About "Året med kungafamiljen" (The Year with the Royal Family):
Another short clip from Daniel's interview:
Prince Daniel of his kidney disease: "It was a coincidence that it was discovered"
Ten years after his kidney transplant, Prince Daniel is healthy and well-heeled. Today he wants to be a voice for those waiting for an organ.
- As a parent, I can't think of anything worse than having a child in need of an organ, which could be available if the willingness to donate was greater.
In SVT's "Året med kungafamiljen", Prince Daniel tells how his kidney problems were discovered by chance when he was x-rayed after an injury he received during a football match. The transplant itself was done ten years ago.
- Then I was really sick. It was not a positive period in life. Immediately after the operation, I felt really good - it was like getting a new life from one day to another, says Prince Daniel.
In the program, Prince Daniel visits Alexander Rydgren, who a week earlier received a new kidney from his mother Charlotta Tillbom.
- There are few things that are such a big decision, yet so simple, says Charlotta Tillbom.
- Exactly. You give gladly all your organs to your children, Prince Daniel replies.
The prince thinks that if you are willing to receive an organ yourself, or want someone in the family or circle of friends to receive an organ if needed - then it is reasonable that you yourself are prepared to set up.
- Just enter the donation register. It may take a minute - so fast it is - and it is about saving lives.
Prins Daniel om njursjukdomen_ “Det var en slump att det upptäcktes” _ SVT Nyheter
A couple of photos from the program
Prince Daniel about death - and how he feels today
Prince Daniel has lived with his father's kidney for ten years, and in SVT's "Året med kungafamiljen" he talks about how he is doing today.
- Death is certainly difficult to think about. And that's why I think you might close that door and not want to be in there and root in those feelings.
The words are Prince Daniel's, and he tells them because of the fact that many more would have to sign up for the donation register. The queue is very long - and one person can save eight other people's lives after their death.
SVT's "Året med kungafamiljen" met Prince Daniel for an interview, in one of the splendor salons at Stockholm Palace. He sits in a silk-covered chair on the giant carpet in Prince Bertil's old apartment, and it is a very serious conversation - not least when it comes to that spring ten and a half years ago when Daniel was newly engaged to Victoria and his kidney disease suddenly became very urgent.
- I had five - six weeks when I went on dialysis. Then I was really verynsick and there are no pleasant memories at all. It is an incredibly difficult situation and I am happy to have that period behind me, but when I look back it is also an important experience.
- But then, right after the surgery, I was incredibly lively and felt really good right away, so it was really like getting a new life from one day to another.
A part is filmed during Prince Daniel's visit to the transplant surgical clinic at Huddinge Hospital, where he also tells us how he is doing today:
- Now it has been ten years and I am healthy and well and feel as good as I can. But I do want to be a voice for this issue and support those who are affected.
At the hospital, Prince Daniel met Alexander Rydgren, who a week earlier had received a kidney from his mother Charlotta Tillbom.
- And I think of those who wait in line and of all families who live in uncertainty and who suffer and have a very hard time. I can't think of anything worse than having as a parent a child who needs an organ that could come if the will to donate bodies was greater.
Prins Daniel om döden – och hur han mår i dag _ Svensk Dam
Prince Daniel's 10th anniversary as a kidney transplant would have been a great day at home with mom Ewa and dad Olle. But instead it became something completely different.
It was late in the evening on Wednesday 27 May 2009 that Sweden was reached by the shocking news that Crown Princess Victoria's new fiancé Daniel Westling, then 36, had undergone a kidney transplant at Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge. And the donor was his own father Olle Westling.
On Monday, May 27, 2019, Prince Daniel was able to celebrate the 10th anniversary with the new kidney - although it did not turn out as Daniel had thought:
- Unfortunately, I had not planned so well, so I had programs both Monday and Tuesday. Otherwise, I would have liked to go up to my dad and mom and celebrate with them. But that was not the case then, says Prince Daniel in "Året med kungafamiljen".
Just that Monday in May, when he had planned to celebrate at home in Ockelbo, Daniel was hosting an intensive royal two-day visit from The Hague. King Willem-Alexander's brother Prince Constantijn was in town to meet Daniel and a bunch of Swedish super-entrepreneurs.
So instead of sitting in the kitchen on Smältvägen in Ockelbo with dad Olle and mother Ewa and feeling homage for Olle's vital gift - and about medical science and his new healthy life - Daniel spend the day at Norrsken House in Stockholm.
But we can probably be pretty sure that that celebration got off anyway - albeit a little delayed.
Prins Daniels ånger med mamma Ewa _ Svensk Dam
When the last stop on the Crown Princess's province hikes became Dalarna, she chose to invite Princess Sofia to hike with her.
- I got a nice request from my dear sister-in-law if I wanted to accompany her to my home municipality and I didn't say no to that, says Princess Sofia in SVT's "Året med kungafamiljen".
For two years, the Crown Princess has hiked through Sweden's all 25 landscapes. Last summer the last hike was carried out. The aim has been to pay attention to both Sweden's nature and the value of outdoor life.
- It feels very fun and very special to be able to do this last hike together, and that Sofia wanted to come along, says Victoria in the program.
Princess Sofia has grown up in Älvdalen in Dalarna and spent her childhood close to nature. Something she wants everyone to experience.
- Often you do not know that there is around the corner. So that's why I think it's amazing what Victoria does, shows that it is accessible and that it is there is for everyone, no matter who you are.
Kronprinsessan Victorias vänskap med Sofia _ Aftonbladet
Madeleine's tribute - to Silvia: "Very obvious"
Princess Madeleine paid tribute to her mother in SVT's "Året med kungafamiljen".
It was Queen Silvia that aroused the princess's commitment to the work of the Childhood Foundation.
"It's so obvious in some way", she says.
This year, the World Childhood Foundation has turned 20 years. The Charity Foundation was founded by Queen Silvia in 1999, and today both she and Princess Madeleine are deeply involved in its work.
SVT has followed in "Året med kungafamiljen" with Queen Silvia to Cape Town in South Africa, where she meets children and young people from the townships within the framework of the foundation's work.
- It is important that we go out and watch and talk to the people, then you get a different feeling for how big the problems are and we can really help, says the queen.
She emphasizes how important it is not to close your eyes to the problems.
- We have to see them. You should report and react when you see terrible things happening. It's very important.
But that doesn't make the job any easier. In the program, Silvia visits children and parents in Childhood's projects, where she listens to children's stories, among other things. "Terrible", she says.
- It's really tough. These are extremely difficult circumstances.
Princess Madeleine has been involved in Childhood's work since 2006. She sits on the Foundation's Board of Directors in Sweden since 2016 and is also an honorary member of the Childhood USA Board of Directors.
In the program she tells how her commitment was aroused - and paid tribute to her mother.
- That mom chose to talk about these problems with us children so early is not obvious. She explained very obviously about her work with Childhood, when she was traveling and what had happened to the children she met. It was very dark stories she shared. Obviously it was horrible to hear this but I was also very concerned and I think that is what has made me choose to get involved in these issues. That it is so obvious, in some way.
Princess Madeleine says she carries all the horrible stories "inside" and thinks a lot about them.
- Somehow you turn it into a force, you want to do even more and feel that this is not wise. That one in five children is at some time subjected to sexual abuse is completely unacceptable.
Maddes hyllning till Silvia i ”Året med kungafamiljen”
Thanks for the link, MagMil. ? I always look forward to Aret med kungafamiljen!
