Princess Adrienne, Duchess of Blekinge

Princess Adrienne of Sweden, Duchess of Blekinge (Adrienne Josephine Alice Bernadotte; born 9 March 2018) 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 and styles

On 7 October 2019 the king issued a statement rescinding Adrienne's royal status in an effort to more strictly associate 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.

• 12 March 2018 – 6 October 2019: Her Royal Highness Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice, Duchess of Blekinge.
• 7 October 2019 – present : Princess Adrienne Josephine Alice, Duchess of Blekinge.

Swedish appointments and honours

• Sweden :
  • Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (9 March 2018, presented 8 June 2018).