Swedish princess engaged to New York banker
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This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in Stockholm on October 24, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on October 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFP
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This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in Stockholm on Oct 24, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on Oct 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFP/SWEDEN ROYAL FAMILY/EWA-MARIE RUNDQUIST
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This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in New York on Oct 22, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on Oct 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFPSWEDEN ROYAL FAMILY/KUNGAHUSET.SE/PATRICK DEMARCHELIER
This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in Stockholm on October 24, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on October 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFP
This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in Stockholm on Oct 24, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on Oct 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFP/SWEDEN ROYAL FAMILY/EWA-MARIE RUNDQUIST
This handout photo released by the Sweden's Royal Family press office shows Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill posing in New York on Oct 22, 2012. The Royal family of Sweden announced on their website on Oct 25, 2012 that Princess Madeleine, the youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is engaged to marry US-British businessman Chris O'Neill. -- PHOTO: AFPSWEDEN ROYAL FAMILY/KUNGAHUSET.SE/PATRICK DEMARCHELIER
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Another royal wedding beckons in Europe: This time it is Sweden's Princess Madeleine who is getting ready to tie the knot.
Princess Madeleine and her US-British boyfriend Christopher O'Neill announced their engagement on the royal palace website on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Madeleine is the youngest of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia's three children and is fourth in line to the throne.
The tabloid Expressen reported early Thursday that Mr 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.
