The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2016

It was the Nobel Prize Awards Ceremony in Stockholm over the weekend, and AS EVER, it brought GOWNS and TIARAS. This is absolutely one of the most glamorous and thrilling royal events of the year. Everyone here looks great.

Queen Silvia of Sweden and Chairman of the board of the Nobel Foundation, Professor Carl-Henrik Heldin

I love everything about this dress and she looks amazing. I want to wear this myself, everyday, to everywhere.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Professor J. Michael Kosterlitz

This is H&M. Bespoke H&M, but still. Glorious. She is the only person in the world who manages to make custom H&M NOT look like H&M.

Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Professor F. Duncan M. Haldane, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics

This is by Fadi El Khoury and it's VERY foofy and princess-y, in a way I appreciate. Having said that: She really wears this color A LOT

Princess Sofia of Sweden and Professor Jean-Pierre Sauvage, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

This color is GLORIOUS and the dress is...bizarre. She looks like she's wearing a repurposed Christmas tree skirt.

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Professor Evi Heldi

I mean, he always looks handsome.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

TIARAS. (As ever, Order of Splendor has great coverage on all the jewels at this event. SHINY.)

Queen Silvia of Sweden

I treasure how shiny she is. Tiara! Pins! Earrings! Necklace!

Princess Sofia of Sweden

This feels insufficiently shiny, and also I could tell you that this photo was from the 70s and you'd believe me. But, my goodness, isn't she pretty? (I also love that she's wearing a pin with her father-in-law's face on it. Yeah, yeah, I know -- he's the King. But as an inner-family factoid, it makes me laugh.)

Princess Madeleine of Sweden

Now THAT is a proper princess tiara. It's like a DISNEY tiara.

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Meanwhile, PLEASE don't ask me what's happening on M-M's head.

Norway's Nobel Shenanigans

Behold: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, flanked by Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, King Harald, and Queen Sonja. Informatice Caption tells me that "President Juan Manuel Santos receives this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to bring Colombia's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end."

More Norway. NORWAY!

I LOVE M-M's dress and AGAIN despair of what she's doing on her head.

Felipe and Leitiza

I hope Letizia ONLY wears capes in 2017.

The Spanish Royal Family's Christmas Card

This is the Spanish royal family's holiday card and it's so cozy. I kinda want that reindeer sweater.

Felipe and Letizia

This dress is HELLA FESTIVE.

Felipe and Letizia

Letizia's hair is very voluminous right now.

Chaz

This photo is AMAZING. Let us turn to Informative Caption: "Prince Charles is shown works taking place beside a window, flanked by the Dean of Westminster John Hall, during his visit to the The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey...Works are taking place to build a museum and galleries in the abbey's medieval triforium, running 70 feet above the abbey floor and hidden from public view for over 700 years. The opening is due in Summer 2018." OMG. This looks AMAZING. You guys, LET'S GO!

Chaz and Camz Christmaz Card

Behold, the Wales's holiday card, snapped by Chris Jackson in Croatia, where -- per Informative Caption! -- "they met local performers wearing traditional dress in Tvrda, the old town of the city of Osijek."

Cams and Kids

Here, Camz is helping one Miss "Millie Fagan-Barnes (aged 7) decorate the Clarence House Christmas tree... [Camz] invited children from the [Helen & Douglas House charity] and children supported by Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity to decorate the Christmas tree and join Her Royal Highness for lunch at Clarence House."

The Duchess Of Cornwall Attends The Sovereign's Parade

These uniforms are so smart! Informative Caption tells us that Camilla "inspects graduating officer cadets alongside sword of honour recipient Rosie Wild during The Sovereign's Parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.... Today is the first time The Duchess has represented Her Majesty The Queen at the annual event that marks the passing out of Officer Cadets on completion of their Commissioning Course."

The Prince Of Wales Attends The 'Style For Soldiers' Christmas Reunion Party

Everyone is so festive in the UK right now. Here, Chaz got two sock monkeys for George and Charlotte thanks to these two handsome people.

The Prince Of Wales Attends The 'Style For Soldiers' Christmas Reunion Party

This holiday party was for the "Style for Soldiers" charity, which helps injured servicemen and women, and this, of course, is Professional Handsome Person David Gandy.

Zara at the Racecourse

As you may have heard, Zara and Mike are having another baby. She looks SO LOVELY in this wrap; this is really the prettiest she's ever looked. Pregnancy suits her, clearly.

Charlene and Jacques and Gabriella and Albert

Meanwhile, in Monaco, it's time for the annual Christmas gifts distribution at Monaco Palace and how cute are these kids?

Charlene and Jacques

HELLO, JACQUES.

Queen Maxima, King Willem-Alexander, Princess Mabel and Princess Laurentien

This is "the awarding ceremony of the Prince Claus Prize, in Amsterdam" and is it WARM there right now?

Crown Princess Victoria and Nuns

Here we have: Swedish Minister of Education Anna Ekstrom, Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel of Sweden, and The Birgitta Sisters at the convent Church of Santa Brigida. The history of this order of nuns is FASCINATING and well worth a tiny dive into Wikipedia. (This convent once was a place of sanctuary for Swedish Catholics who chose exile rather than conversion during The Reformation. LEARNING!)

Prince Daniel

"If Prince William can do this, SO CAN I."

Royals Round-Up, December 16th, 2016

Good news: This week's Royals Round-Up brings you tiaras AND babies AND nuns.