Anecdotes, museums, markets, dinners What the King and Queen's trip to Stockholm has given
On Thursday night, the King and Queen put the finishing touch to their three-day state visit to Sweden, which has been marked by the majesty of the acts and the attention received from both Carlos Gustavo and Silvia and the rest of the Swedish royal family , who have turned to entertain them.
In the very tight agenda of these three days we have seen a carriage ride with great pomp through the streets of Stockholm, a gala dinner with royal jewelers duel, the reception of the highest authorities, a lunch at the City Hall, cultural events such as the visit to the Nobel museum, economic meetings of Don Felipe with Swedish industrialists, and a long etcetera.
He has also left us anecdotes and curiosities, for example, from the same Spanish embassy where Don Felipe and Doña Letizia offered a farewell reception yesterday to correspond to their hosts. Villa Byström, known as Prince Carl's palace, was built in the 19th century in neoclassical style and its secret is that it was acquired by King Alfonso XIII to help his relative Karl, great-uncle of King Carl Gustaf, who was in great trouble economic. It was not in the Embassy or in any official residence where the King and Queen stayed, but in one of the 31 suites of the spectacular Grand Hotel in Stockholm, located opposite the royal palace, which was inaugurated in 1874 and where since 1991 the winners of Nobel laureates and their families.
If we go back to the beginning of the visit, the reason why the Swedish Monarchs officially received the Spaniards in the palace stables, something unprecedented, is that this enclosure dates from 1535 and is a museum that houses fifty spectacular period carriages with their horses and coachmen, of which 20 belong to the kings, who only use them for big occasions. This time they were taken out to entertain their royal Spanish guests, although given the low temperatures, covered carriages were used, in one of which Don Felipe traveled with King Carlos Gustavo, and in another Queen Silvia with Doña Letizia.
The media highlight of the trip was that lavish gala dinner offered on Wednesday night by the Swedish monarchs at the royal palace. Doña Letizia winked at her hosts wearing a low cost blue dress from the Swedish firm H & M, whose price is 300 euros, which the Swedish heiress, Victoria, also has in her closet, although she added sleeves of tulle She debuted it in her official photos for her 10th wedding anniversary to Daniel Westing.
In contrast to her low cost model, Doña Letizia wore the most valuable "passing" jewels of her ancestor Victoria Eugenia: the fleur-de-lis tiara, emblem of the Bourbon dynasty, with a matching brooch, the twin Cartier bracelets and the necklace of chatons. None other than she competed with the spectacular jeweler of the Bernadotte, the current Swedish dynasty, and its magnificent collection of tiaras from Imperial France, since Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, who ascended the throne in 1818, was Napoleon's minister of war. Queen Silvia wore the cameo tiara at dinner, which belonged to Empress Josephine, wife of Bonaparte and Princess Victoria, the aquamarine Kokoshnik tiara, valued at half a million euros.
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To note was the exquisite menu served, whose starter consisted of arctic trout with caviar from the Osterdalarven river and chive sour cream, then a wild turbot with a garnish of Swedish octopus, leek compote and Kalix caviar. And lastly, smoked reindeer saddle with juniper and venison sauce. For dessert, poached fall apples with salted caramel, puff pastry brioche and Tahitian ice cream were served.
One of the anecdotes has been that for the first time in a long time we have seen Doña Letizia without a mask in official acts, since in Sweden it is not mandatory indoors and is even discouraged, being replaced by social distance.
There have also been nice moments, such as the one that took place after the private meal offered by the Swedish Monarchs to the Spanish, after which the four Kings decided to take a walk from the royal palace to the nearby Nobel Museum. Don Felipe and Doña Letizia did not resist the temptation to stop at one of the many Christmas stalls that proliferate these days through the streets of Stockholm, although they did not buy anything. It must be said that the relations between the Swedish and Spanish royal families are very close, since they are also relatives, since both Don Felipe and King Carl Gustav are descendants of Queen Victoria of England.
Outside of blood ties, Queen Letizia made good friends with Sofia Hellqvist, wife of Prince Carlos Felipe, with whom she was seen chatting animatedly on several occasions. After her controversial past as a stripper, today Sofia is fully integrated into the royal family and a few months ago she gave birth to her third child.
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