For countries with a monarchy, royal families appear as important representatives of the country. Since they are supposed to represent their entire country of origin, there are also ethical guidelines they must adhere to.
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For example, members of the royal family avoid voting in elections, as they must appear objective and must not have business relationships. Trust in the royal family is important in a monarchy, as people simply must be able to trust them as their representatives.
Therefore, the Swedish royal family, led by King Carl Gustaf (78 years old), reacts strongly after fake photos of Crown Princess Victoria (46 years old) spread online. He writes Swedish women's magazine.
Someone has reportedly tried to use Crown Princess Victoria to scam people, and the Royal House is now urging the public to take action.
Royal Family: Princess Estelle, Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Oscar and Prince Daniel. Image: Shutterstock/NTB
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There is a clip on Facebook of what appears to be the Crown Princess encouraging people to invest money. The clip was first captured by the site Kalkritikbiran.
– Dear Swedish citizens, It gives me great pleasure to share with you the happy news about the official launch of the Immediate Edge investment platform, developed in cooperation with the Swedish Riksdag, says “Victoria” in the sequence.
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According to Svensk Damtidning, her voice is fake. These clips are called “deepfakes” in good Norwegian.
Deepfakes are a type of technology that uses artificial intelligence to create realistic audio, video, or photo forgeries, usually of people performing actions they did not actually do.
The Crown Princess therefore never said the words that appear in the fraudulent advertisement, and the purpose may have been to exploit the trust she had with the Swedes to deceive them for money.
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Reverse News24 The Royal House is now urging the public to take action.
– We are in contact with Meta regarding the ads, and we will report them as soon as we learn about them. We also ask the registered public to report fake ads.
Meta is the new name of the company formerly known as Facebook.
The heir to the Swedish throne is not the only one who has been subjected to online abuse. Frederic Skavlan was also used as a lure in the fake scams. According to the Swedish newspaper, at some point it went so far that one of his fans fell for a scam and lost millions of kroner.
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– A woman called me who spent three million kroner on this. She never sees that money again. “It's very sad at the time,” Skavlan told TV4's After Five.
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