Royal or Movie Star? TikTok Is Just Discovering Sweden's Charming Prince Carl Philip

Meet the dashing Nordic prince who was nearly king

TikTok has a new crush on Prince Carl Philip of Sweden!

Users on the social media platform have seemingly rediscovered the dashing royal, as the hashtag #PrinceCarlPhilip is lighting up the site with over 111 million views. The most popular video about the only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia has been viewed over 5.8 million times, showing a montage of Carl Philip, 44, from his late teens to the present day.

Set to the tune of "Careless Whisper" by George Michael and Wham!, the clip chronicles Prince Carl Philip through the years at various white-tie events and diplomatic dinners, in naval uniform and at official engagements, plus having a little fun as a competitive race car driver! Multiple commenters swooned that the Duke of Värmland was "hot," "gorgeous" and "handsome."

"Literally Prince Charming and get more handsome with age. Best looking royal in the world," a fan said.

"He just kept getting finer and finer," another agreed.

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Prince Carl Philip has also drawn comparisons to Hollywood stars like Fifty Shades of Grey leading man Jamie Dornan and Superman actor Henry Cavill.

While Prince Carl Philip may be currently charming TikTok, he has been in the royal spotlight since he was born.

Carl Philip arrived in May 1979 as the second child of King Carl Gustaf and Queen Sonja, who were already parents to daughter Princess Victoria. As Sweden followed an agnatic order of succession upon Carl Philip’s birth, meaning that only males could inherit the throne, he was born as the Crown Prince. However, plans were already in motion to shift the law of Swedish succession to absolute primogeniture, meaning that the crown would pass to the eldest child of the monarch regardless of sex.

The change was made official in January 1980, bumping Victoria up to Crown Princess and future queen of Sweden. Her baby brother, then 7 months old, became styled simply as Prince Carl Philip and moved behind her in the line of succession.

Their younger sister Princess Madeleine was born in 1982, taking the spot behind Prince Carl Philip in line for the throne.

The Duke of Värmland was educated in Sweden (and studied abroad at a prep school in Connecticut!) before training with the Swedish Navy, completing training in the reserve forces in 2004. He went back to school to study graphic design at the Forsberg School in Stockholm and continued his studies in the U.S. at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. and Rhode Island School of Design.

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Prince Carl Philip completed his military training while studying business administration at the Swedish Defence University, rising to the rank of Major. He also trained as an agriculturalist and earned a master’s degree from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, his royal bio outlines.

The working royal announced his engagement to Sofia Hellqvist, a former model and reality star, in June 2014, and they wed at the Royal Chapel at the Royal Palace in Stockholm one year later, making her Princess Sofia.

The couple went on to welcome three sons — Prince Alexander, 7, Prince Gabriel, 6 and Prince Julian, 3. While Alexander and Gabriel inherited "His Royal Highness" titles at birth, their grandfather King Carl Gustaf stripped some of his grandchildren of their royal titles in 2019, including the brothers. The decision affected the three kids of Princess Madeleine and her husband, Christopher O’Neill, plus Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia’s sons.

The announcement meant that the five grandchildren would no longer be expected to perform official royal duties in the future. While they remained members of the royal family, they lost their official HRH titles. However, the young cousins — Prince Carl Philip’s sons Alexander and Gabriel, and Princess Madeleine’s kids Princess Leonore, Prince Nicolas and Princess Adrienne — retained their titles of Prince and Princess, but the styling became personal and any future spouses or children will not have a right to them.

Carl Philip and Sofia spoke out about the news on social media, sharing they understood the King’s decision.

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"Today, the King announced the decision that our children no longer hold the Royal Highness position. We see this as positive as Alexander and Gabriel will have freer choices in life," the royal couple wrote on Instagram.

"They will retain their prince titles and their duchies, Södermanland and Dalarna, which we value and are proud of. Our family has strong connections to both landscapes and we maintain our commitment there," they continued. "We will continue to focus on our heart issues and commitment. We will also continue to support the King and Crown Princess — our future head of state — and participate in the King’s House activities as we wish."

Prince Julian was born in 2021, making him the first of the King's grandchildren to not be born with the HRH title.

Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia juggle parenthood with a royal workload and are invested in The Prince Couple's Foundation. The charitable organization was founded in honor of their royal wedding day and works to raise awareness around dyslexia and make the online world a safer place for young people.

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