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Sat 05 May 2010Feminists and church unite in Sweden to block a princess's wish to be given away
SWEDISH feminists and the Lutheran church have become unlikely allies in an attempt to prevent a princess having the wedding of her dreams.
The Church of Sweden and the Swedish royal family have clashed over Crown Princess Victoria’s wish to be “given away” by her father, King Carl Gustaf, at her marriage to her former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, in Stockholm next month before a guest list studded with the kings, queens, princes and princesses of Europe’s remaining royal houses.
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