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Article: Sweden's future queen.(Crown Princess Victoria)
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- Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
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- October 1, 2002
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Have you ever dreamed of being a king or a queen? Crown Princess Victoria does not have to dream: She is preparing for the reality of becoming the Queen of Sweden.
Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Desiree was born July 14, 1977, the first child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Typically, royal thrones pass from father to son. However, Victoria became heir to the throne when Sweden's 1979 Act of Succession changed the order of inheritance to the oldest child, regardless of sex.
The Crown Princess and her younger siblings, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine, grew up attending school and enjoying horseback riding, water ...