Royalty Descend on Stockholm For Princess Victoria's Wedding

Princess Martha Louise of Norway, left, her husband Ari Behn, third left, Crown Princess Maxima, third right, Crown Princess Maxima, left, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and their daughter, Catharina-Amalia, outside a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden on Thursday, June 17, 2010. Stockholm is filling up with royalty from all over Europe for the upcoming wedding between Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling on Saturday. (AP Photo/ Marc Feminia, Scanpix)

STOCKHOLM (CBS/AP) Royalty from across Europe are streaming into Stockholm for the June 19th wedding of Crown Princess Victoria, 32, to gym owner Daniel Westling, 36.

The Swedish royal court says Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, King Juan Carlos of Spain and Jordan's King Abdullah II are among those invited to the wedding .

Pictures: Wedding Preparations
Pictures: The Princess Bride

The court on Thursday presented the list of more than 950 guests expected at Saturday's wedding to be held in Stockholm Cathedral.

Other dignitaries on the list include Belgium's King Albert II, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and royal families and presidents from neighboring Nordic countries. Britain's Earl and Countess of Wessex are also attending, but not Prince Charles.

Victoria is first in line to the throne. Her father is King Carl XVI Gustaf.

The wedding is expected to be largest gathering of royals since the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. It will be televised live in Sweden and more than 500 million are expected to see it.

[weddingstockholm]

Royal Wedding 2010?
It will be nothing compared to our Wedding in Stockholm 2011.
I wonder if tax payers will contribute also to our expenses...

http://eros2011psyche.wordpress.com/

[petewestwood]

If anything royalty has migrated to a token perfunctory tourist trade office that tourist and locals alike are no longer particularly enthralled with. Perhaps, reality stars and celebrities with more media clout have become the new royalty?

http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2010/06/princess-victoria-of-sweden-marries-a-commoner/

[longtree-2009]

hard to believe that in the 21st century, people are still allowing
"royalty" to exist at all. silly.

[John_Merritt]

Silly? Not to them, apparently in their countries governances or charters it is allowed, and apparently well accepted by the citizenry. Sounds like a good gig, how do you apply for one of those 'jobs'. Do they actually do anything? I'd love to see a job description.

[babooph]

If only J E Hoover were alive-we could have sent our queen...

[dittto]

She is arriving in Stockholm for the wedding. She dressed comfortably for travel. The wedding is Saturday. I'm sure she will be wearing a very nice dress to the wedding.

[cyclingpete]

Jeans? Disgraceful!

[John_Merritt]

Love a woman in jeans, it shows she considers herself one of the 'small' people they refer to overseas.