The Norwegian princess living in Australia will soon leave Sydney to return home for a major event next month.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is currently doing her exams as she approaches the end of semester at the University of Sydney.
The Royal House of Norway shared several photos of the 21-year-old studying for her finals, wishing students in Australia and Norway success during the exam period.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is completing her finals before returning to Norway for Christmas. (Photo: Raquel Pires Photography / The Royal Court)
While most students will then embark on a much-needed holiday or pick up more shifts at their part-time jobs, Princess Ingrid Alexandra is returning to Norway to carry out official engagements in her role as second-in-line to the throne.
The Royal House has announced two events for the princess on December 10 before she spends Christmas with her family, which will come just weeks before the criminal trial of her brother.
She will visit the Save the Children’s Peace Prize celebration outside the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo.
But more significantly, Princess Ingrid Alexandra will attend the Nobel Peace Prize awards for the for the first time, later that day.
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King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Crown Prince Haakon at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 2019. (Rune Hellestad – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
The awarding of the peace prize is held in Oslo and the day after the rest of the Nobel awards take place in Stockholm, attended by Sweden’s royal family.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra will attend the event inside Oslo City Hall alongside her grandparents King Harald and Queen Sonja and her parents, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
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After the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Sweden’s royal family will attend the rest of the awards in Stockholm. (Getty)
A banquet will be held inside Oslo’s Royal Palace after the presentation of the award, with the female royals in attendance expected to wear gowns and tiaras and Royal Orders.
The prestigious awards are presented at an equally-glamorous event in Sweden, where the royals wear their finest outfits and tiaras first to the ceremony and then the banquet. The following day, another gala is held at Stockholm’s Royal Palace.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s presence at the Oslo event is expected to be one of her most high-profile to date.
Ingrid Alexandra will one day make history by becoming Norway’s first queen regnant in more than 600 years.
Despite her place as heir-in-waiting, Princess Ingrid Alexandra has only recently begun carrying out regular appearances at public events in Norway.
In April, she joined her parents and the King and Queen for a state banquet inside the royal palace hosted for Iceland’s visiting presidential couple.
It was the first time she had taken part in such a formal occasion and the highest level of a foreign visit.
Also that month, the princess completed her military service and in June, she and her younger brother Prince Sverre Magnus carried out their first solo engagement.
Princess Ingrid Alexandra is likely to attend the Nobel Peace Prize banquet after the presentation of the award. (AP)
The princess moved to Australia in late July to begin a three-year degree at Sydney University.
Weeks later, Oslo’s state attorney filed charges against Marius Borg Høiby – Ingrid Alexandra’s half-brother.
Høiby, who is the 28-year-old son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of the heir to the throne, Crown Prince Haakon – was arrested.
He is accused of 32 crimes including domestic abuse and rape, most of which he denies, and faces 10 years in prison if convicted.
The trial will begin on February 3 next year and run until March 13, in Oslo’s District Court.
It’s not known when Princess Ingrid Alexandra will return to Australia for her studies but she is not expected to be in court, despite wanting to support her brother.
Royal correspondent from NRK – Norway’s national broadcaster – Kristi Marie Skrede recently told nine.com.au that Princess Ingrid Alexandra would be “supporting her brother during Christmas when she has a break from from her studies”.
“I doubt we we will be seeing her in court, she has to do her job as a student and be here [in Australia] when the semester starts [next year], but I also think that she wants to to support her brother,” Skrede said.
The criminal trial of Ingrid Alexandra’s brother Marius Borg Høiby (left) will begin in February. (Getty)
“But there might be a possibility we will be seeing the Crown Prince and Crown Princess in court. It’s their son, her son and the crown prince’s stepson.
“I think they will support him, but of course it’s difficult.”
The young princess’ decision to move to Australia to study, when her family is facing one of its most challenging periods, was deliberate Skrede said.
“I think she is happy to be here, far away from all the problems,” Skrede said.
”It gives her the possibility to concentrate on her studies and to concentrate on being a young woman and spending time with her friends.
”The problems that her brother is dealing with, the fact that he is charged with very serious crimes – rape and assaulting an ex-girlfriend – that’s very hard.”
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