Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria is continuing her spate of foreign trips with a visit to Germany, where she attended an art gallery inauguration looking the epitome of an elegant, modern princess.
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The 28-year-old daughter of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia chose a classic knee-length day dress in a flattering shade of red for the launch of an exhibition of works by early 20th-century Swedish painter Carl Larsson in Munich.
Victoria, who visited China for the first time a few weeks ago and was subsequently spotted in October enjoying a musical with the rest of her family at a West End theatre in London, wore her hair casually loose and was without her familiar glasses while she toured the exhibition.
Until very recently, she was the only crown princess in Europe born to be queen, rather than marrying into that status. Now, thanks to changes in many constitutions to phase out sexist succession laws, there is a whole new generation of female royal toddlers who will, like Victoria, face the challenges of monarchy by birthright.
Four-year-old Princess Elisabeth of the Belgians, two-year-old Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands and Princess Ingrid of Norway, who was born last year, are Europe's current future queens.
It remains to be seen whether Spain's 19-day-old Princess Leonor will retain her status as second-in-line after Crown Prince Felipe: under the current legislation, which may well be changed, she would be superseded by a younger brother. |
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