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Happy 7th birthday, Prince Oscar! The Swedish royal family shares sweet new portraits of Crown Princess Victoria’s son with her sister Princess Estelle and her dog Rio
The Swedish Royal Family has shared two adorable new portraits of Prince Oscar to mark his seventh birthday.
Oscar, Duke of Skåne, is the youngest son of the future Swedish queen, Crown Princess Victoria, 45, and her husband, Prince Daniel, 49.
The first of the two images, shared with the Royal House instagram account yesterday, it showed the prince posing with the family’s Cavapoo, Rio, on a cream sofa at their Haga Palace home in Haga Park, Solna.
In the second photograph, Oscar was joined by his 11-year-old sister, Princess Estelle. The couple was captured sitting back to back on a staircase as they smiled for the camera.
Oscar opted for gray jeans and a brown cardigan with black shoes. His sister looked equally elegant in a white top and houndstooth skirt.
The Swedish Royal Family has shared two adorable new portraits of Prince Oscar to mark his seventh birthday.
The images were posted with the caption: ‘Prince Oscar turns seven today. Congratulations!’ when translated from Swedish to English.
The two images appeared to be from the same photo shoot shared at Princess Estelle’s birthday last month.
Royal fans were quick to comment on the images, with one person writing: ‘Lovely charming Prince Oscar turning 7 today!! Happy Birthday!’
Another said: ‘¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡Congratulations to the prince! , while a third added: “Big congratulations to you, our little prince.”
Prince Osckar was born at the Karolinska University Hospital in the Swedish capital of Stockholm at 8:28 pm on March 2, 2016.
In the second photograph, Oscar was joined by his 11-year-old sister, Princess Estelle. The couple was captured sitting back to back on a staircase as they smiled for the camera.
He is third in line to the throne after his mother and older sister, Princess Estelle, who was born in February 2012.
Addressing the media after the birth of his son, Crown Prince Daniel said he had tears on his face when his son was born, just as he had during Estelle’s birth.
“Obviously everyone is very happy,” Prince Daniel said, according to Expressen. “I haven’t had time to feel what it feels like to be the father of two children yet, but it obviously feels good.”
She then added, “Estelle, of course, is really excited and happy to be a big sister.”