Rome, 26 April 2024 – La Sweden she just entered the Born and the Princess Victoriadestined to become Queen of Sweden, has wasted no time and has already started studying to be able to attend a preparatory course in the autumn to become an army officer.
“One day she will be queen”
Johan T. Lindwall, an expert chronicler of the royal family, explained on Swedish public television: “It’s part of the role of head of state: one day she will be the Queen of Sweden and therefore must have a military qualification. She has already taken several courses, the first in 2003. Even Princess Estelle (Victoria’s daughter and second in line to the throne, ed.) will one day have to follow the same path as her mother.”
King Carl XVI Gustaf is admiral and general
Vittoria’s father, the King Carl XVI Gustaf, in fact he is Admiral in the Navy and General in the Army and Air Force, following the royal tradition of involvement in Swedish defense. The Ministry of Defense wanted to underline the importance of the training that the princess heir to the throne will undergo. The course will last twenty months and will pass on to Vittoria the qualifications necessary for her future role as supreme representative of the armed forces.
The king has no intention of abdicating
Her father, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, will turn 78 on April 30, but he already announced last year that he has no intention of leaving the throne, therefore not following the example of his cousin, Margaret II of Denmark who abdicated in January.
Victory in the line of succession also for the GB throne
Victoria, eldest daughter of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia, as well as heir to the Swedish throne he is also in the list of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom. She was baptized on 27 September 1977, she was appointed Crown Princess on 1 January 1980 thanks to the 1979 amendment to the Act of Succession of 1810: a revolution which allowed the throne to be inherited by the monarch’s eldest son regardless of gender. The father actually opposed the reform, but not because he was against women on the throne, but out of respect for his son, Carl Philip of Swedenwho until then had been considered crown prince.
