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Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, left, and Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon the arrival of the King at Palace Noordeinde in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, left, and Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, inspect the honor guard during a welcome ceremony upon the arrival of the King at Palace Noordeinde in the Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, April 21, 2009.

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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, his wife Queen Silvia, left, and Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, propose a toast during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009.

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Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, center, speaks, with Netherlands' Queen Beatrix, right, and his wife Queen Silvia, left, during a state banquet at Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday April 21, 2009.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) reviews an honour guard with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Villa Madama in Rome March 25, 2009.

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) and Italy Equal Opportunities Minister Mara Carfagna (2nd R) greet Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) his wife the Queen Silvia (2nd L) at Villa Madama in Rome on March 25, 2009. The Swedish royals are on a four-day visit to Italy.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) and Queen Silvia (C) talk with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Villa Madama in Rome March 25, 2009.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) and Queen Silvia (C) pose with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a meeting at Villa Madama in Rome March 25, 2009.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) and Queen Silvia (2nd L) talk with Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at Villa Madama in Rome March 25, 2009.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) his wife the Queen Silvia (C) and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) are pictured as they arrive at Villa Madama in Rome on March 25, 2009. The Sweden's King Carl VI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are in Italy on a four-day visit.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) and Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) review the honour guard at Villa Madama in Rome on March 25, 2009. Sweden's King Carl VI Gustaf and Queen Silvia are in Italy on a four-day visit.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) attends a news conference with Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale palace in Rome March 25, 2009.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) reviews an honour guard with Italy's President Giorgio Napolitano at the Quirinale palace in Rome March 25, 2009.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) stands next to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on his arrival at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on March 24, 2009. The King together with his wife Queen Silvia are in Italy for a four day visit.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) passes a guard of honour as he walks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on his arrival at Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on March 24, 2009. The King together with his wife Queen Silvia are in Italy during a four day visit.

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Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf (L) sits next to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on his arrival at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome on March 24, 2009. The King together with his wife Queen Silvia are in Italy for during a four day visit.

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ROME - MARCH 24: Queen Silvia of Sweden (L) and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (R) visit Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and his wife Clio Bittoni at the Quirinale Palace on March 24, 2009 in Rome, Italy.

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Horace Engdahl, centre right, permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, arrives with his successor Peter Englund, centre left, for the annual meeting of the academy. They follow Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf , right, and Queen Silvia, in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday Dec. 20, 2008.

Japan's Makoto Kobayashi receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008.

Japan's Makoto Kobayashi receives the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf (R) at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2008.

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Germany's Harald zur Hausen, left, co-laureate for the Nobel Prize in medicine, receives his medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.

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U.S. economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, left, laureate of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, receives his medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.

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French researcher Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, left, co-laureate for the Nobel Prize in medicine, is seen after receiving her medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.

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French researcher Luc Montagnier, left, co-laureate for the Nobel Prize in medicine, receives his medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.

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Germany's Harald zur Hausen, left, co-laureate for the Nobel Prize in medicine, receives his medal and diploma from Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, right, during the Nobel Prize awards ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008.