Princess to wed in 2010
Published: 24 Feb 09 13:55 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.se/17792/20090224/
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has announced her engagement to Daniel Westling, according to a statement from the Royal Court.
The engagement of the princess, 31, was announced after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met King Carl XVI Gustaf at a council at Stockholm's Royal Palace early on Tuesday afternoon. The wedding will take place in the early summer of 2010.
Daniel Westling is to receive the title Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. The government must approve the marriages of senior royals, according to the constitution. According to newspaper Expressen, Reinfeldt visited Drottningholm Palace, the King's main home, on Sunday. At the meeting the King reportedly told Reinfeldt that an engagement was in the offing.
Daniel Westling, 35, is a personal trainer and owns a central Stockholm gym chain, Balance Training. He was born in Örebro, central Sweden, and grew up in Ockelbo, a town of 6,500 people on the east coast of Sweden. He met Victoria in 2002.
Published: 24 Feb 09 13:55 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.se/17792/20090224/
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria has announced her engagement to Daniel Westling, according to a statement from the Royal Court.
The engagement of the princess, 31, was announced after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met King Carl XVI Gustaf at a council at Stockholm's Royal Palace early on Tuesday afternoon. The wedding will take place in the early summer of 2010.
Daniel Westling is to receive the title Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. The government must approve the marriages of senior royals, according to the constitution. According to newspaper Expressen, Reinfeldt visited Drottningholm Palace, the King's main home, on Sunday. At the meeting the King reportedly told Reinfeldt that an engagement was in the offing.
Daniel Westling, 35, is a personal trainer and owns a central Stockholm gym chain, Balance Training. He was born in Örebro, central Sweden, and grew up in Ockelbo, a town of 6,500 people on the east coast of Sweden. He met Victoria in 2002.
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