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His Royal Highness and His Boyfriend Spotted in the Wild

Chapter 7: Paparazzi and Their Obsession with Royal Families

Summary:

A trio of articles that take a glimpse on Simon and Wille over the years.

Notes:

They’re in an established relationship. These articles are from an international news site and that’s why they’re in English. There is no way in hell I could have written these in Swedish as Crown Prince Wilhelm does not have a bear (if you participate in Duolingo you know what I mean).

I took the first scenario from the deep dive I did on Omar and Edvin making press appearances.

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

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Crown Prince Wilhelm of Sweden Spotted at Musikhjälpen

Written by Alyssa Chen for Associated Press, December 18, 2023

Crown Prince Wilhelm was spotted at Musikhjälpen this past week. He was spotted by many fans who came to see Sweden’s annual Music Aid program. Speculations about why he was there were laid to rest when his partner, Simon Eriksson, took the stage to sing a set composed of several songs. Prince Wilhelm seemed very supportive during the performance and even participated in some of the radio sessions Eriksson was featured in.

See page 4 for a list of the songs Eriksson sang along with photos taken at the event.

Comments

User123456789

OMG yes. Simon is literally amazing at singing?!?!?!? We stan a supportive king 👑!!!!

>>> NedNguyen

        Why am I so untalented 😭 ughhhh! And the way he sang Only A Fool Remains Sane and literally watched Wilhelm the whole time???

>>> King2563Bop

        It’s crazy but some of us didn’t sing like an angel and pull a literal prince while in school and it shows

>>> MyCatRocks2536252

        Waiting for my Hallmark moment too, thanks for asking. Let me just go cry about the fact that my boyfriend is not a prince…

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Chris999238

Donated to this because of them. Why are they literally the cutest???? Me and my single soul can’t survive this.

>>> User965846253

        OMG I feel you. Did you see the photos of them in the car?? And Wilhelm was driving??? Can’t even!

>>> SheppardtheSheep993

        So proud that they support the end of child labor!! I donated too!

        >>> PrincessWithNoFrog

                Same!!!! ❤

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Prince Wilhelm and Simon Eriksson BREAKING UP???

Written by Stephanie for US Weekly, March 21, 2024

After announcing he was a participant in the global sex tape, Crown Prince Wilhelm and Simon Eriksson have broken up? Sources spotted the Prince in England, alone, while Simon Eriksson was spotted in his home town of Bjärstad at the same time. The couple everyone thought was the IT couple and a major source of gay news may have broken up. Prince Wilhelm is notably supposed to still attend Hillerska Boarding School, who’s school semester is not finished yet for the spring. What does this mean for our IT couple? Find out more here!

Comments

PigForPrez123

There’s literally no way this is true. Kungahuset.se literally has an article there saying that Prince Wilhelm is in England for a royal engagement or something like that.

>>> TedTalksForAngryPeople__1

        Ugh yeah, I saw the same thing. Can’t believe they post this without fact checking??? 😡

        >>> King2563Bop

                Same! Basically slander right??? Can you sue for this???

>>> BabyBabyBaby555

        Had a mini heart attack until I read your comment even though I know I should never believe the tabloids

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Simon Eriksson officially attends Drottningholm Palace Christmas Celebration

Written by Claire Gomez for Associated Press, December 29, 2025

Simon Eriksson officially attended the Swedish monarchy’s Christmas Celebration at Drottningholm Palace as Crown Prince Wilhelm’s partner. The Prince and Eriksson wore matching blue suits designed by L’homme Rouge, a native Swedish design studio. Both looked stunning as announcers for the Christmas charity auction held during the celebration. All funds raised during the auction go to various organizations that support economic, environmental, and social equality and justice in Sweden.

See page 11 for pictures of the event and a list of charities supported this year.

Comments

PrinceWilhelmSupportGroup

IF THEY DON’T GET MARRIED I WILL LITERALLY DIE YALL

>>> IWishIWasSimonEriksson

        So beautiful 😭😭😭 can’t wait for a queer king

>>> Tiny8861

        Um, we totally support kings that support local artists, like what????

        >>> DogsAreBetterThanPeople

                Yes, this! People really need to talk more about it because Wilhelm and Simon can literally make something sell out and that boosts local artists like… it’s insane??

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SummerInMyRoom511

Did anyone else see their matching cufflinks? And, like, they were literal rainbows? Crown Prince Wilhelm and his boyfriend out here being the gay icons we need in this world!!! ❤❤❤

>>> User965846253

        Blatant support, who is she?

        >>> SheppardtheSheep993

                This is so awesome! I feel like not enough celebrities do this!!

>>> PhefenWithAPH

         I work with RFSL and I can confirm that the Prince really does a lot of openly visible support to the community in Sweden! It’s crazy that we can even say that! We can’t wait to see the future the monarchy will bring 👑❤

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Notes:

Let me know if the format is off, I tried! I had a lot of fun writing this but it is actually exhausting to do these comment things. IDK how other people do it but I have a new level of respect that I didn’t know existed before.

Swedish is due mostly to Google Translate, helped along by my 130ish days on Duolingo. No proofreading was done except what I did in the 5 minutes before I posted this. Please let me know if there are any errors or the grammatical mistakes. UPDATE: My Swedish is being proofread by the lovely Bastuba!

The companion piece for this fic "Life is Full of Pasta-bilities" is up now! You can read the next work in this series by pressing next work :) Thanks for sticking through this with me!

Notes:

Swedish was originally thanks to Google Translate and the 130ish days of Duolingo I've completed. Now it is thanks to the wonderful Bastuba! Bastuba can actually speak Swedish and I'm sure they have a good laugh every time they have to read my very bad Swedlish.

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