Celebrity Wedding
Royal bride: Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling
Sweden hosted the biggest European royal wedding since that of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer, when Crown Princess Victoria married commoner Daniel Westling.
The marriage, a love match that has weathered the disapproval of the bride’s father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, who was initially horrified that his heir was marrying her former fitness trainer, took place in Stockholm’s Storkyrkan Cathedral late on Saturday afternoon.
The beaming bride wore a gown of duchess silk satin by Swedish designer Par Engsheden. As the princess walked past family and friends, a lace veil worn by her mother on her wedding day clung to the cameo tiara, which was originally a gift from Napoleon to his wife Josephine.
The diadem– which features a depiction of Cupid and his soul mate Psyche– had also rested on the head of Queen Silvia on the day she said “I do” to King Carl Gustaf XVI. [more to come]
Royal Bride: Sandra Angerer
Count Bjorn Bernadotte of Wisborg married Sandra Angerer on th 7-th of May, at his family’s island estate in a lake in Germany’s Bodensee region.
Count Bjorn is linked to the Swedish royal family through his great grandfather.
Radiant in a classic, floor-length round-necked white gown, the 31-year-old bride was attended by four flower girls in white and pastel pink wearing blossoms in their hair.
Royal Bride: Philomena of Tornos and Steinhart
After tying the knot in a civil affair in Paris on March 19, French pretender to the throne Prince Jean d’Orleans and his new Spanish wife Philomena of Tornos and Steinhart celebrated their union with a religious ceremony.
The couple walked down the aisle at the 12th-century cathedral of Notre-Dame de Senlis in the picturesque medieval village of the same name on May 2. Philomena’s gown was signed by Christian Lacroix, and she’s teamed it with a 200-year-old veil which will be held in place by a family tiara.
Princess Alexandra and Joachim of Denmark
Princess Alexandra of Denmark , the Countess of Frederiksborg stepped into the world on 30 June, 1964. She is a former member of Danish Royal House. She married Denmark’s Prince Joachim on 18 November 1995 at the Chapel of Frederiksborg Castle. The wedding festivities were organized at the Fredensborg Palace.
Prince Joachim remaried last year. See pics here.
Alexandra remaried in 2007. See pics here.
Princess Alexandra of Denmark and Martin Jorgensen
HH Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Countess of Frederiksborg married Martin Jorgensen, 15 years her junior. This was her second walk down the aisle, her first being to Prince Joachim of Denmark.
Alexandra married Prince Joachim of Denmark (Frederik’s brother) in 1995 and the couple have two sons, Prince Nikolai 7, and Prince Felix 4. Alexandra and Joachim separated shortly after Mary and Frederik’s wedding in 2004 and divorced the following year.
Alexandra and Martin had about 100 guests at their wedding yesterday. Alexandra was walked down the aisle by her two sons.
Royal bride: Queen Noor
Queen Noor married King Hussein in 1978. She was born Lisa Halaby, daughter of a wealthy Arab-American father living in California.
She has played a prominent role in the life of the kingdom of Jordan and became an international figure in her own right through a combination of glamour and good works.