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I last wrote about Princess Sofia back in August, when she really and truly hit the ground running in her new royal role. Sofia, (HRH Princess Sofia, the Duchess of Värmland) married Prince Carl Philip of Sweden in June, and after an appropriate amount of time to honeymoon and do a few fun couple things, Sofia has been doing public events at a steady clip. As I said in August, she’s already so much better at duchess-ing than the Duchess of Cambridge. It’s sort of absurd to think about all of the excuses that are made for Kate, like she’s most delicate, wilting flower who needs vacations, wiglets and jeggings to survive.

Anyway, I just thought we’d check in with Sofia and Carl-Philip again. They were on another small in-country tour this week, this time in the Dalarna province (which is where Sofia grew up). They spent two days (Monday and Tuesday) doing back-to-back events, some fun and some serious. They did a photo-op at a local bakery where Sofia worked the ovens. They traveled to a copper mine. And they went to a refugee housing area where Sofia actually got down on the ground with the kids and played with them. Many believe Sofia will make this one of her signature issues: children in crisis. In September, she traveled to South Africa – all by herself, without Carl Philip – to give a speech at the Global Child Forum conference.

It sort of goes without saying that the two-day tour went smoothly and that Sofia managed to successfully avoid flashing her privates to the cameras. One of the reasons why we didn’t get flashed: because the princess wore trousers! Actual, honest-to-God appropriate slacks. Not jeggings. Not leggings. Not pants so tight that we can draw an outline of her babymaker from memory. Sofia’s attire was professional, season-appropriate and even though she wore her hair down, it wasn’t blowing all over the place nor was she fussing with it constantly. Well done.

Also: I’m absolutely positive that she’s pregnant with a honeymoon baby.

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Photos courtesy of WENN, Pacific Coast News.
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