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Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist (Photo copyright Erika Gerdemark/kungahuset.se) |
Last week, the Swedish royal court
released new details about the upcoming wedding of Prince Carl Philip, the only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and Sofia Hellqvist, including the wedding date and venue.
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Prince Carl Philip (Photo copyright Erika Gerdemark/kungahuset.se) |
Carl Philip, who will turn 36 in May, will wed the former model on 13 June 2015. (The day will be a busy one for royal watchers; Trooping the Colour, the official celebration of Queen Elizabeth II's birthday, will be held in London on the same Saturday.) The wedding will be held almost a year after the couple's engagement, which was made official on June 27. The Bernadottes nearly always marry in June. The King and Queen were married on 19 June 1976, and Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel wed on the same day in 2010. Princess Madeleine's wedding anniversary is June 8. Three of the king's sisters, Princess Margaretha, Princess Désirée, and Princess Christina, were also married in June.