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Victoria (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée, born 14 July 1977) is Crown Princess of Sweden and Duchess of Västergötland [1]. She is heir to the Swedish throne under the 1979 Act of Succession and will one day become Queen [1][2]. She belongs to the House of Bernadotte. This page uses only the information published by the Swedish Royal Court on kungahuset.se.
Heir to the throne
The Royal Court notes that when the Crown Princess was born Sweden still had agnatic succession, under which only men could inherit the throne, so she was born a princess [1]. Full cognatic succession, under which the eldest child inherits, was introduced by the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on 1 January 1980, and she then became Crown Princess [1]. On 9 January 1980 the King gave her the title Duchess of Västergötland [1].
She was christened in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace on 27 September 1977 [1]. As heir, she takes part in councils of state and meetings of the Advisory Council on Foreign Affairs, and she acts as temporary regent when the King is unable to carry out his duties, for example during travel to distant places [1].
Marriage and family
Her engagement to Daniel Westling was announced on 24 February 2009, and they married in Stockholm Cathedral (Storkyrkan) on 19 June 2010 [1]. In autumn 2010 the couple moved into Haga Palace [1]. Their two children, Princess Estelle, born in 2012, and Prince Oscar, born in 2016, also live at Haga [1][2].
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