Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden Weds Daniel Westling

Amidst much pomp and circumstance, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden wedded Daniel Westling at Stockholm Catheral today. The grand affair took place at 3:30 pm (local time). The bride wore a cream-coloured duchess silk satin wedding dress; the design created by Pär Engsheden. Its train was almost five metres long and the shoes were covered with the same fabric of the dress. Victoria had on her head a cameo tiara. According to the Swedish Royal Court website, it was a tradition that started with Princess Birgitta in 1961 upon her marriage to Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern. Queen Silvia, Victoria’s mother, donned the tiara for her wedding to King Carl XVI Gustaf on June 19, 1976. The ornate lace veil which was attached to the back of Victoria’s hairstyle originally belong to Queen Sofia, wife of Oskar II of Sweden. The crown princess carried a wedding bouquet of white flowers consisting of lily of the valley, rose, phalaenopsis orchid, peony, clematis, cosmos, wax flower, sweet pea, dicentra formosa, Mårbacka pelargonium, Amazon lily, gardenia, azalea, bleeding heart and the traditional myrtle from Sofiero.

Her bridesmaids wore white silk organza dresses with white ballet slippers and carried lilies of the valley in their bouquets. In keeping with a Bernadotte family tradition, the page boys wore sailor suits.

The groom wore a black tuxedo with white tie.

Archbishop Anders Wejryd officiated over the wedding ceremony.

Upon his marriage to Crown Princess Victoria, Daniel Westling became His Royal Highness Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. His father-in-law, King Carl XVI Gustaf, bestowed upon him Knight of the Order of the Seraphim after the wedding.

Excerpts from the wedding ceremony of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling can be read here.

The entire wedding ceremony speech by Archbishop Anders Wejryd can be read here.

A Stv.se video of the wedding ceremony can be viewed here.

Photo: Henrik Montgomery, Scanpix