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Entertainment Wedding Fever Strikes Sweden As Heir Prepares To Walk Down The Aisle By Mary-Jayne McKay June 16, 2010 / 7:08 PM EDT / CBS News Swedish Crown Princess Victoria and her fiance, Daniel Westling, arrive at the Town Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, April 16, 2010, to attend celebrations marking the Queen Margrethe's 70th birthday. (AP Photo/Polfoto, Jens Dige) AP Photo/Polfoto, Jens Dige (CBS) Wedding fever has overtaken Scandinavia this week as Sweden prepares for the June 19 nuptials of Crown Princess Victoria 32, to her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Said to be costing $2.6 million, the wedding is being billed as the biggest bash n Europe since the1981 union of Britain's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. The guest list is under wraps, but the Swedish press is reporting that royalty from Norway, Denmark, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain and Greece are expected.Pictures: Crown Princess Victoria New Palace for PrincessPictures: Godmother to Royalty The ceremony will take place in the newly refurbished Stockholm Cathedral in Gamla Stan, the Old Town district of Stockholm. Thousands of Swedes and visiting tourists are expected to line the streets to cheer as the bridal pair are driven by horse-drawn carriage through the city. A royal barge will take them across the picturesque harbor to the Royal Palace, where an evening banquet - complete with fireworks- is planned. A member of the rock group ABBA, which performed "Dancing Queen" at the wedding of the princess' parents, has agreed to compose a special song for the occasion. Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav married German-Brazilian Silvia Sommerlath June 19, 1976. They will be celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary on the day of their daughter's marriage. The Yale-educated bride, who worked at the U.N. for a time, has been dating Westli.
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