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Sweden celebrates royal wedding
al jazeera ^ | June 19, 2010

Posted on 06/19/2010 6:19:23 AM PDT by chickadee

The Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is set to tie the knot with Daniel Westling, her former personal trainer, in the country's long-awaited royal wedding.

More than 1,000 guests, including royalties from around the world, were expected to attend the ceremony in Stockholm Cathedral on Saturday.

Security was tight in the capital, with 7,000 security personell deployed, the biggest security operation ever in the Scandinavian country.

The future queen's relationship with Westling, a commoner from a small town, has been under close scrutiny since it got known to the public eight years ago.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: celebrates; princess; royal; royalty; stockholm; sweden; swedish; victoria; wedding
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It's pretty much over for a monarchy when the heir to the throne marries her personal trainer.
1 posted on 06/19/2010 6:19:23 AM PDT by chickadee
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It's pretty much over for a monarchy when the heir to the throne marries her personal trainer.

Genetically speaking it's probably the best thing that could happen... after all, dynastic planning is just another word for incest ;)
2 posted on 06/19/2010 6:21:15 AM PDT by wolf78 (Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
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I loved the fact that the hoo-ha in Sweden is over the gender equality issue. (Gasp) The princess wanted her father to walk her down the aisle. Maybe they are sublimating the personal trainer thingy:)


3 posted on 06/19/2010 6:23:15 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: chickadee
Who names a Princess after a car?


4 posted on 06/19/2010 6:24:07 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: chickadee

There was no other source for this besides Al Jazeera? I’m of Swedish decent and so this interests me, but sorry, I’m not giving that site a hit.


5 posted on 06/19/2010 6:25:41 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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To: wolf78

Prince Charles is living proof of the ravages of incest.The Brit royals should have tried marrying outside the family generations ago.


6 posted on 06/19/2010 6:25:55 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop thinking about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: billorites

It makes sense - that is a Crown Victoria, right?


7 posted on 06/19/2010 6:26:08 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: My hearts in London - Everett

Oh, sorry - I didn’t think to look elsewhere. I didn’t want to engage in profiling, lol.

Party planners and personal trainers. If you want to marry well - those are the professions to look into.


8 posted on 06/19/2010 6:27:15 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: chickadee; My hearts in London - Everett

The medium is the message.


9 posted on 06/19/2010 6:30:40 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Article IV - Section 4 - The United States shall protect each of them against Invasion)
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To: chickadee

Feel free to profile away. :~) FReepers prefer it!


10 posted on 06/19/2010 6:32:55 AM PDT by My hearts in London - Everett (So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads.)
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It's pretty much over for a monarchy when the heir to the throne marries her personal trainer.

Women like to marry "up." When one is named "Crown Princess" there really isn't much "up" left. Whoever she marries will be assigned the role of Royal Consort.
11 posted on 06/19/2010 6:42:27 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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12 posted on 06/19/2010 6:43:05 AM PDT by Liz (If teens can procreate in a Volkswagen, why does a spotted owl need 2000 acres? JD Hayworth)
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To: chickadee

That dang King of Monaco started it all when he married a Hollywood starlet instead of good blood.


13 posted on 06/19/2010 6:44:03 AM PDT by DManA
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To: chickadee

14 posted on 06/19/2010 6:45:18 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: chickadee

Yeah. Charles shouldn’t have married that kindergarten teacher’s aide, Diana.

Although, in both cases, at least they married someone who had a paying job.


15 posted on 06/19/2010 6:45:56 AM PDT by married21
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There was always the German prince of some small principality; it worked for Queen Victoria, hee hee.


16 posted on 06/19/2010 6:47:02 AM PDT by C19fan
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She should stick to her guns and have her father walk her down the isle.

The whole idea is that the dad, who raised her, treasured and guarded her her until now is now turning over her hand, in trust, for another to treasure and guard. Has nothing to do with dominance.

To cut the father out of it is an insult. She wasn't born and raised in a pod.

I don't suppose it will be long before they try that cr*p over here. I, for one, will defend tradition loud and clear. And MY granddaughters will proudly have dad escort them down the isle.

I am sick unto death of these screwed up feminists that haven't a clue as to real family. Take your stupid gender-neutral feminists and it's proponents and take them on a long march off a short pier.

(I was living in California way back when the whole inane "feminist" movement started. It started there, and believe me, there was nothing 'feminine" about those gals.)

17 posted on 06/19/2010 6:50:57 AM PDT by maine-iac7
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To: C19fan

Queen Victoria’s family line came from Germany. I think it was the House of Hanover, before it was renamed Windsor, to sound more British. I wonder how closely related Victoria and her German prince were.


18 posted on 06/19/2010 6:53:14 AM PDT by married21
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To: chickadee

royalties??


19 posted on 06/19/2010 6:53:26 AM PDT by smalltownslick
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To: Liz

Princess Victoria looks remarkably like Gretchen Wilson.


20 posted on 06/19/2010 6:56:39 AM PDT by muawiyah
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