Princess Estelle
Is the future heir to the throne being asked too much?
Princess Estelle
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At first glance it looks quite playful. But Princess Estelle’s appearances already have a working character. The twelve-year-old will one day be Queen of Sweden – she was prepared for this role from when she was a baby.
Princess Estelle: The future heir to the throne gets to know the country and its people
Crown Princess Victoria’s former court marshal, Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, 73, once put it succinctly on Swedish public television station SVT: “You can’t represent a country if you don’t know how it works.” In her young years, Estelle has already learned a lot about her country and her family, the Bernadotte family. With her mother Victoria and her grandfather Carl Gustaf, she visited, among other things, the Copenhagen Cathedral, the Bernadotte Library, historical statues and the treasury.
From an early age she has also been present at important royal events, be it her grandfather’s birthday, Victoria Day, her mother’s birthday, the national holiday, the inauguration of the cultural park named after her or the inauguration of a bridge. Estelle has already experienced a lot for her age and has shaken hands with quite a few prominent personalities.
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Conversation is a must. This also includes mastering other languages. Even as a toddler, the young royal had a nanny who spoke English with her. The bright girl now attends a Swedish primary school. But like Victoria, she will one day enjoy an international education. The current heir to the throne studied in Sweden, France and the USA.
Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel carefully show Estelle her way
In addition to her school education, Estelle will discover the history of her own country with the help of private lecturers and be taught political science. Princess Victoria had, among others, the historian Herman Lindqvist, 80, as a private history teacher and the former Swedish Riksdag President and Defense Minister, Björn von Sydow, 78, as a political science teacher.
Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg observes Estelle’s life journey with an expert’s eyes. Victoria was already a part of her growing up. When Estelle started school in 2018, the public attention was enormous, similar to when her mother started school many years before. “I think Estelle already has an idea of what royal work demands of you. She has already been to various public events with her parents. For example, she visited Östergötland, their duchy, and she has already been to the official national day or name day celebrations [Anm. d. Red.: ihrer Mutter] included.”
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Over the past few years, training has systematically increased and become more and more structured. Luckily, the little princess hasn’t lost her carefree attitude and fun. She is still a happy child and that is definitely due to her parents’ thoughtful nature, praises Tarras-Wahlberg: “It’s a good idea to take the matter step by step. Both Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are very educational and want to that the children can be children.”
But the most important quality for royals is always getting to know other people and becoming a part of society. In keeping with the motto of today’s monarch Carl Gustaf: “For Sweden – in time”.
Source used: svt.se, Dana Press