6 – Prince Hisahito of Akishino [Japan] (2006)
7 – Prince Rudolf Ferdinand of Liechtenstein (1975)
8 – Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Nassau (1986)
8 – Princess Marie Helene of Liechtenstein (1960)
9 – Victoria de Marichalar y Borbón (2000)
11 – Kiko, Princess Akishino of Japan (1966)
11 – Paola, Queen of the Belgians (1937)
12 – Sultanah Kalsom binti Abdullah of Pahang (1951)
At a 3 day roundtrip in the Aust Agder county, Haakon and Mette-Marit were asked about the pregnancy rumours that had sprung up in the Danish media, but probably were fuelled by Se & Hør.
Haakon said that it would be best to not speculate on whether or not they were expecting. He commented that they would have to see about an addition to the family, but that there were no current plan in the works.
In addition to visiting the county, opening a new university campus – at the university where Mette-Marit studied briefly to become a construction engineer, there have also been time to respond to people.
The Crown Princely couple have been taking a lot of questions from their Facebook fans and Twitter fans at this trip, and have been responding to some of them in YouTube videos.
One of the questions were on how Ingrid Alexandra and her parents was handling the first days of school. The response was that the Princess had been very ready to start school – she was already reading a lot and was quite excited to start. Her parents said they were very proud of her.
September is here, and with it, comes a new version of the Heir Consort Work Project.
This month has revealed the difficulty in tracking the schedules. An event, which for some was considered official enough to put it on the schedule, was not for others. I am, of course, talking about the Greek wedding.
To make it more equal for all, I have therefore also added that event to the numbers of the princesses whose calendars did not include it. If one of them has it as an official event, the rest of them should also have it counted, in my opinion.
I have also tried similarly to follow that statement with other events that may not have been included on the calendars, but have included cameras or patronages in some way, and where similar events have been added to other royal calendars.
If anyone wants access to the calendar where I’m tracking things, just let me know 
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August
30 – Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland (1915)
30 – Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946)
September
2 – Doña Miriam de Ungría y López, Princess of Turnovo (1963)
2 – Princess Marie Christine of Liechtenstein, [Duchess of Württemberg] (1924)
3 – Julia ten Cate (2008)
5 – Pierre Casiraghi (1987)
Norwegian Se & Hør is not claiming that Mette-Marit is pregnant, but they’re certainly presenting some things that may make it sound like it.
Mette-Marit was absent from the Greek wedding on Wednesday. She was on the guest list, leading Billed Bladet to write about her attendance in a pre-written article about the happy wedding, but did not show up for the wedding. Haakon represented the Norwegian royal family on his own.
Se & Hør asked the people in charge of the Greek arrangement, who said they’d been told that acute illness had put a stopper to her travel plans. (The Norwegian royal court did not comment at all, apart from saying that the wedding was a private event, and that they did not comment on the private events.)
At the same time, Se & Hør has a picture of Mette-Marit celebrating her birthday on last Sunday. The kicker here is that she has pulled out an old maternity dress that she allegedly last wore, photographed by the press, when she was pregnant with Ingrid Alexandra seven years ago.
In the picture, there is about as much bump in the stomach area as there currently is with Mary – who is pregnant with twins.
It could just be that this is a case of Mette-Marit’s fear of flying, wanting to be home with the children for the mid-week when they’re going to school/nursery school and cannot accompany them, or that she might start a new semester of her own education.
Either way, should Se & Hør be right in their insinuations – we’ll probably find out soon.
23 – Princess Fadzillah of Brunei (1985)
23 – Queen Noor of Jordan (1951)
24 – Sa’adu Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto (1956)
24 – Alexandre Coste (2003)
24 – Lady Amelia Windsor (1995)
26 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1988)
26 – Lalla Meryem of Morocco (1962)
26 – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944)
27 – Princess Tasneem bint Ghazi of Jordan (1999)
28 – Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł (1939)
28 – Prince Nikolai of Denmark, Prince of Monpezat (1999)
29 – Prince Juthavachara Mahidol of Thailand (1979)
Ingrid Alexandra had her first day of school today. Like with big brother Marius’ first day seven years ago, the grandparents were included. Grandmother Marit Tjessem and King Harald accompanied the first grader and her parents on the big day.
King Harald said: “I think it is good that Ingrid Alexandra will be attending the local school. Then she can walk to the school like the other children.” As a boy, Harald attended Smestad school in Oslo city, and was driven to school every day.
The principal pointed out to the press that Ingrid Alexandra will be treated in the same way as the other pupils, but that they will have to work at avoiding too much public attention for her.
Inviting the press to the first day of school, and other special photo occasions have worked, more or less, until now. There haven’t been that many, if any, pictures of Ingrid Alexandra at her kindergarten, her afternoon activities such as: her gymnastics class or singing in the local choir.
It’s a reflection of the times that the pupils were instructed that candy and cell phones were forbidden in class. I don’t remember anyone telling me that when I started school 20 years ago.
Ingrid Alexandra’s first day of school (YouTube video of the arrival)
16 – Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth (2003)
19 – Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway (1973)
19 – Prince Philipp of Liechtenstein (1946)
20 – Prince Gabriel of Belgium (2003)
21 – King Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963)
HRH Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway will start school on August 19. She’ll attend the nearest public school to Skaugum – Jansløkka school. It is the same school as her older half-brother, Marius, went to, but breaking with royal history. Her father and grandfather attended Smedstad school in Oslo.
Jansløkka school is a primary school for children between ages 6 and 12 – which translates to grades 1-7 in the current Norwegian educational system. The junior high school, Solvang, is the subsequent school, where Ingrid’s brother will be starting this August. That goes from age 13 to 15, or grades 8-10.
There will be press attendance at Ingrid’s first day of school – and pictures can likely be found at VG, Dagbladet, NRK or Aftenposten on the 19th, around 1 PM, Central European Time.
10 – Prince ‘Abdul Mateen of Brunei (1991)
11 – Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau (1968)
12 – Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark (2000)
12 – Queen Sirikit of Thailand (1932)
13 – Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924)
13 – Princess Rahma bint El Hassan of Jordan (1969)
15 – Elisabeta-Maria Biarneix (1999)
15 – Anne, Princess Royal (1950)
15 – Prince Carl-Johan of Nassau (1992)
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