Big royal turnout expected for wedding
Published: 16 Jun 10 13:28 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/27262/20100616/
Sweden’s royal wedding is set to attract one of largest gathering of kings and queens seen in Europe for years, a guest list for Friday’s pre-wedding concert has revealed.
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The list confirms speculation that Prince Carl Philip’s ex-girlfriend, Emma Pernald, will attend. Princess Madeleine’s former fiancé Jonas Bergström, from whom she split after allegations of infidelity, did not make the guest list.
Among those who have accepted invitations to the concert are six monarchs, including Sweden’s own king, two former monarchs and two presidents. The concert, at the Stockholm Concert Hall, is being hosted by the Riksdag, Sweden’s parliament. The hall is best known as being the location of the annual Nobel Prize ceremony.
All Sweden’s Nordic neighbours are represented at the concert by their heads of state. Denmark’s Queen Margarethe and husband Prince Henrik are coming along with Crown Prince Fredrik and his Australian-born wife Crown Princess Mary. Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja will be joined by Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Märtha-Louise and her husband Ari Behn.
Finnish President Tarja Halonen and husband Pentti Arajärvi will be there, as will Iceland’s President Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson, with wife Dorrit Moussaieff.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands is another head of state attending, along with her heir Prince Willem-Alexander and Argentinian-born wife Princess Máxima.
Europe’s smaller countries are also represented, with Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa slated to attend. The Grand Duke is a relative of the king - his grandmother was Swedish Princess Astrid. Adding some Mediterranean glamour will be Prince Albert of Monaco, who is accompanied by his girlfriend, South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock.
Former monarchs heading to Stockholm include ex-King Simeon and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria and ex-King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.
They will be joined by Prince Felipe, the heir to Spain’s throne, Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex from Britain and Prince Alois, the heir to the throne of Liechtenstein. One of the more remarkable guests is Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan.
King Abdullah and Queen Rania of Jordan will not attend the concert, but the Jordan News Agency has confirmed that they plan to come to the wedding.
The list of Swedish guests includes a large turn-out from the Swedish royal family, with the kings three sisters Princesses Margaretha, Birgitta and Christina making a rare appearance together. Both King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia will be there, along with Princess Madeleine and Prince Carl Philip.
Non-royal guests include most members of the government and Riksdag. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will be there with wife Filippa, as will Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin with husband Bo. Left Party leader Lars Ohly, who said he turned down an invitation to the wedding on principle - he is a republican - is not attending the concert.
From the media world, the editors of most of Stockholm’s large daily newspapers will be there, as will a number of prominent businesspeople. Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg is attending, as is Annika Falkengren, CEO of SEB bank.
While the concert guest list is a guide to the likely guest list on Saturday, it is thought that further high-profile guests will be at the church on the big day.
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If she would live in Argentina, she would probably have a secretary job for 2000 kr a month, but now she, as all the rest, are partying with our money.
Oh god, how can people still support monarchy?
Thats all we need. Every nutjob on the planet and there enemies coming to Sweden.
big banks so that they can all go on really expensive vacations, and yet my government takes away the little health care that we do get. I could go on and on about the wrongs of this country but from what I see of Sweden, your country far outs ways the good over the bad. I wish the Princess and her new husband a very Happy and Long Enjoyable Life. The scum can go to hell.
with all the nutjobs here, our very own Trow is looking saner by the minute :)
No one, no matter how looney toons, could make T-Bone look sane.
I'd rather support royalty than support "the world owes me a living" socialist parasites. Royalty is much cheaper to support.
@ Sherian Elizabeth Not all people in royalty are BORN in it btw, and that is the point of it.
And as for your other questions... yes, indeed is your answer.
This is not Sweden's big day, this is their big day and our big money. I think contributions to the royal wedding should be voluntary and not imposed, but I guess that would be hard to understand to many medival minds...
and you have are spreading more wrong informantion regarding her, she has basque nobility roots and she is a graduate in economics and a former investment banker,,,she would not have to work as a secretary for 2000 kr as you say even if she wasnt married to the prince.
jealously and hatred is eating you up.
@Sherian...all the crab you wrote is what makes America great...If i were a president of a country,i would gladly hand it over to America.
why don't swedes like the monarchy? because it is elitist..period
To: Sherian Elizabeth: I live in Chicago too, and bloody agree with you!
Has anyone noticed it is ppl living in the USA and NOT paying Swedish taxes who want the rest of us to pay for this travesty?
@Sherian Eliz. who writes "they were BORN into these positions."
Poor victims. If it is so intolerable to be a royal, they could always renounce.
Otherwise, who doesn't love weddings?
As far as wedding is concerned I think one should enjoy this...This is a big day ......We MUST love this....I think its a rare occasion we must be part of happiness and stop creating this haterd and disrespect.
i am just one person in this world that has no hate in her. I just am not jealous of who Victoria is or what she has. I just wish her and Daniel all the happiness and love that life has to offer. Some of the comments here have shown me and others the type of character that some of you are. It makes me wonder why some of you are so narrow minded and jealous. And for being half way around the world, I am a very broad minded person who reads a lot of history of the world so I don't consider myself to be narrow minded. I travel a lot to other places on this planet to see how other countries live and to view the history of that country. I think Sweden is a beautiful country, has an interesting history, the country side is outstanding and the people friendly. I have many Swedish friends who are happy for Victoria. Maybe you should open a book and learn something. I do believe that I have hit a lot of sore spots here. Some of you (si) just can't take another's point of view without be nasty. For shame