{"id":2783,"date":"2023-09-21T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/?p=2783"},"modified":"2023-09-21T16:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:10:06","slug":"sweden-day-8-royal-palace-and-storkyrkan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/sweden-day-8-royal-palace-and-storkyrkan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden &#8211; Day 8  Royal Palace and Storkyrkan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2783\" class=\"elementor elementor-2783\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc4d407 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc4d407\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13f5281\" data-id=\"13f5281\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-781a2b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"781a2b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Another drippy day.\u00a0 We started at the Royal Palace. They have guards outside in rather Prussian-looking helmets and small scale relief ceremonies throughout the day.\u00a0 Around noon they had a larger ceremony with a marching band and of guards, although it was the Queen&#8217;s birthday so I don&#8217;t know if this happens everyday.\u00a0 \t<div class='ngg-imagebrowser default-view'\n\t\tid='ngg-imagebrowser-0d4cd3cea20f23f145cc36ddbae4fdcd-2783'\n\t\tdata-nextgen-gallery-id=\"0d4cd3cea20f23f145cc36ddbae4fdcd\"\n\t\tdata-gallery-id=\"22\">\n\n\t\t<h3>Courtyard guard at the Royal Palace<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-0\" class=\"pic\" \n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/snowedunder.com\/wpd\/wp-content\/gallery\/royal_palace\/roral_palace_doniphone.IMG_0911.JPG'\n\t\t\ttitle=' 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