Princess Madeleine of Sweden, the third child of King Carl XVI Gustav and Queen Silvia, married American financier Chris O'Neill in a lavish royal wedding this past Saturday, June 8th.
The wedding ceremony took place at Stockholm's Royal Chapel, and then the newlyweds took a carriage ride to the harbour where they boarded a boat to take them across the water to Drottningholm Palace, where a dinner and dance reception were held for 350 guests. The guests included many members of the European royal family, such as Prince Edward and Countess of Wessex from Great Britain, Prince Frederik and Princess Mary from Denmark, Princes Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit from Norway, and Princess Charlene from Monaco.
Princess Madeleine wore a beautiful gown custom designed by Valentino Garavani. The gown was "pleated silk organza with appliquéd ivory-hued Chantilly lace. The upper section of the bodice was lace with a deep-cut back. Narrow vertical pleats opened up from the accentuated waist, above the wide skirt, which ends with a four-metre-long train." She also wore a stunning silk organza veil "edged with tulle scatted with point d'esprit dots and small Chantilly lace orange blossom." Her tiara was also decorated with sprigs of orange blossoms.
The groom Chris O'Neill is an American financier and a partner with the hedge fund Noster Capital. He was born in London and is the son of the late investment banker Paul O'Neill and Eva O'Neill. His mother Eva is a German socialite and philanthropist who is friendly with royalty, such as Prince Charles. Chris was educated in a boarding school in Switzerland before coming to the United States to attend Boston University and Columbia Business School. Chris and Madeleine met in New York through mutual friends.
The bride's sister, Crown Princess Victoria, looked beautiful in "a greige rosé dress made from hand-dyed silk organza with layers of tulle in three shades, silk threads, Lurex threads, pearls and Swarovski crystals in amethyst and pale grey opal" designed by Elie Saab. The most adorable guest is Victoria's daughter and Madeleine's niece, Princess Estelle, who wore a cute white dress and even had her own miniature chair at the wedding ceremony. I am just impressed a child that young behaved so well through the whole ceremony.
Hello! Magazine has a great spread of photographs from the best moments of the wedding, as well as the official wedding photographs.
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