Sweden's future queen, Crown Princess Victoria, poses with her fiance, Daniel Westling. The court announced the couple's engagement, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009, after informing the Swedish government. The wedding will take place in the early summer of 2010, according to the announcement.
Sweden's future queen, Crown Princess Victoria and her fiance, Daniel Westling, pose for an official portrait with her parents, King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia. The 31-year-old princess met her prospective bridegroom at a gym workout in 2002. A fitness trainer, he owns three gyms.
A soldier of the Main Guard holds back members of the media in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, Feb. 24, 2009. The government held a cabinet meeting there, with King Carl XVI Gustav, Queen Silvia and Crown Princess Victoria, to approve the marriage between Victoria and Daniel Westling.
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt signs a document to approve the 2010 marriage between Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, at the government chancellery in Stockholm. It was the parliament that put the princess in line for the throne in 1980 by applying gender equality laws to the royal succession. Until then, Prince Carl Philip, the younger brother of Victoria, was presumed to the heir.
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her fianc
Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria shows off her ring as she and her fianc
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden attends her birthday at the Solliden Castle July 14, 2007, in Borgholm, Sweden. She is reportedly the only female heir-apparent in the world and would be the fourth queen regent in Sweden's history.
Sweden's Princess Victoria holds Belgium's Princess Eleonore during her baptism in the church of Ciergnon, Belgium, Saturday June 14, 2008. Standing right is Beligum's Princess Mathilde. The princess is godmother to a number of Europe's royals including princesses in Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden arrives at the wedding between Prince Joachim of Denmark and Marie Cavallier at the Mogeltonder church in Denmark on June 4, 2008. The oldest of three royal offspring,the princess studied at Yale University and Universit
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, left, is welcomed by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, right, at Stockholm Airport, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. The princess' duties include participating in state visits and high level and official visits from foreign dignitaries, as well as the annual Nobel Prize awards and the opening of the parliament, and celebrations of the Swedish National Day.