Post by observer on Mar 10, 2013 22:48:48 GMT
The Swedish Royal court has announced the death of March 10 of Welsh-born Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, widow of Prince Bertil, at the age of 97.
She and the prince lived together for 33 years before marrying, to avoid a constitutional crisis and for the sake of the crown because their marriage at that time would have been morganatic and there was no other heir than the current king. If they had married, Bertil, like his brothers, would have lost his place in the succession.
They had no children. She suffered from ALzheimer's Disease in the last years of her life.
She and the prince lived together for 33 years before marrying, to avoid a constitutional crisis and for the sake of the crown because their marriage at that time would have been morganatic and there was no other heir than the current king. If they had married, Bertil, like his brothers, would have lost his place in the succession.
They had no children. She suffered from ALzheimer's Disease in the last years of her life.
