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| Sweden royal wedding: Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star | Sweden royal wedding: Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star |
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| Sweden's Prince Carl Philip has married a former reality-TV star and glamour model in a lavish ceremony in the chapel at Stockholm's Royal Palace. | |
| Sofia Hellqvist, 30, also worked as a topless model and a yoga instructor before helping to set up a charity. | Sofia Hellqvist, 30, also worked as a topless model and a yoga instructor before helping to set up a charity. |
| Her new husband, 36-year-old Carl Philip, is third in line to the Swedish throne. | Her new husband, 36-year-old Carl Philip, is third in line to the Swedish throne. |
| Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets for the event, despite polls suggesting the Swedish royal family's popularity is waning. | Thousands of well-wishers lined the streets for the event, despite polls suggesting the Swedish royal family's popularity is waning. |
| They cheered as Miss Hellqvist, a 30-year-old commoner, became a princess. | |
| After their marriage, the couple took to a horse-drawn carriage to parade through the cobbled streets of Stockholm's old town, waving to crowds in the hot summer sun, before returning to the palace for a 21-gun salute and wedding banquet. | |
| About 550 guests attended the ceremony, many of them royals, including Princess Takamado of Japan and Britain's Prince Edward. | |
| Prince Carl Philip was initially reported to have had difficulties putting the ring on his bride's finger while the royal couple said their vows. | |
| A band played a version of the Coldplay song Fix You in the royal chapel, and the newly weds were then serenaded by a man singing a Swedish version of the song Umbrella by Rihanna. | |
| The pair reportedly first met at a restaurant in 2010, with news of their relationship being revealed soon after. | The pair reportedly first met at a restaurant in 2010, with news of their relationship being revealed soon after. |
| Sofia Hellqvist: A real Cinderella story | Sofia Hellqvist: A real Cinderella story |
| The Swedish media made much of Ms Hellqvist's past, which included posing topless with a boa constrictor for a men's magazine in 2004. | The Swedish media made much of Ms Hellqvist's past, which included posing topless with a boa constrictor for a men's magazine in 2004. |
| A year later she appeared on the Swedish reality TV show Paradise Hotel, in which scantily dressed singletons compete to stay in a luxury resort. | A year later she appeared on the Swedish reality TV show Paradise Hotel, in which scantily dressed singletons compete to stay in a luxury resort. |
| In response to the media interest, Ms Hellqvist told Swedish television that she had long since moved on. | In response to the media interest, Ms Hellqvist told Swedish television that she had long since moved on. |
| "I don't regret anything. All these experiences have made me the person I am," Ms Hellqvist said. "I wouldn't have made those choices today," she added. | "I don't regret anything. All these experiences have made me the person I am," Ms Hellqvist said. "I wouldn't have made those choices today," she added. |
| Amid rumours that her past had caused disquiet among the royal family, the palace has emphasised her charity work. | Amid rumours that her past had caused disquiet among the royal family, the palace has emphasised her charity work. |
| In 2010 she co-founded the Project Playground charity which helps disadvantaged children in South Africa. She has also worked as a volunteer in several African countries. | In 2010 she co-founded the Project Playground charity which helps disadvantaged children in South Africa. She has also worked as a volunteer in several African countries. |
| Ms Hellqvist, who is from the central Swedish town of Alvdalen, also studied accounting in New York in 2005 and worked there as a yoga teacher and a waitress. | Ms Hellqvist, who is from the central Swedish town of Alvdalen, also studied accounting in New York in 2005 and worked there as a yoga teacher and a waitress. |
| On Friday evening, more than 200 wedding guests attended a dinner in honour of the couple on the island of Skeppsholmen. | On Friday evening, more than 200 wedding guests attended a dinner in honour of the couple on the island of Skeppsholmen. |
| Carl Philip is third in line to the throne behind his elder sister Crown Princess Victoria and her three-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle. | Carl Philip is third in line to the throne behind his elder sister Crown Princess Victoria and her three-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle. |