As Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden begin their Official Visit to Britain today, it is confirmed that they will be received by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Windsor Castle tomorrow, ahead of the Royal Variety Performance. The Swedish and British Royal Families have had a long and close family relationship over the years, with several Official and Private Royal Visits to Britain over the last century!
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their 6-month Commonwealth Tour in Panama, on this day in 1953, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda, Jamaica, and Panama were followed by visits to Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar. Panama became the first foreign nation visited by the Queen after her accession.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh continued their 6-month Commonwealth Tour in Jamaica, on this day in 1953, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stops in Bermuda and Jamaica were followed by visits to Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
Royal Relatives celebrate the Wedding of Prince Christian Oscar of Hanover and Mireille Dutry in Brussels on this day in 1963, 60 years ago, after the two had eloped and had a civil marriage in Salzburg.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh began their 6-month Commonwealth Tour in Bermuda, Britain’s oldest surviving Colony, on this day in 1953, following Tours around the United Kingdom after the Queen’s Coronation. The stop in Bermuda was followed by visits to Jamaica, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, Aden, Uganda, Malta and Gibraltar.
The Prince of Orange (now King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands) joined the Swedish Royal Family for a Representationsmiddag (Representatives Dinner) at the Royal Palace of Stockholm on this day in 1993.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia hosted Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Duchess of Gloucester on their Official Visit to the Empire of Ethiopia on this day in 1958, during a long Tour of Africa, which came a few years before the Queen’s State Visit to Ethiopia in 1965.
Royal Guests and Relatives from around Europe joined the Württemberg Royal Family to celebrate the Wedding of Duchess Mathilde of Württemberg and Hereditary Count Erich of Waldburg zu Zeil and Trauchburg at Schloss Altshausen on thus day in 1988, 35 years ago.
