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You could not walk anywhere in downtown Stockholm during the past few weeks without being visually attacked by large signs dedicated to "Love", with red-and-gold hearts.

Souvenir shops are awash with gifts embossed with a smiling princess and a humble commoner: Princess Victoria, heiress to the throne of Sweden, and her fiance and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling.

The royal wedding will be held this afternoon, with an estimated 150,000 tourists and numerous high-profile guests descending on Stockholm for the occasion.

Some are also gritting their teeth over the 20m kronor ($2.63m) cost – half of which will be met by the taxpayer.

To that expense we should also add the restoration costs of Stockholm cathedral, the newlyweds' palace, and the two-week Love Stockholm festival – celebratory events, theatre and outdoor music performances: a further 77m kronor.

None of this is likely to help the royal family's steadily falling approval ra