Prince Oscar.

We genuinely appreciate your kindness and that so many of you share our happiness."

Victoria is wearing a top from Baum und Pferdgarten in the newest photo. Estelle is wearing one of Victoria's old dresses. (Victoria wore it back in 1982 to Madeleine's Te Deum)

Wednesday Night Concert

I am not going to write a description for this event- simply because I think the caption of the photo below does it so well.

My wonderful students together with guest Princess Sofia and me - on the floor - after the unique concert where they performed their new produced songs, text written together with refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afganistan. Every song based on their own story. A magic, touching concert #Musik&Människor, #Musikmakarna.se. #låtskrivare, @musikmakarna.se. -There is hope!

A photo posted by ulla sjöström (@ullajoy) on Mar 25, 2016 at 10:46am PDT

Sofia wore a top from Proud Mammakläder sold at Colonelle.

Discussions at the Palace

Today, Princess Sofia joined her mother-in-law Queen Silvia for a meeting at the palace discussing what can be done to help newly arriving refugee children in Sweden. There was a great host of different organizations from around Sweden there partaking in the discussion including Mentor, an organization of which the Queen is Patron, World Childhood Foundation, and UNICEF- to name a few.  After the discussion the Queen and Sofia attended a workshop "Our Refugee Children: The Challenge of Our Time".

Sofia also visited Riddarholm Church and Treasury with the Department of Public Activities.

A photo posted by Kungahuset (@kungahuset) on Mar 21, 2016 at 8:27am PDT

It looks like Sofia is wearing Seraphine's Emerald Keyhole Maternity Blouse with a black blazer over it. (Perhaps her Filippa K Blazer?)

When visiting Riddarholm she wore a black coat- sadly we don't have a good angle of it to figure out who it comes from.

Photo from Kungahuset.se 

Project Playground Dinner

Tonight Princess Sofia attended a gala dinner held at Hotel Riverton in Göthenborg for Project Playground. As many of you know, Princess Sofia started Project Playground along side Frida Vesterberg 5 years ago in South Africa. Sofia was the Secretary General until her marriage this past summer and now is Patron to the organization. I believe she still does other work inside the Project Playground Internal Offices but no longer has an official job in the office. Prince Carl Philip was supposed to join her tonight but he is sick with the flu and had to stay home.

A photo posted by Expressen Kungligt (@expressenkungligt) on Mar 18, 2016 at 1:12pm PDT

Sofia wore a new Rose gown from Greta - black floral print. She has previously worn a blue Greta gown earlier in her pregnancy. She appears to be wearing black pumps and carrying a black clutch. The clutch seems to be a fold over clutch with gold zipper and a black and gold tassel hanging from the zipper. It reminds me of Hunkydory's style but I have seen it online yet. Sofia wore her Ophelia Faux Fur Jacket from Morris Stockholm over her dress.

You can view more photos here. 

40 Years Ago Today!

So if you have to know one thing about my royal love, it is this..

Carl Gustaf and Silvia are my favorites!

Yep- not Victoria, Daniel, Madeleine, or even little Estelle. I am 100% in love with Kungaparet. Why? I cannot give a distinctive reason besides the fact they are just beyond adorable! 

So the purpose for this post is to celebrate that 40 years ago today, the royal couple gave their Engagement Interview. They announced their engagement yesterday on March 12th- but it was March 13th that they gave the famous interview. I sadly have never been able to see the full interview but I have been able to see little bits and pieces! (if you want to record the full interview and send it to me I will love you forever haha!) In celebration of this anniversary- I want to share this adorable clip with you! 

"Det sa bara klick!"
"Det sa bara klick!"Det är lysande tider för stundande bröllop! Här får vi se en helt oredigerad intervju av Carl XVI Gustaf och Drottning Silvia när de var alldeles gröna som förlovade för snart 40 år sedan.
Posted by Öppet arkiv on Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Happy 40 years Your Majesties!