Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge


Princess Adrienne of Sweden, Duchess of Blekinge is the third child and second daughter of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill. She is a granddaughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. She is tenth in the line of succession to the Swedish throne.

Birth

Princess Adrienne was born on 9 March 2018 at Danderyd Hospital in Danderyd, Sweden. The birth was greeted by a 21-gun salute from Skeppsholmen in Stockholm and from the saluting stations in Gothenburg, Härnösand, Karlskrona and Boden. On 12 March, her names and title were announced at a state council by her grandfather King Carl XVI Gustaf. A Te Deum thanksgiving service was held in her honour in the Royal Chapel at Stockholm Palace on 12 March 2018.
Adrienne was christened on 8 June 2018 at Drottningholm Palace chapel, exactly five years after her parents married on 8 June 2013 and four years after the christening of her sister, Princess Leonore, on 8 June 2014. Her godparents are Anouska d'Abo, Coralie Charriol Paul, Nader Panahpour, Gustav Thott, Charlotte Kreuger Cederlund and Natalie Werner.

Titles, styles and honours

Titles and styles

Adrienne was initially styled Her Royal Highness Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge. On 7 October 2019 the king issued a statement rescinding the style Royal Highness and removing Adrienne from the royal house in an effort to associate more strictly Swedish royalty to the office of the head of state; she is still to be styled as a princess and duchess and remains in the line of succession to the throne.

Swedish appointments and honours