Royally active! Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden looks chic in all-black while cross-country skiing
Royal active! Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden looks chic in all black while cross-country skiing
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden looked chic in ski gear as she rode through the mountains in a national park this afternoon.
The royal, 45, was beaming behind sunglasses as she thrust out her poles for some cross-country skiing in Sonfjallet.
With her dark brown locks pinned back in a neat yet functional bun, she donned an all-black outfit as she worked her way through the powder.
In a look reminiscent of Tom Raider’s Lara Croft, she glided coolly across an alpine landscape with bright blue skies behind her.
The mother of two is known for her love of the slopes and skiing often with her family, including King Carl XVI Gustaf.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, 46 (pictured) looked cool and composed as she hit the slopes at Sonfjället National Park
Her appearance on the mountains today comes after it was confirmed that she and her father will attend King Charles’s coronation next month.
No doubt she’ll be delighted to be back on the slopes in a climate she’s used to after touring Australia last month with her husband, Prince Daniel.
The royal couple kicked off their official visit to the country with trips to the Swedish Embassy in Canberra, the National Museum of Australia and a koala rehabilitation center in Namadgi National Park.
After their time in the Australian capital, the pair traveled to Sydney to continue their tour.
The heir to the Swedish throne was dressed in an all-black ski outfit as she used her sticks to slide down the mountain
The Crown Princess smiled as she used her sticks for extra power as she floated through the powder
Dressed in an all-black ensemble, the royal family looked like a total pro on her skis as she made her way through the snow
Crown Princess Victoria stopped for a chat with some friends as they reached a building in the national park
A helping hand! The royal, 45, clung to a snowmobile to give her some speed
The royal family and another friend held on to a rope at the back of the snowmobile and let it take them away
Crown Princess Victoria let the snowmobile carry her through the snow as she and her friend hitchhiked
The royal proved that cross-country skiing is a tough discipline as she lifted her skis to get over a patch of pristine snow
The royal couple’s official tour was aimed at “deepening bilateral relations,” the Swedish embassy said in a statement at the time.
Crown Princess Victoria last took to the slopes in January for a photo shoot with her father after he made some controversial statements about the succession to the Swedish throne.
King Carl XVI Gustaf, 76, said Victoria’s younger brother, Prince Carl Philip, had been “unfairly” deprived of his right to the throne because of new succession laws introduced in 1980, just after she was born.
Crown Princess Victoria was two years old when the new law was introduced, updating the natural order of succession by stating that the eldest child, regardless of sex, would inherit the throne.
Until then, her younger brother Carl Philip, who was seven months old, had been planned to become king, as the previous law favored male heirs.
However, he was stripped of his crown prince title under the new law and Victoria became the heir apparent.