– I have great faith in her, says Crown Princess Victoria to news. She is Sweden’s next monarch and is the sponsor of Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who will one day be Norway’s queen. – I hope I can be there and support her in what she wants. – But we are talking about a person who is very wise and very down to earth, and I think she has all the prerequisites to manage this in the very best way, says the Swedish Crown Princess about her godchild. SPONSOR: When Princess Ingrid Alexandra was confirmed, she was photographed with the sponsors: King Harald, King Felipe of Spain, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Princess Märtha Louise, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and the Princess’ grandmother Marit Tjessem. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Celebrating the 18-year-old Now Crown Princess Victoria is among several royals who are in Oslo to celebrate Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday. The Norwegian heir to the throne came of age in January, but the official celebration of the 18th anniversary was postponed due to the pandemic. Yesterday she was celebrated with a gala dinner at Deichman, as a gift from the government, and tonight there is a gala dinner and party at the Palace. READ: Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Ingrid Alexandra together when the Crown Prince and Crown Princess celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB When Princess Ingrid Alexandra gave her first major interview in connection with her 18th birthday in January, she told about close ties between the royal houses. – We have quite a lot of contact, especially with Sweden and Denmark. We were visiting Victoria and Daniel and Estelle and Oscar this summer, it was very nice, she told news. Now they are all in Oslo. Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel bring their two children, Princess Estelle (10) and Prince Oscar (6), to celebrate the Norwegian heir to the throne. Close relationship For the Norwegian Crown Prince family and the Swedish Crown Princess family are close friends and have returned both leisure, work and anniversaries together. As Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s sponsor, Crown Princess Victoria was a self-described guest at both the baptism and the confirmation. When Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit paid an official visit to Sweden in May, the Norwegian Crown Princess paid tribute to Victoria as a role model for Princess Ingrid Alexandra. Crown Princess Mette-Marit described a close, personal friendship with a very special meaning. – Crown Princess Victoria is a wonderful, beautiful person who I value very highly, and who I am incredibly happy to have such a good and close and warm relationship with, and not least many, many memories with over so many years, said a touched Crown Princess Mette-Marit and turned to Sweden’s future queen. – We have had so much fun together, and we have traveled a lot together. And I’m especially happy about that, because we have a daughter at home who is heir to the throne, and having a person like Victoria that she can lean on in her future, we’m very grateful for. So it is very personally important to us. HEIAGJENG: The Swedish Crown Princess couple and the Norwegian Crown Prince family cheered eagerly during Aksel Lund Svindal’s last race in Åre in 2019. Photo: FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT / AFP
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