Royals

Sweden’s adorable little royals steal the show at fab floral christening

Jun 09, 2018

Posing for official photos is boring when you're four, as Princess Leonore of Sweden made very clear! Source: Getty

We didn’t think much could compete with the collective cuteness of Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan’s little flower girls and page boys, but the Swedish royals have given the couple a run for their money with the most adorable collection of kids!

Well, they do have a lot of small children to work with, given that the family has welcomed seven babies in the past eight years. Nearly the whole troop were out in force to celebrate the christening on Friday of the youngest member of the Swedish royal family – Princess Adrienne, who’s just three months old – on a beautiful summer’s day that they celebrated in floral frocks and flowery head-pieces.

Baby Adrienne’s mother is Princess Madeleine, while her father is British-American banker Christopher O’Neill, who doesn’t have a title because he chose not to take Swedish citizenship. Madeleine is the second daughter and youngest child of Sweden’s King Carl and Queen Silva.

But all eyes weren’t on the mother or the baby in question, but on Adrienne’s older sister, four-year-old Princess Leonore, who kicked off her shoes and made her way into the chapel in Stockholm barefoot. The couple also have a three-year-old son, Prince Nicolas.

Princess Madeleine might's had her hands full with baby Adrienne but older daughter Leonore wasn't letting her out of her sight! Source: Getty — Princess Madeleine might’s had her hands full with baby Adrienne but older daughter Leonore wasn’t letting her out of her sight! Source: Getty

Also in attendance were Madeleine’s older sister Crown Princess Victoria, the king and queen’s eldest daughter, her husband Prince Daniel, who she met when he was her personal trainer, and their son Prince Oscar, two (their daughter, Princess Estelle, six, wasn’t in attendance).

Crown Princess Victoria with husband Daniel and son Oscar posed for photographs outside the Drottningholm Palace Chapel. Source: Getty

Carl and Silvia’s only son, Prince Carl Philip, with his wife, former glamour model and reality TV show star, Princess Sofia, and their children Prince Alexander, two, and Prince Gabriel, one, made up the rest of the young family party.

Princess Sofia shows off her model roots, looking unruffled even as Prince Alexander kicks up his heels in front of photographers. Source: Getty

Prince Carl Philip didn't let his formal-looking uniform stop him from being a hands-on dad to baby Gabriel. Source: Getty — Prince Carl Philip didn’t let his formal-looking uniform stop him from being a hands-on dad to baby Gabriel. Source: Getty

That’s quite a lot of littlies to get to behave in front of the cameras, and sure enough, Leonore looked completely disinterested in any royal business, preferring to study the pebbles she was standing on than pose for official photographs. But the whole family looked gorgeous in their summer finery – less formal than Britain’s royal wedding but equally lovely.