ROYAL COUTURE.....Princess Madeleine of Sweden and fiancé Christopher O'Neill Official Pre-Wedding Portraits

Last year, it was announced that King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden's youngest child--after Crown Princess Victoria, 35, and Prince Carl Philip (the Hottie McSwedish Hottie!), 34--Princess Madeleine, 30 was engaged to British-US financier Christopher O'Neill, 38.







Their wedding is coming up on Saturday June 8th. The engagement--and pairing of the two--did not come as a surprise, since the couple had been a New York "item" since the Swedish princess' sojourn in Manhattan in late 2010. Just last week, the "Official Portraits" of the soon-to-be-Bride-and-Groom were released. In them, Princess Madeleine, who also hold the titles of Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, is wearing a mint green suit of crepe and intricate lace with a peplum and satin waist belt detail.





THE DISH: Who Is Christopher O'Neill, the Groom...


Christopher O'Neill was born in London, England and is the son of Paul Cesario O'Neill and Eva Marie O'Neill. His father moved to London in the 1960's to help establish the European headquarters of New York investment bank Oppenheimer & Co. Chris' mother is Austrian. The soon-to-be  husband of a Swedish Princes is a product of a very wealthy environment (you don't think for a minute she would marry MIDDLE CLASS darlings!), he attended the Institut auf dem Rosenberg boarding school in St. Gallen Switzerland, received his BA in International Relations form Boston University and then got his Master's in Business Administration from the Columbia Business School in NYC.Today, he is a Partner and Head of Research at Noster Capital, an investment firm with offices in London and NY.