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Swedish prince ties the knot to former reality starlet

Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist stand at the altar during their wedding the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday June 13, 2015.  (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP)     SWEDEN OUT
Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist stand at the altar during their wedding the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday June 13, 2015. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT Sweden's Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist stand at the altar during their wedding the Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday June 13, 2015. (Claudio Bresciani/TT via AP) SWEDEN OUT

STOCKHOLM (AP) – The only son of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia has married his fiancee in a lavish ceremony in Stockholm.

Prince Carl Philip and the former reality starlet and model Sofia Hellqvist, 30, tied the knot Saturday at the Royal Palace chapel before five European queens, a Japanese princess and dozens of other blue-blooded guests. The couple got engaged in June 2014.

Carl Philip, 36, is third in line to the throne behind his elder sister, Crown Princess Victoria, and her 3-year-old daughter, Princess Estelle.

Hellqvist, who has also worked as a yoga instructor, gets the title Duchess of Varmland.

The newlyweds are set to travel in a ceremonial procession through the streets Stockholm by horse and carriage.