SMALL FACTS

On August 20th a dress rehearsal was held at the Dom Church in Oslo.

It has been revealed the dress will be of Norwegian design.

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark will be best man, and Linda Tånevik will be the bridesmaid.

The bridesmaids will be Betina and Emilie Swanstrøm, both 8 years old, Kamilla (12) and Anniken (7) Bjørnhøy and Tuva Høiby (4). The page will be Marius Borg Høiby (4). Betina and Emilie are the twindaughters of Queen Sonja's nephew Dag Swanstrøm and his wife Anne Karine. Kamilla and Anniken are the daughters of Mette-Marit's sister Kristin, and Tuva is the daughter of Mette-Marit's brother Espen.

The heads of state will stay at the Royal Palace. Other royal guests will sleep at the Grand Hotel in Oslo. Among the guests who stayed at the Grand Hotel were relatives of the bride, Crown Prince Felipe of Spain, Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine of Sweden, the Prince of Oranje, Máxima Zorreguieta, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, the Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg family, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, Madeleine Kogevinas, Sophie Ullens de Schooten and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.

Crown Prince Felipe of Spain has arrived on Wednesday, as one of the first royal guests. His unofficial girlfriend Eva Sannum is on the guestlist for the wedding and the dinner on August 25th, being one of the friends of bride and groom. Princess Märtha Louise's boyfriend Ari Behn is invited for the wedding service at the Dom Church, but not for the dinner.