Prince Ludwig of Bavaria is pictured in smiling snaps with his fiancée ahead of their upcoming spring wedding at Munich’s Theatiner Church.
The royal, 40, and Oxford criminology student Sophie-Alexandra Evekink, 32, announced their engagement last summer.
New images show the lovelorn couple, who tie the knot in May, looking in love as they pose for photos in a sunny park.
The prince’s future wife wore a forest green turtleneck with matching culottes.
She looked effortlessly elegant in a brown suede jacket, belted at the waist for a fitted silhouette.
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria is pictured in smiling snaps with his fiancée ahead of their upcoming spring wedding at Munich’s Theatiner Church
The Dutch and Canadian national kept her accessories minimal with a necklace and pearl earrings, and wore her auburn locks in waves, styled as a half-up-half-down look.
Tan heeled boots and a dab of dewy makeup completed the look as she grinned as she held hands with her fiancé.
Elsewhere, Ludwig looked sophisticated in khaki corduroys and a matching tweed blazer.
He wore a chic brown sweater over a striped placket and tied it all together with black leather shoes.
Another photograph showed the couple against the backdrop of a canal. Showing off her emerald green engagement ring, Sophie wore a chic white checkered shirt and skirt while holding her husband-to-be.
Meanwhile, Ludwig changed his blazer for a lighter linen jacket and wore a burgundy tie.
Ludwig is the eldest son of Prince Luitpold and the great-great-grandson of the last king of Bavaria, Ludwig III, while Sophie was born in Singapore to a Dutch-Canadian family.
The royal, 40, and Oxford criminology student Sophie-Alexandra Evekink, 32, announced their engagement last summer
New photos show the enamored couple, who will tie the knot in May, looking in love as they pose for photos in a sunny park
Rumors started piling up that the couple were about to get married after she was spotted wearing a large emerald green ring on her engagement finger at a wedding the couple attended last year.
Talking to Germany Image newspaper, Prince Luitpold said he hoped the couple would “start a family soon,” adding: “Ludwig made a good choice. My future daughter-in-law is a very intelligent and educated woman.’
News of their engagement was shared by the Bavarian royals’ office, along with two photos of the couple showing them in traditional outfits.
Prince Ludwig, whose parents are Prince Luitpold and Princess Beatrix, is the oldest of five siblings.
He spent much of his childhood at Schloss Kaltenberg and attended the Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium St. Ottilien in Eresing.
Last year, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria announced his engagement to Oxford criminology student Sophie-Alexandra Evekink
At the age of 18, he founded his own IT company before studying law in Göttingen, where he focused on human rights.
Since 2011 he has also shown great interest in East Africa and Kenya in particular.
In 2015, he founded Startup Lions, which is described online as a “digital empowerment program that provides learning, earning and innovation opportunities for young adults in rural Kenya.”
He is now CEO of the company and spends ten months of the year in East Africa and two months in Bavaria.
While in the countryside, the royal family is also already very involved with his family and regularly accompanies his father to public events.
It is not known how or when Prince Ludwig met his future wife Sophie, who also has a powerful career of her own.
She is the daughter of Dorus Evekink, who works as a teacher at the Maastricht School of Business.
The student, who has both Dutch and Canadian nationality, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics and East European Studies from University College London (UCL) and a Masters in Science from the University of Oxford.
Speaking to German newspaper Bild, Prince Luitpold said he hoped the couple would “start a family soon”
She is currently working on a PhD at the University of Oxford, which focuses on justice for victims of conflict-related sexual violence.
Before that, she worked in New York for seven years at the United Nations in various positions.
According to an online biography of the future royal family, Sophie “has a keen interest in violence prevention and women’s human rights, themes she has researched in the Middle East and the Caucasus, as well as a passion for efforts that help build global consensus . and bridge the voices of the global north and south.
‘She has previously written about terrorism and radicalisation, and human trafficking in Central and Eastern Europe.’
Prince Ludwig has proposed to Sophie in Berchtesgaden and it is currently unknown where the couple will live.