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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Geneoligist: Country Boy Marrying Swedish Princess Has Aristocratic Roots (Now there's a surprise!)

The commoner who is to marry Sweden's crown princess next week has aristocratic roots, according to a new book.

Daniel Westling has been mocked for his provincial roots and country accent, and has undergone careful grooming by courtiers, language tutors and a public relations agency ahead of his marriage to Crown Princess Victoria on June 19.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf was reportedly initially hostile to the idea of his 32-year-old daughter marrying the commoner.

But, according to the genealogist Bjorn Engstrom, the 36-year-old former fitness instructor is descended from both Swedish and Finnish aristocracy.'

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  1. S.Harps20 June 2010 at 19:08

    Princess who? never heard of her, is she the daughter of some King whom drives around the joint in a red sportcar with the number plates 666 and whom l've never heard of until my friend from Gothenburg Sweden told me in a message about this King bloke xxx-whatever on youtube.
    My friend Boris should know he lives there....and it figures, interbreedingly.

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