Victoria, The Crown Princess of Sweden’s 30th Birthday

Royal response from Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Sweden on the occasion of her 30th birthday.

Born Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée on 14th July 1977 in at the Karolinska Hospital in Solna, Stockholm County, Sweden to Their Majesties Carl XVI Gustaf and Silvia, The King and Queen of Sweden.

Although born in 1977 Her Royal Highness only became The Crown Princess of Sweden and Heiress Apparent on 1st January1980 and became first in line over her younger brother upon the change of the Swedish succession laws which changed from male preference primogeniture to absolute primogeniture (The first for a Royal House in Europe). His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was Crown Prince of Sweden from his birth on 13th May 1979 to 31st December 1979.

The reply is in the form of a letter in English and signed by Helena Garofalo.

Letter