Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden celebrates her 43rd birthday

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and their two children Oscar and Estelle are seen in the garden of the family summer Solliden Palace at the island Oeland in the Baltic sea as she celebrates her birthday with her close family due the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Borghlom, Sweden July 14, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel and their two children Oscar and Estelle are seen in the garden of the family summer Solliden Palace at the island Oeland in the Baltic sea as she celebrates her birthday with her close family due the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Borghlom, Sweden July 14, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency/via REUTERS
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden has marked her 43rd birthday with a low-key celebration in Borgholm.

The Princess posed for pictures at Solliden Palace with husband Prince Daniel and children Princess Estelle and Prince Oscar for the occasion. Later in the evening, a concert was held in the Borgholm Castle ruins.

The traditional public celebrations that would accompany an heir to the throne’s birthday were scaled down this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Victoria’s birthday is usually marked with a large party with members of her extended family in attendance.

However, due to travel restrictions, some family members were unable to make the event, and Victoria’s elderly parents also chose not to attend.

The concert that is usually held at the event took place but only for a handful of guests this year, with Victoria’s immediate family seen keeping socially distant from her brother Prince Carl Philip and his wife Princess Sofia.

At the concert, the Princess awarded the Victoria Scholarship, a prize given each year on her birthday to a Swedish athlete.

This year the award went to 21-year-old pole vaulter Armand Duplantis.

Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis receives the Victoria scholarship from Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria during a concert at Borgholm castle ruins in Borgholm, Sweden July 14, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer /TT News Agency/via REUTERS

A 21-gun salute was also fired to mark Princess Victoria’s birthday.

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