Daniel Westling – The FashionBrides

Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland (Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée; born 14 July 1977) is the heiress-apparent to the Swedish throne. If she ascends to the throne as expected, she will be Sweden’s fourth queen regnant (after Margaret, Christina, and Ulrika Eleonora).

The wedding took place on 19 June 2010. More than 1200 guests including royalty and statesmen from various countries were invited to the wedding ceremony which took place at Stockholm Cathedral.

After the wedding the newlyweds were driven through Stockholm in a coach and then rowed in the antique royal barge Vasaorden to the royal castle where the wedding banquet was held. On the evening before the wedding, there was a gala concert dedicated to the couple in the Stockholm Concert Hall (where the Nobel Prizes are handed out).

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]