Friday the thirteenth may be unfortunate for some, however for Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, tomorrow shall be a momentous day certainly. The Swedish royals won’t solely be marking their tenth wedding ceremony anniversary, but in addition celebrating the baptism of their newborn daughter, Princess Ines, on the very similar day. Not solely that, however the royal baby’s baptism will happen on the Drottningholm Palace Chapel in Stockholm, the very same venue the place Carl Philip and Sofia tied the knot in 2015.
Ahead of the milestone, the palace has made an equally poignant announcement about Princess Ines’s godparents. A profound relationship for any royal, godparents are stated to be mentors for the following technology of bluebloods, providing recommendation and steerage as they develop into the pressures and obligations of their function. How touching, then, that Princess Sofia and Prince Carl Philip selected Princess Estelle, the eldest daughter of Crown Princess Victoria, to fulfil the obligation for Princess Ines.
Not solely is the 13-year-old a cousin to Princess Ines (Crown Princess Victoria is Prince Carl Philip’s sister), however she can be the longer term queen of Sweden. Quite the supporter to have in your nook, then, and the pair have already been noticed collectively when Princess Sofia carried Princess Ines onto the general public balcony of the royal palace to wave to crowds celebrating King Carl Gustaf’s 79th birthday.
Princess Estelle has some fairly illustrious godparents of her personal. The record was revealed earlier than her christening on the Royal Chapel on 22 May 2012, and included the likes of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (then Prince of Orange), Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Queen Mary of Denmark (then Crown Princess), and Prince Carl Philip.
