POWER PRINCESS
Power Princess at the Royal Armoury... report by Pia
Lagergren.
For almost five hundred years, items once in the possession of Swedish
monarchs and their families have been kept in the Royal Armoury. From
generation to generation,.... they have built up an ever-expanding col-
lection of memories from the country's different dynasties, evoking well-
known events in Swedish
history.............................................................
The latest exhibition: PRINCESSES! opened yesterday by HRH
Princess
Madeleine of Sweden. The expo mixes Princesses from the world of
fair-
ytales with exiting actual destinys of many Princess in the Swedish Royal
family since the middle Ages. During hundreds of years Sweden has expor-
ted Princesses to Denmark to become Queens. Here we have the oppor-
tunity to among others be accquinted with Princess Ingrid of Sweden, the
mother of the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe...........................................
On the left -
Princess Madeleine of Sweden who inaugurate this exhibition
Princesses in February. Photo : "Kungliga Hovstaterna".................................
To the right - Princess Cecilia Vasa, 1540-1627, daughter of King
Gustav
Vasa was famous for her beauty.---- She was best mate with Elisabeth I of
England and was known as a real pirate who raided boats at the Baltic Sea.
--- The expo also shows the life of the funny and beautiful
pirateprincess
Cecilia Vasa (year 1500) and the feminist-princess Sofia
Albertina (1700),
the sister of the mega-gay King Gustav III. -- The expo also
displays a lot
of private items from the Princesses such as dresses, shoes, toys and
make-
up. It even shows a selection of private letters, diary's and
paintings.........
Make-up and elegant dresses, specially made for princesses...
These princesses were not only beautiful and adventures, they also had a
will of their own..... which often separated them from the ideal world of
the
fairytales.....................................................................................................
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While at the at the Royal Armoury museum, take time and watch their
basic exhibition. -- See, for example, the costume worn by Gustav
III at
that fateful masked ball in 1792, Karl XII's muddy uniform from
Fredriksten
in 1718, and the blood-stained shirts and elk-hide coat worn by Gustavus
Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen in
1632...................................................
Most of the artefacts in the Royal Armoury's rich and varied collection
reflect
official occasions such as state ceremonies, weddings, coronations or
funerals,
with magnificent ceremonial carriages, armour and weapons. Clothes and
play-
things once belonging to royal children are also on display... do this
expo......
Royal Armoury museum, at the Royal Palace, Old Town, Stockholm.
Opening hours are: Tuesday-Sunday 11 am-5 pm
Entrance: Free of charge
READ MORE
SEE THE EXPO
Text by: Pia Lagergren.
Photo: Göran Schmidt Livrustkammaren.
Report made for Newsmix :2005-02-18 - 2100
