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Pacific honeymoon for Victoria and Daniel

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are reported to have arrived in French Polynesia for their honeymoon.

Pacific honeymoon for Victoria and Daniel

The couple, who married on Saturday, have kept their honeymoon plans secret. But Expressen reported on Tuesday that the couple had arrived on Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean in a private jet owned by family friend Bertil Hult, owner of the EF language training company.

The couple, who are reportedly accompanied by three bodyguards from the Swedish Security Service, slipped away almost unnoticed from their wedding reception in the small hours of Sunday morning. The Dassault Falcon 7X jet then took them from Stockholm to Tahiti’s capital Papeete via Iceland and Vancouver.

From Papeete, they were reported to have travelled on to one of French Polynesia’s smaller islands.

“When they landed, a luxury yacht was waiting for them,” according to Expressen’s source. The yacht was due to take them to an unspecified final destination, the paper reported.

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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.

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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