Today at Hidden Gems, we’re looking back at ten spectacular tiara moments from the wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia of Sweden, which took place ten years ago this month in Stockholm. As a bonus today, I’ve got a whole bunch of Swedish royal wedding tiara content for you to enjoy!
Ten Terrific Tiara Moments from a Swedish Royal Wedding, Ten Years Ago
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Royals from around the world celebrated in Stockholm when Prince Carl Philip married Sofia Hellqvist in June 2015, wearing spectacular and sentimental tiaras.
Queen Silvia’s Romantic Royal Wedding Tiara
The day after her sparkling tiara debut in Stockholm, 32-year-old Silvia Sommerlath arrived at Storkyrkan to marry Sweden’s monarch, 30-year-old King Carl XVI Gustaf. The ceremony took place on June 19, 1976. The date echoed two other Swedish royal weddings: the nuptials of the future King Oscar I and Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg on June 19, 1823, and the marriage of the future King Carl XV and Princess Louise of the Netherlands on June 19, 1850.
Crown Princess Victoria’s Heirloom Royal Wedding Pearls
On June 19, 2010, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden married her longtime partner, Daniel Westling. The pair were wed in a ceremony at Stockholm’s recently-refurbished cathedral before more than a thousand guests.
The Dazzling Diamond Wedding Tiara Gifted to Princess Madeleine of Sweden
On June 8, 2013, Princess Madeleine of Sweden and her British-American fiancé, Christopher O’Neill, were married in the grand 18th-century chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm. Madeleine is the younger daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
Princess Sofia’s Palmette Tiara: Could This Be the Most Versatile Royal Tiara in Europe?
The start of this tiara’s story takes us back to June 2015, when Prince Carl Philip, the second child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, married Sofia Hellqvist in Stockholm. The royal wedding was the third one for the family in five years, after the nuptials of his elder sister, Crown Princess Victoria, in 2010, and his younger sister, Princess Madeleine, in 2013.
New Revelations About the Provenance of Princess Sofia’s Wedding Tiara
Sofia Hellqvist arrived for her royal wedding in June 2015 wearing a diamond palmette tiara with pear-shaped emerald toppers. The jewel was a new one, and on the wedding day we learned that the tiara was given to Sofia by her new parents-in-law, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
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