Today it was announced that the Swedish crown princess Victoria and her boyfriend of seven years, Daniel Westling, are now officially engaged to be married. King Carl XVI Gustaf has given his blessing and requested the Swedish government to do the same. The royal family announced the news on national television earlier today and later the happy couple held a press-conference where they described how Westling kneeled and proposed to the crown princess at the castle of Drottningholm on a beautiful sunny winter day and Victoria said “yes, yes, yes”. This is also a very happy day for many people in Sweden and a welcome break from the unfortunate financial news. The wedding is planned to take place in the spring of year 2010, but no exact date is decided yet.
Daniel Westling is a gym owner and entrepreneur and used to be personal trainer and close friend the crown princess. Westling is not of noble birth, but rather a man of the people, which is good or bad depending on who you ask. He has been struggling alot with being accepted by the royal family as well as the people of Sweden, but he says he will try his best to earn the trust of everyone.
This is the announcement from the Swedish royal family (in Swedish).
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