Thursday, October 25, 2012

Sweden's Princess Madeleine to Marry British-American Banker

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A London-born banker is set to join the Swedish royal family after the announcement of his engagement to Princess Madeleine.

Christopher O’Neill, 38, met Princess Madeleine while the pair were both living in New York and their engagement was announced on the Swedish royal family’s website.

“Chris proposed to me in New York at the start of October, and we are very happy,” Princess Madeleine said in a video recorded at Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm and posted online [see below].

The 30-year-old princess is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s three children and is fourth in line to the throne. » | Barney Henderson | Thursday, October 25, 2012