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February 13, 2012
Westling learns how to become Prince Daniel
Published: 21 Feb 10 10:19 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/25120/20100221/
The Swedish Court has announced that Daniel Westling, fiancé of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, is participating in a program to enhance his understanding about “the ceremonies and culture inheritance that is linked to the history of the monarchy.”
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Westling, equity partner in three fitness gyms, met Victoria in 2002 while he was her personal trainer.
Meantime, wedding gifts for the couple are being announced every week. A set of luxury bed sheets valued at 26,000 kronor ($3,700) are now being woven at the celebrated Klässbols Linen Mill as a gift from Värmland Province, reports the news agency TT. The sheets will not exactly be a surprise. Permission was required from the Court to stitch the royal monogram into the pricey linens.
A well-known tourist attraction, Klässbols is a family-owned company producing luxury cloths, including linen and napkins for the annual Nobel Prize dinners, along with special items for Swedish royals.
The marriage in June will take place at a resplendent ceremony in Stockholm Cathedral. After tying the knot, Westling will be known as Prince Daniel, and also the Duke of Västergötland. A prince or princess is expected to maintain a special public connection to his or her duchies, but do not govern them.
Following his engagement last year, Westling underwent a successful kidney transplant operation, with his father as donor.
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that the Klässbols linens are also for sale at NK-I saw them there in G'borg today. it is politely stated that a portion of the proceeds from the sale of any of the "lovely" linens will go towards something like the Royal Wedding Fund- ( or some similarly named fund..)
Now there's a charity every Swede should get behind! ( irrespective of your tax kroner....)
So see, if you want, there's a chance that YOU,TOO can help with the mounting costs of this Royal Wedding in Stalin's backyard!