Princess Estelle shines in Sweden

Princess Estelle of Sweden - CASA REAL SWEDISH

Princess Estelle, second in line to the throne after his mother, Princess Victoria, is the star of one of the commemorative stamps to be issued this year to celebrate the seventieth birthday of his grandfather, King Carl XVI Gustaf Sweden , and the fortieth anniversary of the coronation of queen Silvia, who married the king in June 1976. the series of three stamps entitled Kunliga Jubileer (Jubilee Real) is the work of artist Daniel Bjugård and photographs have been made by Anna-Lenne Alhstrom.

In two of the stamps kings Carlos Gustavo and Silvia roost alone, while the third stamp shows the line of succession to the throne of Sweden, with Estelle smiling in the center of the image with her ​​mother Crown Princess Victoria and his grandfather, king Carl XVI Gustaf. It is, without doubt, one of the most symbolic gifts that little has received the fourth birthday last February 23 while their parents, Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, eagerly awaiting the birth of her second child will arrive at world in the next two weeks. An event that seems to matter little to Estelle, because, as stated a few months ago Princess Victoria, what really want the girl is to have a hamster.

Family tradition

This is not the first time the image of Princess Estelle is reflected in a stamp of the royal family, because, c on just eighteen months, the princess was also involved in one of the philatelic series created on the occasion of the forty years in the throne of king Carl XVI Gustaf . On that occasion, the artist Mårten Gustafsson made ​​a portrait based on a photograph from a family album in which the same characters appeared with Estelle sitting on the knees of her mother, while her grandfather took her hand.

The Princess Leonor of Spain was also the protagonist of a stamp when he was nine years old. The issue, with a circulation of 310,000 stamps whose value was one euro, "Grand Prix" was titled and released last October with occasion of the first Princess of Asturias Awards since, for thirty-five years, the awards had been granted under the name Prince of Asturias. The daughter of kings appeared portrayed by the photographer Cristina García Rodero with a colorful floral dress on the merits of Campoamor Theater of Oviedo, stage where the ceremony is performed.

His father, King Philip VI also had nine years old when his photograph was used for the first time in a bell to be named heir to the throne of Spain in 1977. The label "Felipe de Borbon was titled. Prince of Asturias. Prince Felipe and Covadonga Basilica. " Its value was five pesetas and he showed the prince with the Basilica of Covadonga in the background and the coat of Asturias in the foreground.

photo source: www.svenskdam.se