Investigation will not be launched against Swedish princess Victoria.

• Sweden's crown princess accused of corruption

A total of eight formal complaints were filed against Swedish Crown Princess Victoria for corruption linked to honeymoon gifts she and her husband Prince Daniel accepted after their June 19 wedding.

But the chief prosecutor said Friday that the gifts were not to be seen as bribes, adding that no investigation would be launched. The members of the royal family do not figure in any of the categories of people who can be tried for corruption, prosecutor Gunnar Stetler told reporters in Stockholm.

"Princess Victoria is not among the people who can be prosecuted for corruption. She has inherited her position and therefore does not figure in that category of people defined by law," he said.

The complaints were linked to gifts the newlyweds accepted from wealthy businessman Bertil Hult, including use of his private jet and yacht during their honeymoon, several media reported. According to the prosecutor's findings, the gifts were estimated to be worth more than one million kronor (105,000 euros, 134,000 dollars).

"It is strange that Sweden's heir to the throne would allow a Swedish billionaire to provide transport and housing during her honeymoon when the same person through his (business) can potentially be interested in having the favours repaid," Peter Wolodarski, the top political commentator at Swedish paper of reference Dagens Nyheter, wrote earlier this month when the corruption complaints first surfaced.

Gunnar Stetler explained Friday that the existing corruption law appeared to have "strange consequences," calling on the Swedish parliament to change it.

"If I offer an excessive gift to the prime minister, I can be prosecuted, but if I offer an excessive gift to the royal family, I cannot be punished since the royal family does not figure on the list of people" considered corruptible.

Victoria, 33, is first in line to inherit the Swedish throne after her father King Carl XVI Gustaf, who is also considered the head of state.

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Last Updated (Friday, 20 August 2010 12:00)