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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Megan Doherty

Swedish royals plant a tree - and a few ideas - in Canberra

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden inspects a electric Volvo Truck at the ANU's Electrification Seminar. Picture by Keegan Carroll

Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria revealed in Canberra on Tuesday that images of the devastating fires that raged in Australia over the summer of 2019-20 had a profound impact on her - and were "an eyeopener for many people that climate change is real".

Her Royal Highness referred to her visit this week to the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, where she heard how the Orroral Valley fire in January, 2020 burnt 22 per cent of the reserve and 80 per cent of the Namadgi National Park.

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