Wednesday May 19th
Information Briefing at the Royal Mews in Stockholm on the preparations ahead of the cortège after the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling.
Monday May 24th
Information briefing about the wedding preparations of the Swedish Royal Court at the Bernadotte Library of the Royal Palace in Stockholm.
Sunday May 30th
The banns of marriage between Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling were published in the Royal Chapel of the Royal Palace in Stockholm at 11am.
Reception to celebrate the banns at the Royal Palace in Stockholm for public authorities, organisations, associations and companies from 10am to noon.
Tuesday June 1st
Reception to celebrate the banns at the Royal Palace in Stockholm for public authorities, organisations, associations and companies from 2pm to 4pm.
Thursday June 3rd
Reception to celebrate the banns at the Royal Palace in Stockholm for public authorities, organisations, associations and companies from 10am to noon.
Saturday June 5th
Greeting lists could be signed by the general public at the Royal Palace in Stockholm from 10am to 4pm.
Sunday June 6th
Greeting lists could be signed by the general public at the Royal Palace in Stockholm from 10am to 4pm.
Tuesday June 15th
There were still greeting lists to be signed at the royal palace shop. On the first day of my stay in Stockholm I of course wrote down my congratulations to Crown Princess Victoria and the future Prince Daniel here.
June 16th
Dinner at the East Indies Ship Götheborg at Skeppsholmen. Among the guests were representants of the government and local officials.
June 17th
In the morning we accidentally arrived at the cathedral just before Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling left after one of the rehearsals during these days. It was our first sighting of the couple, and the first ever of the groom.
Private lunch at Rosendals Trädgårdar for wedding guests, family and friends.
The royal guests started arriving in Stockholm by plane, ship or train.
Private dinner at Drottningholm Palace hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. About 200 guests were attending, mainly friends.
June 18th
Lunch at Sturehofs Slott. Guests were transported there from Drottningholm and the town hall in Stockholm by boat. Just before 11am we saw a bus leaving the hotel. Spotted behind one of the windows was Princess Máxima of the Netherlands.
When passing the Danish royal yacht Dannebrog in the afternoon we accidentally saw Prince Richard zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg leaving the ship.
2.30pm-4pm: Government reception at the Stockholm City Hall in Stockholm, hosted by the Swedish government. About 700 guests were attending. We decided to have a look and see Crown Princess Victoria, Daniel Westling, King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia leaving the city hall. Unfortunately it slowly started to rain, and when the car with the royals left the town hall around 4.35pm, it started raining heavily. We however saw them in the car and waved before finding a good place to shelter from the rain.
6.30pm-8pm: Dinner at the Eric Ericsson-hall on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, hosted by the Swedish government. About 300 guests were attending.
8.30pm: Concert at Stockholm Concert Hall, hosted by the Swedish parliament. A number of prominent artists and musicians will take part, together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. About 1600 guests were attending.
10.15pm: Reception at the Grünewaldssalen at Stockholm Concert Hall.
June 20th
Brunch at Drottningholm Palace for invited wedding guests.
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