Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, is the third child of Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, and Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and granddaughter of King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.
Background
Princess Desiree was born and grew up at the family home, Haga Palace outside Stockholm, with her three sisters. Together they were known as the Haga Princesses. She was named after her ancestress Queen Desideria of Sweden and after her mother Sibylla.
Princess Désirée"s engagement to Baron Nils-August Otto Carl Niclas Silfverschiöld, born at Koberg Castle, Sweden on 31 May 1934, son of Baron Carl Silfverschiöld and wife Madeleine Bennich, was announced on 18 December 1963, and the couple married the next year on 5 June 1964 in Storkyrkan in Stockholm.
Career
Her brother is King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Representative duties In their honour a ball was organised for the two princesses at the Renaissance Blackstone Hotel in Chicago by Mayor Richard Daley. Silfverschiöld lives in the family"s home at Castle Koberg and at Gasevadholm Castle in Halland.
She takes part in Swedish Royal Family events.
Princess Désirée and Baron Silfverschiöld are occasionally invited to state dinners and receptions in Sweden. Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld is Crown Princess Victoria"s godmother.
