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21 Jun 11:47am

Filed under: Crown Princess Victoria, Royal Family, Sweden

Even if this turns out to be the last piece of cake Swedish Crown Princess Victoria will eat without feeling guilty or having to run 10 kilometres, her marriage to personal trainer Daniel Westling should go down in the history books as one royal fairytale “most likely” to have a happy ending.

Royal wedding cake, 500 calories per slice. Picture/File.

Because while their wedding in Stockholm on Saturday had enough pomp and ceremony to rival the “mother of all royal weddings” - Charles and Di circa 1985 - at least the Swedish princess, despite some resistance from her family, was free to choose her own “prince charming”, even if he was just one of the “common folk”. And given his day job, she’s also pretty much guaranteed to keep those toned biceps for life.

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anais says:

08:03am | 23/06/10

LifeofY, check facts, the Monarchy who has gone most with the times is the Dutch and has since Juliana became queen in the late1940s. She choose not be be called Her Majesty but Madam/Mrs, she send all her kids and grandchildren to ‘normal’ public schools, no private this and that… Read more »
Pete says:

11:57pm | 22/06/10

Generally speaking I think that all monarchies are just tax wasting, money sapping, head up their own ass, wastes of space. (Prince Harry excluded, who wouldn’t want to head out on the town with him?) But maybe i’ve just been living in the UK too long. What they do well… Read more »

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