Princess Ines Marie Lilian Silvia, Duchess of Västerbotten (b. 2025)

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Today, Friday 7th February at 1.10 p.m., HRH Princess Sofia [née Hellqvist] gave birth to a daughter at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm.

https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/press-releases/2025-02-07-trh-prince-carl-philip-and-princess-sofia-welcome-their-fourth-child---a-daughter

On Monday 10 February, a Council of State was held at the Royal Palace on the occasion of the birth of TRH Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia’s fourth child.
At the Council of State, HM The King informed the Government that the Princess, who is eigth in line to the Throne, will be named Ines Marie Lilian Silvia and known as Princess Ines.
Princess Ines has been granted the Duchy of Västerbotten .
In accordance with His Majesty The King’s decision of 7 October 2019 regarding changes in The Royal House, Princess Ines is a member of the Royal Family but not of The Royal House. The Princess will therefore not enjoy the style of Royal Highness.

https://www.kungahuset.se/english/archive/press-releases/2025-02-10-princess-ines-marie-lilian-silvia-duchess-of-vasterbotten

Prince Carl Philip is a great grandson of Princess Margaret of Connaught, and a great-great grandson of HRH The Prince Arthur Duke of Connaught & Strathearn (Peerage of the UK, cr 1874; extinct 1943), third son of HM Queen Victoria, &c.

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The King of Sweden now has  9 grandchildren.  

Unlike in the UK, all of the Swedish monarch's grandchildren are created Dukes or Duchesses at birth.

Brooke