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Victoria of Sweden and the other queens of tomorrow

Her father, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, caused a scandal in August 2001 by marrying the rebellious bourgeois, and stormy past, Mette-Marit, a former waitress, former saleswoman and mother of a child. Ingrid Alexandra, 17, as you can imagine, grew up free and far from court obligations. “When I was younger,” she said, “I didn’t even know I was a princess.” Today, attending one of the best high schools in Oslo, she is a passionate environmentalist and a lover of kickboxing. In addition to being a surfing champion: she won the 2020 National Junior Championship, and dreams of the Olympics. In 2012 she explained that, for her, the most boring thing about being a royal is “taking pictures”. Last summer she got her first job: dishwasher in an Italian restaurant in Oslo. No possibility of serving alcohol, but great tips. He has already co-piloted a Falcon F-16, as the future commander of the country’s armed forces. His godmother is Princess Victoria of Sweden.

Élisabeth of Belgium
The lady of the ice

The twenty-year-old eldest daughter of King Philip and his wife Mathilde has already made a bit of history. When it’s up to her she will, in fact, be the first sovereign of Belgium, after a string of queens consorts. The rest must be deserved. Meanwhile, Lisa, as they call her in the family, moves with discretion. After being harshly criticized and accused of “overexposure” in 2011 for giving a short speech at the opening of a hospital named after her, the princess waits in the shadows. And gets ready. After the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in Brussels and two years in Wales at Atlantic College, the same as Leonor of Spain, he studied History and Politics at Oxford. Meanwhile, he also completed compulsory training at the Royal Military Academy in the heart of Brussels. A curiosity that makes her proud: the Belgian polar scientific research station bears her name: Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station.

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