Thursday 21 January 2016

Sofia sparkles

You wait months for a new royal portrait and then suddenly they all arrive at once. Just days after a fabulous photo album from Norway for King Harald's Jubilee and a super selection of birthday pics celebrating Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway's 12th birthday, the Swedish Royal Family have shared some new images. And one shows its newest princess, Sofia, sparkling.


Princess Sofia of Sweden in a new portrait released on January 20th 2016
(photo Royal Court/ Anna-Lena Ahlstrom)

Sofia wears a baby blue lace gown, not dissimilar in style to the dove grey lace effect dress chosen by Princess Madeleine for the Nobel Prizes at the end of 2015, and her wedding tiara made up of diamonds and emeralds. Whether the blue is a hint linked to the baby bump which is just visible at the bottom of the photo is anyone's guess - Sofia and her husband, Prince Carl Philip, have said they won't find out the gender of their first child before he or she arrives in April this year. It wasn't the only photo we got of Sofia's baby bump yesterday - she chose a sweet black and white maternity dress for an appearance at the 'Music at the Castle' event she attended with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia.


Princess Sofia at the Music at the Castle event on January 20th 2016
(photo kungahuset.se)

And Queen Silvia also starred in a new royal portrait yesterday. She was shown looking relaxed in a white suit - far less formal than the grand image of three queens taken at the weekend when she attended the Jubilee celebrations in Norway.


Silvia of Sweden in a new portrait
(photo kungahuset.se)

And we all know these won't be the last official portraits from Sweden this year or even this spring. With two royal babies, two royal christenings and the 40th wedding anniversary of Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia coming up in the next six months, 2016 is going to bring a huge official photo album from Sweden's royals. It's going to be a great year.

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