Sweden's Princess Madeleine in underwear 'bomb' scare
Published: 15 Oct 09 07:52 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/22668/20091015/
A mysterious package addressed to Sweden’s Princess Madeleine at the World Childhood Foundation in New York prompted a response from the police’s bomb squad on Tuesday.
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But instead of a bomb, the package contained a bra and panties, several cassette tapes, and a love letter addressed to the Princess, according to the New York Post newspaper.
“A package was left in the Childhood’s office in New York. It’s a routine procedure to always check packages addressed to the royal family. I don’t have any information about the contents, but it wasn’t a bomb,” said Royal Court spokesperson Annika Sönnerberg to the Aftonbladet newspaper.
The incident has been handed over to the New York police’s intelligence division, who are investigating the incident further.
The World Childhood Foundation was founded in 1999 by the Swedish queen. The organization works to give marginalized children around the world the chance to have a happy childhood.
A gala dinner is planned for October 21st in New York to celebrate the foundation’s tenth anniversary.
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That's bra
I have skipped trips to Sweden for the last 5 years because 1.it has one of the highest crime rates in europe
2.your media is brainwashed and being told to falsify crime reports and reports on immigrant-related crimes
3.THE EFFIN ALCOHOL IS TOO EFFIN EXPENSIVE!!!!!!! (if Bill Gates wanted to get wasted in Sweden, he'd be on the dole afterwards!!) :D:D
Most crimes are being committed by immigrants, that is a fact nobody can deny according to Interpol - so swedish media can lie about it all they want!
speaking bout the royals, not a single royal in europe is of pure ethnicity of his/her country, so pointing at the swedish royals not to be original swedish is completely unnecessary ;)
You people should treasure your royal family, they seem quite cool to me, when you look at England's prince Harry: He's a disgrace!
One more thing: you're not necessarily racist just for thinking pro-swedish/national-democrat
you also need to learn how to differentiate issues...the queen is half brazilian..and lived in brazil for quite a number of years... after she married the king she brought her full brazilian parents to live with them in drottningholm palace (read wikipedia article on the queen)
those are typical immigrant characteristics right?
so its funny that your friend is bringing up immigrants as a bad thing etc when the monarchy that he is praising is not even fully european
By far other scandanavians comprise the majority of immigrants in sweden..what I think you really want to say is that its the muslim, coloured or black immigrants that are the undesireable ones which are causing all the crime and bringing down the GDP. Is that what you want to say? if so..just say it...
go hold a placard with the neonazis..make your opinion known
coward
Open letter to The Royal Court of Sweden about Princess Madeleine (read in "My Notes") - www.facebook.com/Helge.Kroupski