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Royal couple return home from honeymoon

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel have returned home after their six week long honeymoon, arriving at Stockholm's Bromma airport on Sunday evening.

Published: 2 August 2010 08:33 CEST
Royal couple return home from honeymoon

The royal couple arrived in Sweden at 8.49pm in a private jet which departed Bedford, near Boston earlier in the afternoon, according to the Aftonbladet tabloid.

The couple spent the first part of their honeymoon in the South Pacific before travelling to the USA, with a visit to New York among other places.

While the final preparations are made to their new home in Solna’s Haga park the couple will reside in Drottningholm Palace, the official residence of the King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.

According to the newspaper the reality of daily working life will not begin until their first royal engagement in Örebro on August 21st, at a celebration of the Bernadotte dynasty’s 200-year reign.

In the meantime Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel will adjust to married life with visits to their respective families on Öland and Ockelbo.

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WORKING IN SWEDEN

Swedish Royal Guards scrap ceremonial helmets over safety concerns

The King’s mounted Royal Guards will no longer be able to wear their iconic ceremonial helmets on parades, after the Swedish Work Environment Authority warned of serious safety concerns.

Published: 7 July 2023 13:53 CEST
Swedish Royal Guards scrap ceremonial helmets over safety concerns

“We take the safety of our employees extremely seriously and we are going to address this immediately,” colonel Stefan Nacksten, head of the Royal Guards, wrote in a statement. 

Employed by the Armed Forces, the Royal Guards are the King’s cavalry and infantry units and are a well-known sight at ceremonies in Sweden, including at the changing of the guard at the Royal Palace of Stockholm every day in summer – a popular spectacle for Stockholmers and tourists alike.

The helmets will no longer be used by Royal Guards on horseback from July 7th, as they do not conform to safety standards for riding helmets, although guards parading on foot will still be permitted to wear them.

They are part of the 1895 parade uniforms and were last modified in 2000. The Armed Forces will now create an entirely new helmet which looks the part, but is also safe for riding.

“We’re working on finding an alternative solution as quickly as possible which meets safety requirements and can also be used during parades,” Nacksten said.

“We’ve been working long-term with this issue but now that it has been assessed [by the Swedish Work Environment Authority] we need to take measures immediately,” he added.

“This is good, and now we’re working to make sure something good comes out of this and we can get a safe riding helmet for parades in place as soon as possible.”

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