Swedish royal wedding

by KristenJune 21, 2010 0

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Just married: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband, Prince Daniel

Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria, 32, and her former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36, tied the knot on Saturday at a lavish, 1,000-person ceremony in Stockholm.

The groom, left, enters the church with best man and brother-of-the-bride Carl Philip

Mother of the bride Queen Silvia of Sweden is escorted into the wedding banquet by father of the groom Olle Westling

The Swedish celebration was touted as the biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Wales  tied the knot in 1981. Crown Princess Victoria bucked tradition by marrying a commoner – her former fitness trainer – after eight years of dating.

Crown Princess Victoria and the newly crowned Prince Daniel Westling

The Crown Princess wore an off-the-shoulder cream duchess satin gown designed by Pär Engsheden. The gown featured a 16.5-foot train, and the bride wore the same tiara and earrings that her mother the Queen wore at her wedding, which was held on the same day in 1976.

The bride was escorted down the aisle of Stockholm Cathedral by her father, King Carl Gustaf.

Some 200,000 people lined the streets outside the cathedral to greet royal couple, though the monarchy’s relevance is said to be fading among young people in Sweden. Royalty from all over Europe attended the ceremony, including the always-fashionable Queen Rania of Jordan and Princess Letizia of Spain, who wore a nude, gauzy gown by Felipe Varela.

Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain

Queen Margarethe II of Denmark and Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands

The wedding reception banquet took place at the Royal Palace in Stockholm.

The couple left the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage.

Source: The Washington Post