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Wedding Party of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden

The Swedish Royal Family celebrated Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist with a Lebanese Dinner on the Island of Skeppsholmen on this day in 2015, 10 years ago, following an hour-long cruise on the SS Stockholm on the eve of the Wedding!

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia hosted a Lebanese Dinner on the Island of Skeppsholmen, following an hour-long cruise on the SS Stockholm on the eve of the Wedding of Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist.

The night before the wedding, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia hosted a private dinner. Family and guests boarded the SS Stockholm which took them around the harbor to the island of Skeppsholmen where the dinner was held. The dinner was held in an underground bunker that had once been used by the Swedish military.

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden with Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden and Sofia Hellqvist

Princess Madeleine and Christopher O’Neill

Princess Märtha Louise and Ari Behn

Princess Margaretha

Princess Birgitta

Prince Leopold and Princess Ursula von Bayern

 

Wedding Tiara

Swedish Aquamarine Kokoshnik Tiara

Napoleonic Amethyst Parure

Cut Steel Bandeau

Six-Button Tiara

Four-Button Tiara

Swedish Diamond Floral Earrings

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