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Summary Britain's Prince Charles made first official visit to Sweden on Thursday.
The visit came nearly 40 years after Carl XVI Gustaf became the countrys king.The kings wife, Queen Silvia, said she was glad to finally play host to Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.Its very nice since Prince Charles during my time, unfortunately, hasnt had the possibility to visit earlier, the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet quoted the queen as saying ahead of his arrival. But we have a very close contact with the British royal family and so were very happy about their visit.Swedens Prince Carl Philip received Charles and Camilla at Arlanda airport in Stockholm, where they landed after a three-day visit to Norway.
