. Carl Philip of Sweden will marry Sofia Hellqvist on June 13 2015
. Miss Hellqvist has a racy past that includes stints as a glamour model, which saw her posing topless with a snake
. Carl-Philip also has a colourful past, including the ‘wild summer’ of 2012, when he went on a drunken rampage
This Saturday, June 13 , Carl Philip of Sweden will marry Sofia Hellqvist Stockholm , under the vaults of the royal chapel of the palace of Drottningholm . Before you can marry before an audience of kings and queens , prince has struggled to impose its sulphurous fiancée. Back on a story like no other .
At last Carl Philip of Sweden will marry Sofia Hellqvist on June 13. On August 2010. In three terse sentences, a bored strand, the marshal of the court confirmed that the son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia has a relationship with Sofia Hellqvist, “a young lady met a few months earlier.” The rumor was therefore based Carl Philip of Sweden fell hopelessly in love with this sizzling creature spoken of in the whole kingdom. Is that the young woman with sylph-like is not completely unknown to Swedish.
Early on, Sofia Hellqvist understood that her physical left no one indifferent. At 18, while working in a bar, she began a modeling career. Two years later, she won the title of Miss Slitz 2004 first prize of a review of Swedish charm. In the photo, the young woman poses wearing only a snake she holds against her chest. It was understood: the beautiful brunette with fiery eyes and incendiary curves did not have cold feet. In 2005, Sofia is at the cast of “Paradise Hotel”, a reality show. With her fiery temper, her dream of plastic and her incredible will, she reached the final and managed to make herself known to the public. But doubt assails. And if this world of glitter was not done in it?
The eyes hidden behind thick black glasses, the one that reached the rank of people flew a few months later, incognito, for the United States. In New York, she is training to become a yoga teacher, and after months of learning, opened a center in the heart of Manhattan. The young woman would she be chastened? Not so sure … According to the tabloids, between relaxation sessions, Miss Hellqvist would have benefited from her American trip to get closer to Jenna Jameson, a porn star!
In April 2011, first victory ! The young couple moved into an apartment together on the island of Djurgården . But before Hellqvist miss princess earns her stripes , she must civilize her image and work hard. Several times a week , after having invested in charity work in the company of the businesswoman Barbro Ehnbom and Countess Alice Trolle – Wachtmeister (former tutor of Queen Silvia in the 1970s ) , Sofia s’ sit on the benches of the school of kings. Lesson of history, geography , politics, holding courses, diction , protocol … ” The friend of the prince ” is also presented to the stylist Camilla Astrand . No more bangs, navel piercing , the flower tattooed on her right arm and tanning salons . Casual wear is definitely rows to the locker room and give way to more conventional sets. The results are convincing .
On May 22, 2012, in a dusty pink dress, Sofia penetrates under the vaults of the Chapel Royal Drottningholm Palace to attend the baptism of Princess Estelle. She was not sitting next to Carl Philip, not yet, but informed observers know that her presence in a solemn day is a strong and symbolic gesture. According to newspapers, the announcement of the engagement would be imminent. Yet nothing comes. Gossips claim that the prince is still uncertain of their choice. Others think that the king’s son awaits the wedding of her younger sister, the beautiful Madeleine. On 25 October, a statement from the palace formalizes the event. The marriage of the youngest of the clan Bernadotte and her US fiancé, financial Christopher O’Neill, held on June 8, 2013. Once again, Sofia takes place under the arches of the Chapel Royal. At the time of the exchange of consent, it can only hold a few tears. This happiness will he soon be hers?
On 27 June 2014, Sofia has reason to believe Carl XVI Gustaf finally gives his consent. The sovereign welcomes the announcement of the engagement “between Prince Carl Philip and Miss Sofia Hellqvist .” And it was announced that Carl Philip of Sweden will marry Sofia Hellqvist 13 June 2015. On the Facebook page of the court, the announcement was accompanied by a portrait. With her long brown hair and scratched her royal blue dress Tina Törnqvist (former stylist Princess Victoria).
