Swedish State Visit to Canada 

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are on a State Visit to Canada from November 18-20, at the invitation of Governor General Mary Simon, to develop and strengthen the relationship between the two countries following the Canadian State Visit to Sweden in 2017, and the previous Swedish State Visits in 1988 and 2006. The King’s great-grandfather, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, was the 10th Governor General of Canada between 1911 and 1916.

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Funeral of Countess Marianne Bernadotte

The Swedish Royal Family joined King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden for the Funeral of Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg, Princess Bernadotte at the Oscarskyrkan in Stockholm on June 11th. The Actress who married a former Swedish Prince and was the last surviving aunt of King Carl XVI Gustaf of SwedenQueen Margrethe II of Denmark, and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Countess Marianne had been a beloved member of the Swedish Royal Family for over six decades when she passed away at the age of 100 last month.

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