Swedish princess engaged to NY banker
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October 26, 2012, Friday
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SWEDEN'S Princess Madeleine is getting ready to tie the knot.
Madeleine and her US-British boyfriend Christopher O'Neill announced their engagement on the royal palace website yesterday.
The 30-year-old princess is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's three children and is fourth in line to the throne.
The Expressen reported early yesterday that O'Neill, a 38-year-old financier she met in New York, had proposed to the princess, and the couple confirmed the news in a brief video clip posted on the royal website.
"Chris proposed to me in New York at the start of October, and we are very happy," Madeleine said in the video.
"Madeleine and I have known each other for two years and I recently summoned up the courage to ask her to marry me. Thankfully she said yes," O'Neill said in English with a British accent. He added a few words in Swedish, saying he was trying to learn the language "but it is difficult."
Madeleine said the wedding would take place in Sweden in the summer of 2013.
Madeleine lives in New York where she works for the World Childhood Foundation, a nonprofit founded by her mother.
In 2010, she broke off an earlier engagement after media reports that her then-fiance had cheated on her.
O'Neill was born in London and holds dual American and British citizenship. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Boston University and a master's degree from Columbia Business School in New York.
O'Neill now works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge fund with offices in London and New York. His interests include Alpine skiing, tennis, golf, music, literature.
Madeleine and her US-British boyfriend Christopher O'Neill announced their engagement on the royal palace website yesterday.
The 30-year-old princess is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's three children and is fourth in line to the throne.
The Expressen reported early yesterday that O'Neill, a 38-year-old financier she met in New York, had proposed to the princess, and the couple confirmed the news in a brief video clip posted on the royal website.
"Chris proposed to me in New York at the start of October, and we are very happy," Madeleine said in the video.
"Madeleine and I have known each other for two years and I recently summoned up the courage to ask her to marry me. Thankfully she said yes," O'Neill said in English with a British accent. He added a few words in Swedish, saying he was trying to learn the language "but it is difficult."
Madeleine said the wedding would take place in Sweden in the summer of 2013.
Madeleine lives in New York where she works for the World Childhood Foundation, a nonprofit founded by her mother.
In 2010, she broke off an earlier engagement after media reports that her then-fiance had cheated on her.
O'Neill was born in London and holds dual American and British citizenship. He holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from Boston University and a master's degree from Columbia Business School in New York.
O'Neill now works as a partner and head of research at Noster Capital, a hedge fund with offices in London and New York. His interests include Alpine skiing, tennis, golf, music, literature.
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