He was working as a private coach when he met Crown Princess Victoria, the eldest little one of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, in 2001 – reportedly by way of her sister, Princess Madeleine. By 2008, he had moved into an residence on the grounds of Drottningholm Palace. They have been married on 19 June 2010 in Stockholm, in the first royal wedding ceremony the nation had seen since her dad and mom’ in 1976. For the event, the bride selected a surprising off-the-shoulder costume designed by Pär Engsheden, accessorising with the conventional Cameo Tiara. The uncommon design features cameos of Venus and Cupid on a gold crown. The cameos initially belonged to the spouse of Napoleon Bonaparte, Empress Joséphine, and got here to belong to the Swedish royal household after her granddaughter married one of its heirs, Crown Prince Oscar.
Inspired, maybe, the couple named their son after his ancestor in 2016, having already welcomed Princess Estelle in 2012. Both kids have been christened at the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace of Stockholm, sporting the House of Bernadotte’s vintage christening robe. First worn in 1906 by the boy who would develop into King Gustaf VI Adolph, the robe had already been worn by Estelle and Oscar’s mom, grandfather, aunt, uncle, and cousins. To mark the event, their names and the dates of their christenings have been stitched into the robe after the ceremonies.
