They had waited so long – but today, it became official. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden received permission from the State Council and the King, and will be marrying Mr. Daniel Westling in the early summer of 2010. Daniel will receive the title Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, thus taking the male version of his future wife’s ”Duchess of Västergötland
The news of the imminent engagement was first broken by Swedish newspaper Expressen, who declared that the couple would marry, and that even before the requisite permissions had been collected. Aftonbladet correctly predicted that the wedding would happen summer 2010, and published a guesstimate of the guest list
Victoria and Daniel met in 2001, and have been a couple since 2002.
The Royal Twist congratulates the happy couple, and will of course be following the preparations for the happy day.