Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling: 19 June 2010

[Leslie2006]

Originally Posted by Charlotte_Aster

I'm amazed how many royals just seem to love take pix!

To them, this is probably just like any other wedding any of us 'commoners', if you will, would attend. It's the wedding of a close friend or in the case of the other royals, a cousin and friend. So it makes since for them to be taking lots of pictures. I think it's kind of neat the royals aren't al stuffy about it - it shows they're normal people just like the rest of us. The only difference is they either were born into or married into public relations that demands they dress up and wear fine jewellrey.

[Lady Jean]

It looks to me like there was a sprig of some greenery tucked in Victoria's hair. I noticed this when Daniel was giving his speech and Victoria kept looking down at the table, giving the camera a straight-on view of the top of her head. The leaves seem to be placed between her hair and the tiara, near the back of her head, close to where the veil is attached. I will try to post a picture.

Is this a Swedish custom? Do you suppose it is something like orange blossom? I don't see any flowers, though, just green.

I apologize if someone already covered this...there are so many posts here to catch up on!

[LadyFinn]

Hand in hand, Victoria and Daniel:
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Victoria gives her wedding bouquet to Hedvid Blom at the church
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Victoria and Madeleine
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[Charlotte_Aster]

Originally Posted by Lady Jean

It looks to me like there was a sprig of some greenery tucked in Victoria's hair. I noticed this when Daniel was giving his speech and Victoria kept looking down at the table, giving the camera a straight-on view of the top of her head. The leaves seem to be placed between her hair and the tiara, near the back of her head, close to where the veil is attached. I will try to post a picture.

Is this a Swedish custom? Do you suppose it is something like orange blossom? I don't see any flowers, though, just green.

I apologize if someone already covered this...there are so many posts here to catch up on!

Her mother also had green leaves on her head, tucked between the tiara and the veil. I heard during the interviews that it is a Swedisk custom to have flowers in a bride's hair.

[Lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by Lady Jean

It looks to me like there was a sprig of some greenery tucked in Victoria's hair. I noticed this when Daniel was giving his speech and Victoria kept looking down at the table, giving the camera a straight-on view of the top of her head. The leaves seem to be placed between her hair and the tiara, near the back of her head, close to where the veil is attached. I will try to post a picture.

Is this a Swedish custom? Do you suppose it is something like orange blossom? I don't see any flowers, though, just green.

I apologize if someone already covered this...there are so many posts here to catch up on!

The topic is discussed on the previous page.
It is a sprig of Myrtle.

[CrownPrincess5]

Does anyone know where I could find a video clip
of the ballerina's performance at the pre-wedding concert??

[LadyFinn]

Most of the royals stayed at the Grand Hotel, which had these lovely hearts at their window:
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Daniel´s parents and sister Anna with Mikael Söderström arriving to the church
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[MarNoe]

I'm not sure what the problem is but all the pictures labled

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give me nothing but a blank screen. Is anyone else having problems?

Thanks.

[RADKER18]

Can someone tell me I keep seeing the same little medals Victoria's Bridemaids had them on and Daniel's family also So did Victoria's family were they the Wedding gift for the guest or a special medal that was worn by their family and people in the wedding .

A close up of the medal on Madeleine
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It has Victoria & Daniel's Official seal on it so im just wondering .

[Juanita]

Originally Posted by MarNoe

I'm not sure what the problem is but all the pictures labled

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give me nothing but a blank screen. Is anyone else having problems?

Thanks.

I'm having problems too, MarNoe, I can't see any picture

[crownprincessrhey]

One of my biggest delight in watching the photos was watching Maxima with her camera and Frederick taking pictures of them with Mary...I also loved watching how the Crown Princesses interacted with each other and also during dinner, I love Mary's expression and the way the other princesses talked animatedly. I also saw the video of Carina and Mary...it was hilarious...I really love this wedding, they seemed to also be very happy for Victoria

[Juanita]

I'm not sure if it was posted before, but here it goes: this is a photo gallery, from the portuguese magazine Caras, on the backstage of the oficial photos of the wedding.
Hope you like it


FOTOGALERIA Nos bastidores das fotos oficiais do casamento de Victoria da Suécia - Caras.pt

[lancchick]

Originally Posted by Juanita

I'm having problems too, MarNoe, I can't see any picture

Yep, me too.

[barber]

Thanks for all the so beautifull pics I have seen, it is such a lovely couple, I hope they whore very happy together ! THANKS.

[LadyMacAlpine]

Originally Posted by wartenberg7

This is not only a swedish tradition, but was very much familiar in Germany too. In the old days brides put a garland of myrthle in their hair as a lucky charm. This old custom is almost forgotten in nowadays times - at least in germany and anglo-saxon customs have taken over instead...

The bridal crown is a tradition in Sweden as well. Worn directly on the bride's head or over the veil, it can be as simple as a ribbon, or if true authenticity is desired, made of myrtle leaves. The bridal crown by tradition is only allowed to be worn by virgin brides.

According to this site it is a Swedish tradition.

[rominet09]

Thanks for the pix backstage I love less formal pix !

[Roxsteve]

Do you think that when the royals go out, do they feel funny or outdated wearing a crown at this time and age? Especially when there is recession all over the world? Like the queens and their big crowns, isn't that kind of ridiculous?

[MarNoe]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

Do you think that when the royals go out, do they feel funny or outdated wearing a crown at this time and age? Especially when there is recession all over the world? Like the queens and their big crowns, isn't that kind of ridiculous?

I, for one, enjoy watching royalty in all their finery. It takes me away from this trouble filled world we live in. It makes me think of the days when life was simpler and people had time for each other.

Making the royals give up their treasures would only be a small drop in a very large bucket of world debt. It would make no long lasting impression on anything except to take away the opportunity to show us that some times fairy tales and dreams do come true. For me that makes it worth it.

[snoflake]

Originally Posted by Roxsteve

Do you think that when the royals go out, do they feel funny or outdated wearing a crown at this time and age? Especially when there is recession all over the world? Like the queens and their big crowns, isn't that kind of ridiculous?

Do you think all the movie stars and noveau riche feel funny or guilty when they spend enough on one purse to fund a family of four for a year? Or build they zillion sq ft houses or pay thousands of dollars/pounds/euros on baby clothes that some baby will spit up on? What does Victoria Beckett have tied up in purses or what has Jennifer Lopez spent on baby clothes? They strike me as being ridiculous as well as hypocritical.

[Jacknch]

Originally Posted by wartenberg7

This is not only a swedish tradition, but was very much familiar in Germany too. In the old days brides put a garland of myrthle in their hair as a lucky charm. This old custom is almost forgotten in nowadays times - at least in germany and anglo-saxon customs have taken over instead...

It's also a tradition for British royal brides to have a sprig of myrtle in their wedding bouquets.