In a hangar, the media and staff had gathered before the big visit. The wait was long, but shortly before 11 a.m. on Thursday, the crown prince couple arrived.
Victoria smiled and nodded as she stepped into the hangar for a tour of the latest Gripen E fighter aircraft. Victoria also got to test drive the plane and from the cockpit she waves and says: “So long”.
“Incredibly honoured”
– It is incredibly honorable to have the crown prince couple here today, says Anders Carp, vice president at Saab.
When pilot Mikael Olsson has explained and shown her the plane, she agrees to the photographers’ request for photos, she turns her face to each of the photographers and then she asks patiently: “Are you ready now?”.
It’s a busy schedule for the crown prince couple. After the visit to Saab, they will go on to Linköping’s social services and take part in a project that deals with preventing children from ending up in crime.
SVT Nyheter Öst does not get an interview with the crown princess.
“She declines an interview,” says Ulrika Näsholm, information secretary to the Royal Court.
Watch the crown princess’s visit in the clip above, and hear Anders Carp, vice president at Saab.