One of the highlights of my time so far in Stockholm was the visit by The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall in March 2012. Just over 18 months later, The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel are visiting London this week. The themes for the visits are very similar: young people, technology, climate change, entrepreneurship and innovation.
The Royal couple will visit an inner London school, and the UK’s IT hub at Tech City in the East end of London. They’ll meet the Mayor of London, and the Lord Mayor of the City of London. The Lord Mayor kindly gave two scholarships recently to bright young Swedes.
The Crown Princess and Prince Daniel will also visit Cambridge, to see a Skanska housing project, and, at the University, to discuss conservation, local and international sustainability solutions, international Governance and Human Rights.
The overlap in themes between the 2012 and 2013 visits is no surprise: it illustrates just some of the areas where Sweden and the UK, public and private sectors alike, have so much in common and so much to discuss.
It will be a privilege to accompany the Royal Couple and, once the visit is over, to have a cup of tea with the Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge, not just a brilliant academic, but the vicar that married my lovely wife and me!