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.

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

Since we’re also muttering about population size playing a relative part in how much activities there are for royals to attend, I’ve also divided the number of acts they do, on the population size of the country they represent. Acts / Milion people= number.

(I’m not sure if it is relevant, or just an interesting factoid to throw out in internet discussions, but I’m including it anyway. At least it will also give a basis of comparison from month to month for that particular HC.)

Alphabetically.

Name: Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall,
Claim to Fame: married to the Prince of Wales.
Age: 63
Population size of the UK: Roughly 62 millions.
Number of total engagements: 2
Number of solo engagements: 1
2/62 = 0.032
Note: Holiday time in the UK.

Name: Daniel, Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland.
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Princess of Sweden
Age: 36
Population size of Sweden : Roughly 9.3 millions
Number of total engagements: 4
Number of solo engagements: 0
Dividing: 0.43

Name: Letizia, Princess of Asturias
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Asturias
Age: 37
Population size of Spain : 46 millions
Number of total engagements: 4
Number of solo engagements: 0
Dividing: 4/46 = 0.089
Note: August is holiday time in Spain.

Name: Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Denmark
Age: 38
Population size of Denmark : Roughly 5.5 millions
Number of total engagements: 11
Number of solo engagements: 3
Dividing: 11/5.5=2

Name: Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
Claim to Fame: Married to the Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne.
Age: 37
Population size of Belgium : 10.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 0
Number of solo engagements: 0
Dividing: N/A
Note: August has been a holiday season for the Belgian Royal Family

Name: Princess Máxima
Claim to Fame: Married to the Prince of Orange
Age: 39
Population size of The Netherlands : 16.6 millions
Number of total engagements: 2
Number of solo engagements: 1
Dividing: 2/16.6= 0.12

Name: Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Claim to Fame: Married to the Crown Prince of Norway
Age: 36
Population size of Norway: 4.8 millions
Number of total engagements: 6
Number of solo engagements: 3
Dividing: 6/4.8=1.2
Comment: Mette-Marit looks to have pushed her holiday a bit to the beginning of August.

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)

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.

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)

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.