Engagement Photos: Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling
February 24, 2009 by Maricar Macalincag
After the official announcement today, members of the media were invited to the Royal Palace in Stockholm to meet the newly engaged Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling. Here are some photos of the happy couple (and the ring!) (click images for larger versions):
Daniel Westling and Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria at Princess Sibylla´s Apartment at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on February 24, 2009.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is Engaged!
February 24, 2009 by Maricar Macalincag
It was announced today by the Swedish Royal Palace that Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling will wed in 2010!
Princess Victoria and Daniel, the owner of a chain of fitness centers, have been a couple for seven years. They met in 2002 when the popular princess was working out at one of the gyms. The wedding is set for early summer next year.
You can watch the video below. It’s in Swedish but that’s fine with us, right? I do believe I heard Queen Silvia said something about Daniel being “full of energy” and “positive”. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia look proud, while Princess Victoria and Daniel are the picture of a loving and happy couple. This video is so sweet!
Princess Victoria, who is 31, has told the press that Daniel, 35, knelt and proposed at “Drottningholm, in the outdoors”. She also said:
“With Daniel by my side I feel safe. You have surely seen that in recent years I have grown stronger and happier, and now we can begin preparations to start our own lives and start a family,”
Daniel will be given the title Prince Daniel, Duke of Vaestergoetland.
Congratulations to the beautiful couple!
via AFP
Princess Anne’s Vintage Dress
July 22, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
In front: Princess Anne the Princess Royal, and her brother Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex; behind them, Autumn and Peter Phillips (Princess Anne’s son)
Much is being made of the dress that Princess Anne wore to last weekend’s wedding between Lady Rose Windsor and George Gilman. The white and yellow print dress was the same one that the Princess Royal wore to the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, 27 years ago! She even wore the same yellow hat.
Royal Guests at the Wedding of Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier
May 27, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
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Among the 300 guests who attended the wedding of Denmark’s Prince Joachim and Marie Cavellier were the prince’s own family of course, Norway’s Crown Couple Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit, and Sweden’s Crown Princess Victoria.
Queen Margrethe II arrived in a stunning lovely pink gown, on the arm of her husband Prince Henrik. Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Mary were a lovely couple, with the princess in a soft light blue gown with a multi-layered skirt. Princess Victoria was fresh and fabulous in a flowing tangerine outfit. Princess Mette-Marit was more subdued in her lavender off-the-shoulder gown. Princess Martha Louis attended in a gold-toned gown.
More photos after the jump:
Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier Wed at Mogeltonder Church
May 27, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
Denmark’s Prince Joachim and French-born Marie Cavallier were married last weekend at the ancient Mogeltonder Church.
Marie, now styled Her Royal Highness Princess Marie, wore off-white gown by David Arasa and Claudio Morelli. The gown had a three-meter-long train. Marie also wore a tiara belonging to her new mother-in-law Queen Margrethe II. Her bouquet included winter barley from the fields of Schackenborg Castle, and white lilies.
The reception attended by 300 guests was held at the Castle, where the newly-weds will live.
More photos after the jump…
Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier Rehearse for their Wedding Day
May 23, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
In the midst of the media coverage of the Phillips-Kelly nuptials, let’s not forget that there is another royal wedding this month.
Denmark’s Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier are getting married tomorrow, May 24, 2008 in Mogeltonder Church in Southern Denmark. The private reception will be held at nearby Schackenborg Castle, an 18th-century estate. The castle is also where the couple will reside after the wedding.
Peek at the Phillips-Kelly Wedding Photos on Hello!
May 22, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
The deal made by Hello! magazine to have exclusive access to the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly has brought on quite a storm of opinions left and right. The magazine issue that devotes 100 pages to the ceremony and reception went on sale on May 21. I still have to get my copy, but I managed to find these sneak peeks at what’s inside the magazine.
As you can see, a lot of pages were devoted to royal girlfriends Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy, who both tried to be out of sight during the day. However, Hello’s photographers still managed to take several photos of them, from what I can see.
Should Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly Not Said "Hello!"?
May 20, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
In a rather unfortunate twist to what should have been the happiest day of their lives, newly-weds Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly-Phillips are finding themselves at the center of a media storm. The said storm is about the couple’s decision to let Hello! Magazine into their home and into their previously private life. It is being said that they received half a million pounds for the interview.
In the run-up to the royal wedding last weekend, Hello! magazine published a multi-spread feature complete with full-page photographs of them in Aston Farm, their cottage. The couple talked about their wedding, the preparations, how they met, their relationship, and so on. There are mentions of the other members of the royal family, such as Peter’s mom, Princess Anne, and Granny, Queen Elizabeth. But the bulk of the feature focused on the two romantics.
A lot has been said about this decision to essentially play to a media hungry for such access to members of the royal family. Reports say that The Queen and other senior royals are unhappy about the deal, going so far as to refuse to be in photographs that were to be taken by Hello! photographers. The magazine’s feature on the wedding is yet to be seen. So we don’t know yet exactly what photos it will show.
Have you seen the magazine feature? What do you think?
image used with permission from Newscom
The Guests at the Wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly
May 17, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
About 300 guests converged on Windsor Castle to celebrate the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly today, May 17, 2008. All the senior royals were present for the wedding of Queen Elizabeth’s first grandchild, who himself is 11th in line to the throne.
Queen Elizabeth was elegant in a silver brocade ensemble and matching hat in grey and brown. The Duchess of Cornwall wore a similar hat to complete her look. Princess Anne was hatless in her simple chocolate-brown dress and cream jacket. The mother of the bride, Kitty, wore a long light blue dress with a wide-brimmed hat. The groom’s cousin Princess Beatrice wore a rather startlingly colorful head of butterflies.
Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly Wed at St. George’s Chapel
May 17, 2008 by Maricar Macalincag
In the first wedding among the younger British royals, Peter Phillips married Canadian Autumn Kelly at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle today, May 17.
Peter is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, and the son of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips. He is 11th in line to the throne. Autumn is a management consultant, and the daughter of Brian and Kitty Kelly. She has a twin brother named Chris.