Princess Lilian dies aged 97
Princess Lilian of Sweden, whose latin with preserve Prince Bertil became one of Sverige’s best-known mate stories, has died at the age of 97.
Welsh-born Lilian met Consort Bertil in Author during Humans War II.
Nevertheless, they visaged objections to their relationship because of the consort’s obligations to the throne and Lilian’s position as a divorced soul. They had to inactivity until 1976 to get joined.
In 2010, it was announced she had been hurt from Alzheimer’s disease.
Princess Lilian was innate Lilian Davies in Port in Honourable 1915 and stirred to London elderly 16 to locomote a representation advancement. She was wed to somebody Ivan Craig when she met Consort Bertil in Writer in 1943.
The span pass in copulate in what Nordic media described as a real-life Cinderella account. She divorced her Country preserve two eld after.
Nevertheless, Consort Bertil’s begetter, Power Gustaf VI Adolf, refused to render his support for the twain to get wedded.
The consort’s shrub chum died in a glide cast in 1947 and another sidekick had also married a commoner, sharing up his rightist to the vest. Bertil was next in blood to the invest until his nephew came of age. Carl Gustaf yet became sovereign in 1973.
The saint feared that had Prince Bertil wed a person, the royal dynasty’s life would be jeopardised.
It took many than 30 years before they could officiate, when they both had reached their decennary.
The yoke were general with the Nordic open.
Consort Bertil died in 1997 and Lilian afterwards wrote virtually the difficulties of their history together.
They did not get any children, which Princess Lilian’s belatedly husband described as “rather sad”.
Norse Flush Parson Fredrik Reinfeldt said that a “often cherished and apprehended member of the royal origin has now passed off”.
