Parents-to-be: Sweden's Princess Madeleine and her husband, Christopher O'Neill, are expecting their first child in March
Sweden's one-time 'party princess' lives with her British-American husband, 39, in New York where she works for the World Childhood Foundation, a non-profit group founded by her mother, Queen Silvia.
The couple met after Princess Madeleine fled to the U.S. in 2010 with a broken heart.
She crossed the Atlantic following the breakdown of her first engagement to Swedish attorney Jonas Bergstrom amid speculation that he had cheated on her.
Rumours of a romance with Mr O'Neill first emerged in early 2011 when the pair were seen together at the Central Park Boathouse.
Royal family: Madeleine pictured in her engagement photo with British-born, U.S.-based banker Chris O'Neill. The couple are expecting their first child in March next year
A source told the New York Post at the time: 'She is always happy when she is with him.'
Madeleine says she and her husband were friends first, and a relationship blossomed over time.
'I appreciate Chris for his warmth and his humor,' she said. 'He has a very big heart and he manages to make everyone in his presence feel good. Christopher is a very thoughtful and generous person.
Mr O'Neill, however, says that 'from the very outset, I immediately felt something special with Madeleine.'
Insiders predicted an engagement last year when Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a baby, Princess Estelle, and Mr O'Neill accompanied Madeleine to Estelle's baptism ceremony that May - a significant indicator, as partners of royals are usually not invited to such occasions unless they are officially engaged.
And they were spot on. The couple announced their engagement in October 2012, confirmed in a brief video clip posted on the royal website.
'Chris proposed to me in New York at the start of October, and we are very happy,' Madeleine said in the video, which was recorded Wednesday at the Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm.
Low-key: The couple, pictured shortly before they announced their engagement, live in New York
Madeleine described the proposal as 'very romantic and intimate' but would not reveal anything beyond that.
'Madeleine and I have known each other for two years and I recently summoned up the courage to ask her to marry me. Thankfully she said yes,' Mr O'Neill said in English with a British accent.
He added a few words in Swedish, saying he was trying to learn the language 'but it is difficult.'
Mr O'Neill revealed that he had followed procedure and asked Madeline's father, the king, for his daughter's hand in marriage.
'I felt part of the family right from the very beginning,' he said. 'Madeleine's family is very warm and we have a very good time when we all see each other.'
In her sister's footsteps: Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria married her former fitness trainer Daniel Westling at a lavish ceremony in Stockholm in 2010. The couple had a baby, Princess Estelle, last year
Doting mother: Sweden's Princess Victoria pictured last year with baby Estelle, who is now set to get a little cousin in March
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