Swedish Royal Wedding

Sweden’s Princess Victoria, heir to the Swedish throne, married her true love Daniel Westling, now Prince Daniel, this past Saturday in Stockholm. The wedding comes after months of preparation and mass media coverage, culminating in a royal wedding attended by over 1,200 guests. Guests included European royalty, celebrities, and political leaders.

Added to the scores of guests were around 500,000 people that gathered in the streets of Stockholm to watch the grand ceremony first hand and pay respect to the bride and groom. The story has gathered a lot of attention in Sweden and surrounding European countries, as Daniel is an ordinary Swedish citizen, with no royal ties. The pair met when Daniel was working as the Princess’ personal trainer. Public relations officials have called the wedding “Love Stockholm” due to the fact that it is truly a marriage of love.

The couple married on the same day as current King Carl XVI Gustav married Queen Silvia in 1976. Princess Victoria wore the same tiara and veil as Silvia did. The ceremony, which included an enormous 10-foot-high wedding cake, was broadcast on Swedish television across the country well into the night.