{"id":124730,"date":"2015-06-14T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=124730"},"modified":"2015-06-13T19:24:17","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T19:24:17","slug":"sweden-royal-wedding-prince-carl-philip-marries-ex-reality-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=124730","title":{"rendered":"Sweden royal wedding: Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sweden’s Prince Carl Philip has married a former reality-TV star and glamour model in a lavish ceremony in the chapel at Stockholm’s Royal Palace.<\/p>\n

Sofia Hellqvist, 30, also worked as a topless model and a yoga instructor before helping to set up a charity.<\/p>\n

Her new husband, 36-year-old Carl Philip, is third in line to the throne.<\/p>\n

Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets for the event, despite polls suggesting the Swedish royal family’s popularity is waning.<\/p>\n

They cheered as Miss Hellqvist, a 30-year-old commoner, became a princess.<\/p>\n

The couple treated cheering fans to a kiss after their wedding ceremony<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Sweden's
Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf (left) delivered a speech after the wedding<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Prince
The new bride appears to have adjusted quickly to the pomp and ceremony of royal life<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After their marriage, the couple took to a horse-drawn carriage to parade through the cobbled streets of Stockholm’s old town, waving to crowds in the hot summer sun, before returning to the palace for a 21-gun salute and wedding banquet.<\/p>\n

About 550 guests attended the ceremony, many of them royals, including Princess Takamado of Japan and Britain’s Prince Edward.<\/p>\n

Prince Carl Philip was initially reported to have had difficulties putting the ring on his bride’s finger while the royal couple said their vows.<\/p>\n

A band played a version of the Coldplay song Fix You in the royal chapel, and the newly weds were then serenaded by a man singing a Swedish version of the song Umbrella by Rihanna.<\/p>\n

The pair reportedly first met at a restaurant in 2010, with news of their relationship being revealed soon after.<\/p>\n

\"Ceremony\"
The ceremony took place inside Stockholm’s Royal Palace<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Guests
Guests walked down a red carpet to the chapel ahead of the wedding<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Crown
Crown Princess Victoria is Carl Philip’s elder sister<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Swedish media made much of Ms Hellqvist’s past, which included posing topless with a boa constrictor for a men’s magazine in 2004.<\/p>\n

A year later she appeared on the Swedish reality TV show Paradise Hotel, in which scantily dressed singletons compete to stay in a luxury resort.<\/p>\n

In response to the media interest, Ms Hellqvist told Swedish television that she had long since moved on.<\/p>\n

\"Prince
The couple posed for photos after their wedding<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I don’t regret anything. All these experiences have made me the person I am,” Ms Hellqvist said. “I wouldn’t have made those choices today,” she added.<\/p>\n

Amid rumours that her past had caused disquiet among the royal family, the palace has emphasised her charity work.<\/p>\n

In 2010 she co-founded the Project Playground charity which helps disadvantaged children in South Africa. She has also worked as a volunteer in several African countries.<\/p>\n

Ms Hellqvist, who is from the central Swedish town of Alvdalen, also studied accounting in New York in 2005 and worked there as a yoga teacher and a waitress.<\/p>\n

On Friday evening, more than 200 wedding guests attended a dinner in honour of the couple on the island of Skeppsholmen.<\/p>\n

Carl Philip is third in line to the throne behind his elder sister Crown Princess Victoria and her three-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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