--- title: Prince Dabs at Royal Birthday Show description: Norway's 11-year-old Prince Sverre Magnus made a splash with his dab at a royal photo opportunity. canonical: https://time.com/4776317/norway-prince-dab/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-11T19:30:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:32.244Z og:title: This Playful Little Prince Just Stole the Royal Show og:description: Watch out, Prince George: Prince Sverre Magnus is here for your crown og:url: https://time.com/4776317/norway-prince-dab/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d986f7adf6b93d/6988ccf42dce017b819ed72b/prince-sverre-magnus-norway-royal-palace-funny-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: prince-sverre-magnus-norway-royal-palace-funny-face og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Playful Little Prince Just Stole the Royal Show twitter:description: Watch out, Prince George: Prince Sverre Magnus is here for your crown twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07d986f7adf6b93d/6988ccf42dce017b819ed72b/prince-sverre-magnus-norway-royal-palace-funny-face.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Playful Little Real-Life Prince Just Stole the Royal Show > Sponsored content. 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Being Britain’s longest-ruling monarch does comes with some perks._  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 11, 2017 7:30 PM UTC  King Harald and Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, Princess Martha Louise, Maud Angelica Behn, Leah Isadora Behn and Emma Tallulah Behn of Norway attend the 80th birthday celebrations of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 9 May 2017. King Harald and Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, Princess Martha Louise, Maud Angelica Behn, Leah Isadora Behn and Emma Tallulah Behn of Norway attend the 80th birthday celebrations of King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway at the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway, 9 May 2017. Patrick van Katwijk—picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 11, 2017 7:30 PM UTC Watch out, [Prince George](http://time.com/4733694/prince-george-princess-charlotte-pippa-wedding/) and Princess Charlotte: there’s a new young royal on the block who has captured the internet’s heart. His name is [Prince Sverre Magnus](http://www.royalcourt.no/seksjon.html?tid=28780), and he hails from Norway. The 11-year-old, who is third in line to the Scandinavian country’s throne, gave the public a surprise peek into his personality during an official appearance for his grandparents King Harald V and Queen Sonja’s 80th birthdays at the Royal Palace in Oslo this week. The young prince — alongside his stately family, including Crown Prince Haakon and his older sister Princess Ingrid Alexandra — posed for a photo op from the palace balcony. But Sverre is no staid royal child content to simply smile and wave, as protocol dictates. He’s a kid with a playful personality, which meant that he couldn’t help himself from [hitting the dab](http://time.com/4484632/jackson-hole-livestream-sheriff-dab/) and pulling some funny faces while he had the public’s undivided attention. ([The dab](http://time.com/4485275/cam-newton-new-touchdown-dance-replaces-dabbing/) is a popular dance move among millennial sports stars and Generation Z.) Sverre Magnus isn’t the only mischief-maker in his family, either. His dad and heir to the Norwegian crown Haakon also went rogue during the celebrations, [shaving off his beard](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/10/prankster-prince-norway-shaves-beard-lavish-royal-party/) in the middle of the dinner event. 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