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IN PICS: Sweden’s King and Queen attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were among the royal guests attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London. See them arriving, entering the church, and following the service.

Published: 19 September 2022 16:27 CEST
Updated: 19 September 2022 17:51 CEST
IN PICS: Sweden's King and Queen attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Photo: Phil Noble/AP

King Charles III led the procession that followed the late Queen’s coffin from Westminster Hall into Westminster Abbey, where her “lifelong sense of duty” was remembered in a service led by the Dean of Westminster, David Hoyle.

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia were among the 2,000 guests who attended the service, who included representatives of almost all of Europe’s royal families. 

Below you can see them entering the church behind The Netherlands’ Queen Beatrix, followed by The Netherland’s King Willem-Alexander, and his wife Queen Maxima.

Walking behind King Carl XVI Gustaf (and like him wearing a blue sash) is Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.

Photo: Gareth Cattermole/AP

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia in the centre of a group of European Royalty at the funeral. Photo: AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool) XVLM167

Once in place, the Swedish Royal couple stood solemnly, with Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II behind them. 

Photo: Phil Noble/AP
 
The couple arrived in London on Sunday evening, after which they attended a reception hosted by King Charles III. 
 

Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrive for a reception hosted by King Charles III for Heads of State and Official Overseas Guests, at Buckingham Palace in London, ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, Sunday Sept. 18, 2022. (Dan Charity/AP)
 

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Denmark’s king and queen announce state visits to Sweden and Norway

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark will visit Sweden followed by Norway on their first official state visits since taking over as regents.

Published: 9 February 2024 15:00 CET
Denmark’s king and queen announce state visits to Sweden and Norway

The Danish palace announced the two state visits in a statement on Friday.

“The first state visits will provide the occasion for the new King and Queen to meet with the sovereigns in Sweden and Norway, and they will thus mark the close relations between the Nordic monarchies,” the statement read.

The visit to Sweden is scheduled for the beginning of May, with the Norway visit following after that.

The two state visits will be part of a “a major tour around the Northern region” which will also include visits to Greenland and the Faroe Islands in June and July, the palace said.

Much of the tour will be in the royal yacht, Dannebrog.

“In June, the Royal Yacht Dannebrog will sail north on a cruise of the Realm. The King and The Queen will visit the Faroe Islands in mid-June, and then Greenland in late June and early July,” the palace said.

King Frederik and Queen Mary will be in Sweden from May 6th-7th and Norway from May 14th-15th. The full programme for the visits is yet to be announced.

Sweden recently welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron on a state visit, while Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja last year visited Denmark, when Queen Margrethe II was still regent prior to her abdication last month.

King Frederik recently visited Poland on his first foreign visit since becoming monarch. The trip to Poland was a a trade promotion trip, rather than a state visit, and was planned before Frederik took the throne on the abdication of his mother.

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