In what was dubbed the biggest royal wedding in Europe since the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, royals from all over the globe travelled to Stockholm to watch Crown Princess Victoria marry her gym trainer, Daniel Westling.
Who was on the guest list for the 19 June 2010 nuptials? We take a look below:
Embed from Getty ImagesNaturally, the bride’s immediate family (parents, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, and siblings, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine) attended. Prince Carl Philip also served as Daniel’s best man.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesThe paternal aunts and uncles of Victoria, Princess Birgitta and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld and Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld, Princess Christina, Mrs Magnuson and Tord Magnuson, Princess Margaretha, Mrs Ambler, along with her respective cousins from her aunts and uncles also attended. In addition, granduncles and grandaunts and other cousins were also on the guest list.
The Crown Princess’s maternal family including aunts, uncles and cousins travelled to Sweden for the wedding.
As this was the wedding of an heir to the throne, many reigning royals or heirs to the throne were sent as representatives. In some cases, multiple branches of royal families made the trip.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesKing Albert and Queen Paola represented Belgium. Then Duke and Duchess of Brabant (current King Philippe and Queen Mathilde), Princess Astrid and Prince Lorenz, and Prince Laurent and Princess Claire also attended.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesDenmark sent Queen Margrethe, Henrik, the Prince Consort, Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, and Prince Christian. Prince Christian – a godson of Crown Princess Victoria – served as one of the pageboys. Princess Benedikte also attended alongside her husband, Prince Richard of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.
Embed from Getty ImagesCrown Prince Naruhito (who now sits on the throne in Japan) represented his father, Emperor Akihito.
Embed from Getty ImagesKing Abdullah and Queen Rania brought their elder daughter, Princess Iman to the nuptials.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesJordan also sent Prince Ali and Princess Rym, Prince Hassan and Princess Sarvath, Prince Rashid, and Princess Noor.
Embed from Getty ImagesThe Hereditary Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein attended on behalf of Prince Hans Adam II.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesGrand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa brought their two older sons, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Prince Félix.
Embed from Getty ImagesPrince Albert brought along longterm girlfriend, Charlene Wittstock. Their engagement was announced just a few days later.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesFrom the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix, the Prince and Princess of Orange (now King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima) with their daughter Princess Amalia, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien, and Prince Friso and Princess Mabel. Princess Amalia is a goddaughter of Victoria and also served as a bridesmaid.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesKing Harald and Queen Sonja were accompanied by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit and their daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, as well as Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn. Ingrid Alexandra served as a bridesmaid in her godmother’s wedding.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesSpain was represented by Queen Sofía, then-Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia (now King and Queen), Infanta Elena, and Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin.
Embed from Getty ImagesQueen Elizabeth II sent the Earl and Countess of Wessex in her stead.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesCrown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine of Serbia attended, as did Crown Princess Margareta and Prince Radu of Romania.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesKing Constantine, Queen Anne-Marie, Prince Nikolaos and the future Princess Tatiana, Prince Philippos, and Princess Alexia and Carlos Morales Quintana represented the Greek Royal Family.
Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty ImagesThe former Tsar and Tsaritsa of Bulgaria attended with their son, Prince Kyril and his wife, Princess Rosario.
Prince Manuel and Princess Anna of Bavaria, Hereditary Prince Hubertus and Hereditary Princess Kelly of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Hereditary Prince Gustav of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Carina Axelsson, Princess Alexandra of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, and Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and Alexander Johannsmann also attended.
Embed from Getty ImagesAside from the royals above, Daniel Westling’s family, various members of the Swedish government, religious figures, the Presidents of Finland and Iceland, ambassadors to Sweden, organisations, media, representatives from patronages and royal academies, and personal friends of the couple attended.
Featured/Header Image: By Holger Motzkau 2010, Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons (cc-by-sa-3.0)
