Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Sweden:...at the Theatre Royal, Stockholm - from a sketch by our special artist, 1864. The future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Scandinavia. ...the Royal party...arrived in time to see the last act of the Swedish version of "The Daughter of the Regiment."...Five tiers of boxes rise one above the other to the ceiling, the decorations being purely white and gold...The audience rose immediately on the entrance of the Royal party, and the orchestra performed the National Anthem, which so closely resembles our own as to be scarcely distinguishable...The King [of Sweden] led the Princess of Wales to a seat at his right hand, the Prince of Wales in like manner brought in the Queen Dowager, Prince Oscar conducting the Queen of Sweden to her seam The King wore the uniform of the Hussars of Charles XV., of which regiment he is the proprietor...The Prince of Wales wore a Generals uniform, with a ribbon of the Bath. The three ladies in the Royal box wore simple wreaths of flowers, the Queen and the Princess of Wales being dressed in blue with white lace, the Queen Dowager in mauve with white lace, having moreover, mauve ribbons twined into her wreath. Illustration from "Illustrated London News", [1864].