Crown Princess Victoria, 32, will tie the knot with 36-year-old commoner Daniel Westling in an afternoon ceremony at the Stockholm Cathedral.
瑞典王儲(chǔ)維多利亞公主與“平民”出身的未婚夫韋斯特林今天下午將在Stockholm Cathedral完婚。

It has been described as a true-life fairytale wedding. This afternoon in Stockholm Cathedral, Crown Princess Victoria, next in line to the Swedish throne, will marry not a fellow aristocrat but an ordinary citizen – her former personal trainer.

Yet instead of Sweden settling down in unison to watch Daniel Westling join the nation's royal family, the event has become a focus for growing antipathy towards the monarchy in a country that emphasises equality.

Over 200,000 well-wishers may be turning out to cheer the happy couple, but support for the royal family is falling. Sweden may have coped better with the economic crisis than some, but many resent the fact that half the cost of the wedding, believed to total 20 million kronor (￡1.75 million), is being covered by taxpayers. Nearly 57,000 Facebook users have joined a group protesting against the public expense.

Since the engagement was announced in February 2009, membership of the Swedish Republican Associaiton has more than doubled to around 6,500. "For us it's been quite positive in the way that it created more of a discussion in the society about the government," Magnus Simonsson, of the Swedish Republican Association, told The Independent.

In another worrying sign for the father of the bride, King Carl XVI Gustaf, an April poll released by the University of Gothenburg's SOM Institute showed that only 56 per cent of Swedes want to keep the monarchy, compared with 68 per cent in 2003.

The royal court did not respond to a request for comment, but the happy couple gave an interview to the Swedish television channel TV4 about the wedding arrangements.

"We've talked a lot about how it should be inclusive and how everyone should be able to enjoy our big day," said Mr Westling. "And we're happy and proud that Swedish society has chosen to highlight the occasion."

相關(guān)中文報(bào)道：

　　6月19日對(duì)瑞典來說是個(gè)特殊的日子，瑞典王儲(chǔ)維多利亞公主將與未婚夫丹尼爾.韋斯特林舉行婚禮。此次婚禮顯得尤為特別，因?yàn)榫S多利亞公主是瑞典首位女性王位繼承人，并且在瑞典歷史上，王位繼承人與“平民”結(jié)婚也是十分罕見。此外，6月19日也是36年前她的父母 -- 卡爾.古斯塔夫十六世和西爾維婭結(jié)婚的日子。

　　在瑞典首都斯德哥爾摩，為時(shí)兩周的慶?；顒?dòng)從6月6日國慶開始，到6月19日婚禮之日進(jìn)入高潮。這個(gè)被譽(yù)為“斯堪地那維亞首都”的美麗城市將充滿皇家的浪漫：音樂、藝術(shù)、文化、美食、時(shí)尚和設(shè)計(jì)無不為婚禮造勢(shì)。游客對(duì)精美的皇家婚禮紀(jì)念品更瘋狂熱衷。

　　這段愛的羅曼史源自2002年，在妹妹瑪?shù)铝展鞯慕榻B下，維多利亞公主加入了企業(yè)家和健身教練丹尼爾.韋斯特林的私人健身俱樂部，兩人漸生情愫并展開戀情。經(jīng)過為時(shí)8年的愛情長跑，加上在公眾與個(gè)人身份之間的博弈和平衡，這對(duì)新人終于決定共同面對(duì)這段不同尋常的人生，接受這份國家賦予的責(zé)任。 2009年2月，瑞典王室正式宣布了兩人的訂婚消息，隨后又宣布，這對(duì)新人將于2010年6月19日在位于斯德哥爾摩老城內(nèi)的大教堂完婚，與34年前國王和王后的婚禮在同一日子、同一教堂舉行。婚后，韋斯特林先生的頭銜將是“丹尼爾親王，西約特蘭公爵”，這是瑞典皇室第一次給女性皇室成員的配偶授予頭銜。

　　公主婚禮預(yù)算大約是2000萬克朗（折合成人民幣數(shù)額相當(dāng)），婚禮實(shí)況屆時(shí)將成為瑞典歷史上規(guī)模最大的一次電視轉(zhuǎn)播。67臺(tái)攝像機(jī)將實(shí)時(shí)記錄婚禮盛況，整個(gè)播出時(shí)長將達(dá)16小時(shí)。瑞典政府將把哈加城堡作為禮物贈(zèng)送給兩位新人，婚后他們就將住在這座城堡里。城堡建于1802年，曾居住過很多王室成員。

　　瑞典皇室既是全世界最古老的皇室之一，也是舉世公認(rèn)最現(xiàn)代的皇室，近年來愈加受公眾的歡迎。作為皇冠上的明珠，維多利亞公主對(duì)文化、藝術(shù)、設(shè)計(jì)、可持續(xù)發(fā)展的熱愛使她成為全球最受矚目的公主之一。1977年7月14日，維多利亞出生在斯德哥爾摩。在其出生之前，瑞典國內(nèi)就有王位繼承法是否應(yīng)該修改成男女平等的長子/女繼承制之討論。1979年，根據(jù)人民的意愿，國王修改王位繼承法。次年，長女維多利亞成為瑞典第一任女王儲(chǔ)，她是當(dāng)今世界上唯一一位女王儲(chǔ)。由此可見，瑞典是全世界最平等的國家之一。

（相關(guān)中文報(bào)道摘自鳳凰網(wǎng)）