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• Prince Carl-Philip, 33, attacked outside club on Saturday morning
• A video shows the prince being grabbed by the neck and slapped
• The prince previously hit the headlines over his relationship with 27-year-old Sofia Hellqvist, an ex-glamour girl
  
• The only son of the King and Queen of Sweden has been criticised for preferring a playboy lifestyle to performing royal duties

By SARA MALM

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Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was assaulted in an unprovoked attack as he left a nightclub in Cannes in the early hours of Saturday.

The 33-year-old prince had been partying with a group of friends and his girlfriend, former glamour model Sofia Hellqvist, at celebrity haunt Baoli when three men jumped on him as as they left the club at 3am.

A witness filmed the incident on a mobile phone and posted a video online showing the prince being grabbed by the neck before receiving a blow to the back of his head.

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The incident is the latest event of what has been called the playboy prince's 'Wild Summer' which has seen him hit the Swedish party scene wearing an alien mask, lose his Gucci wallet and hitch hike on his way to a motoring competition where he crashed his car in the first race.

The shaky video from Saturday morning show the prince keeling over after being hit and Sofia and their friends get involved in the brawl.

Sofia was reportedly hit multiple times as she tried to separate the prince and the attackers who were unknown to the royal couple.

The prince is heard shouting ‘Let me go’, in Swedish followed by a distraught Sofia screaming ‘No, honey!’

When the news broke that Prince Carl Philip of Sweden was dating former reality show participant and model Sofia Hellqvist, a flood of criticism followed. Many doubted that this most unlikely romance would be sealed by marriage. Today, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia celebrate nine years of marriage.

A hidden romance

In the summer of 2009, Prince Carl Philip met Sofia Hellqvist through mutual friends at a nightclub in Båstad, Southern Sweden. The Prince was enjoying his bachelor life after breaking up with his girlfriend of nearly ten years, Emma Pernald. Meanwhile, Sofia Hellqvist had just returned to her home country after spending four years studying in New York City. The pair had met each other on other occasions before but they only started talking at that encounter.

The couple tried very hard to keep their relationship away from the press. Whenever they went to the movies, they entered separately. Whenever they spoke to each other on the phone, they used different names and so on. However, in early 2010, the news broke that the only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden was dating a former reality show star and glamour model with several tattoos. It is safe to say that this was not what the Swedes had expected.

In the months following the news, the Swedish media dug up all kinds of unflattering and bold pictures of Sofia. During her time as a student, Ms Hellqvist worked as a glamour model and posed topless with a boa constrictor around her neck for the men’s magazine Slitz. After the shoot, Sofia was named ‘Miss Slitz 2004’. A year later, Sofia appeared on a reality tv-show called “Paradise Hotel” in which six singles live together at a luxury resort. In addition to all the stories about her student years, also the relationship between Sofia and the Royal Family was questioned. Carl Philip and Sofia later admitted

Swedish prince (born 1979)

"Carl Philip" redirects here. For the 17th century prince, see Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland.

Prince Carl Philip of Sweden, Duke of Värmland (Carl Philip Edmund Bertil; born 13 May 1979) is the only son and the second of three children of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. As of 2022, Prince Carl Philip is fourth in the line of succession, after his older sister, Crown Princess Victoria, his niece and goddaughter Princess Estelle, and his nephew Prince Oscar. He lives with his wife, Princess Sofia, and four children in Villa Solbacken in Djurgården, Stockholm.

Early life and education

Prince Carl Philip was born at Stockholm Palace, Sweden, on 13 May 1979 at 07:20 (CET). He was baptised at the Royal Chapel on 31 August 1979. His mother is of half German and half Brazilian descent.

Carl Philip was heir apparent to the throne of Sweden (and thus held the title Crown Prince) for seven months, until 1 January 1980 when a change in the constitution came into effect which made natural birth order the basis for succession to the throne, replacing the principle of agnatic primogeniture. His elder sister Victoria became heir apparent and Crown Princess, with Carl Philip becoming second in line.

During 1984–1986, Prince Carl Philip attended the Västerled parish preschool. In the autumn of 1986, he started school at Smedslättsskolan in Bromma which he attended at junior level. For the intermediate level, he attended Ålstensskolan in Bromma, proceeding from there, in the autumn of 1992, to senior level at Enskilda Gymnasiet in Stockholm. In the autumn of 1994, Carl Philip enrolled at Kent School. He then continued his studies in a science programme at Lundsbergs upper secondary school. He graduated in the spring of 1999. In 2007–2008, he studied graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design for one

As the world waits for the highly-anticipated wedding ofPrince Carl Philip of Sweden, his ex-girlfriend Emma Pernald is speaking out about her 10-year relationship with the royal. For Emma, it came as a surprise when Carl Philip, who is set to marry Sofia Hellqvist next weekend, said he had never felt the "magic of love" before meeting his new fiancée.

"It was strange to hear that," said Emma, in an interview in Swedish-language publicationAftonbladet. "I felt love in the 10 years that we shared together."

However, she also wanted to make clear that she felt no bitterness towards her ex-boyfriend. When she heard that Carl Philip had proposed to 30-year-old model Sofia, Emma, who still remains on amicable terms with the royal, congratulated him wholeheartedly.

The pair met when Carl Philip was 19 and throughout their decade-long relationship, Emma became known as the pretty and popular "girl from Gothenburg" in the media.

In 2002, the couple moved in together, which led royal watchers to believe that Emma and Carl Philip would eventually marry. From day one, she was warmly received by the royal family and in 2006 Emma was one of the select invited guests to attend his father King Carl XVI Gustaf's 60th birthday party.

Emma was also very close to Carl Philip's sisters, Crown Princess Victoria and Princess Madeleine. When she and the prince decided to split in March 2009 – something that was a mutual decision – Victoria and Madeleine were said to have encouraged their brother to resume the romance.

Emma, who