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瑞典玛德琳公主周六将举行大婚

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The fourth in line to Sweden's throne, Princess Madeleine, is set to marry US-British businessman Christopher O'Neill in a ceremony in Stockholm on Saturday.

瑞典王位第四顺位继承人，玛德琳公主将于周六在斯德哥尔摩与美籍英国商人克里斯多夫·奥尼尔举行婚礼。

Princess Madeleine met her fiancé whilst working in New York

The 30-year-old has returned to the Swedish capital from New York, where she met Mr O'Neill two years ago.

The ceremony is not expected to be as lavish¹（浪费的） as the wedding of her sister, Crown Princess Victoria, in 2010.

Sweden's royal family, particularly Princess Victoria, enjoys wide support among members of the public.

Princess Madeleine, also known as the Duchess of Halsingland and Gastrikland, met Mr O'Neill in New York while she was working for the non-profit organisation², World Childhood Foundation.

The youngest child of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia has been keeping a low profile since moving to the US in 2010 after her engagement to a Swedish lawyer came to an abrupt³ end.

She has also had a complicated relationship with the Swedish press, who dubbed⁴ her the "party princess" when she was spotted⁵ frequenting high-end Stockholm clubs in her early twenties.

The couple will tie the knot in Stockholm's Royal Chapel⁶ before a horse and carriage procession through the medieval old town of Gamla Stan.

Despite some 600 guests, the wedding is expected to be more low-key than her sister's ceremony in 2010, when the whole of the Swedish capital was transformed for the celebrations.

"It won't be anything like (Crown Princess) Victoria's wedding. Firstly, because Madeleine is not a successor to the throne," Roger Lundgren, the editor of a Swedish magazine about royalty⁷ told Associated Press news agency.

"Secondly⁸, this is a private wedding -- the king is paying for it himself," he adds.

The royal guest list is said to include the UK's Earl and Countess of Wessex, Prince Edward and Sophie, Princess Takamado of Japan and princes and princesses from Norway, Denmark, Greece, Luxembourg and Monaco.

The Royal Court said on Friday that Madeleine's wedding dress was made by Italian designer Valentino Garavani.

Her fiancé, who enjoys dual⁹ British-American citizenship¹⁰, has declined a royal rank in Sweden which would have required him to become a Swedish citizen.

The couple are expected to return to the US and continue working after the wedding.

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1 lavish
adj.无节制的；浪费的；vt.慷慨地给予，挥霍
参考例句：
He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。 The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。

2 organisation
n.组织，安排，团体，有机休
参考例句：
The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。 His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

3 abrupt
adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的
参考例句：
The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。 His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。

4 dubbed
v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制
参考例句：
Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。 Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？来自《简明英汉词典》

5 spotted
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
参考例句：
The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。 Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

6 chapel
n.小教堂，殡仪馆
参考例句：
The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。 She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

7 royalty
n.皇家，皇族
参考例句：
She claims to be descended from royalty.她声称她是皇室后裔。 I waited on tables，and even catered to royalty at the Royal Albert Hall.我做过服务生，甚至在皇家阿伯特大厅侍奉过皇室的人。

8 secondly
adv.第二，其次
参考例句：
Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。 Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

9 dual
adj.双的；二重的，二元的
参考例句：
The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。 He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

10 citizenship
n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)
参考例句：
He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。 Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。