国外媒体:瑞典公主成婚 下嫁私人教练

A grand wedding ceremony of Swedish Crown¹ Princess Victoria and her personal trainer, Mr Daniel Westling was held in the Cathedral in Stockholm on Saturday.

About 1,500 family members and guests including the Kings and Queens from Sweden, other European countries and even Jordan attended the wedding.

Swedish Archbishop Anders Wejryd married the couple in front of their parents and guests. Thousands of roses decorated in and outside the church.

The wedding is also considered a festival for the whole city. Tens of thousands of people stood along the road to watch the couple's cortege with royal guards riding on the horses after the church ceremony.

After the 6.4 kilometer trip both by the cart on land and the royal barge² at the sea, the newly-weds went up to the castle together with the King and the Queen, Prime³ Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and his wife and other leaders and waved hands to tens of thousands of the crowds gathering⁴ around the palace.

"I like to thank you, the Swedish People, it is you who gave me my prince, I and my husband are unbelievably happy and grateful," Princess Victoria said to the public.

Many people expressed that Princess Victoria did a good job and it is great that she married the one she loves.

The new couple will live in the Haga park in Stockholm after the wedding.

瑞典王储、维多利亚公主与她的私人教练丹尼尔?韦斯特林于上周六在斯德哥尔摩大教堂举行了盛大婚礼。

当天共有约1500名亲朋宾客出席了婚礼，其中包括瑞典和欧洲其它国家的国王和王后，甚至约旦王室成员也到场恭贺。

在双方父母和宾客的见证下，瑞典大主教安德斯?韦伊瑞德宣布两人结为夫妻。当天教堂内外布满了玫瑰。

公主婚礼当天，斯德哥尔摩洋溢着节日的气氛。在教堂仪式结束后，公主夫妇的婚车队伍在瑞典皇家骑士列队的护送下前往市内巡游，街道两旁有很多民众驻足观看。

在乘坐马车和皇家游艇完成路程达6.4公里的婚礼巡游后，公主夫妇与瑞典国王、王后、首相弗雷德里克?赖因费尔特及夫人以及其他领导人一同前往王宫，并对聚集在王宫附近的上万名民众挥手致意。

维多利亚公主对民众们说：“我要感谢瑞典人民，是你们让我找到了王子。我和我的丈夫非常幸福，并心存感激。”

很多瑞典人认为维多利亚公主做得很对，嫁给了自己所爱的男人。

公主夫妇婚后将居住在斯德哥尔摩的哈加公园。

1 crown   

n.王冠，王权，顶点；v.使...成王，加冕，居...之顶

参考例句：

• He won the crown in 1973.他荣获1973年冠军称号。
• They wanted to crown Caesar king.他们想立凯撒为王。

2 barge   

n.平底载货船，驳船

参考例句：

• The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
• Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。

3 prime   

adj.首要的，主要的；最好的，第一流的

参考例句：

• The prime minister spoke of the general insecurity in the country.总理谈到了全国普遍存在的不安全。
• He met with the Prime Minister of Japan for an hour.他和日本首相会见了一个小时。

4 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。