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Sweden bids farewell to Princess Lilian

March 16, 2013 12:31
Sweden's Welsh-born Princess Lilian, who waited three decades to marry her prince, was buried Saturday after thousands of Swedes paid their respects to one of the most popular members of the royal family. A casket draped in Sweden's blue and yellow flag was placed on a catafalque and topped by a crown once belonging to Sweden's Princess Eugenie at the Stockholm Royal Chapel funeral, which was officiated in Swedish and in English.

Sweden holds state funeral for Princess Lilian

March 16, 2013 11:15
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Princess Lilian, the Welsh-born beauty who married into Sweden's royal family after a 33-year secret romance with a prince, was buried after a state funeral on Saturday. Lilian, who died on March 10 at the age of 97, was laid to rest in the royal cemetery in Haga Park on the outskirts of the Swedish capital. Lilian met Sweden's Prince Bertil during World War Two in London. She was working in a factory making radios for the Royal Navy and he was a naval attache.

Flags fly half-mast for Sweden's fairytale princess

March 11, 2013 12:00
Flags flew at half-mast across Sweden on Monday as the country mourned the death of Princess Lilian, a Welsh-born commoner who stole Swedes' hearts by waiting three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil. Born Lilian Davies in the Welsh mining city of Swansea in 1915, the princess died at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97, surrounded by the royal family. She had suffered from Alzheimer's. Prince Bertil, the uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf, died in 1997. The couple never had children.

Flags fly half-mast for Sweden's fairytale princess

March 11, 2013 09:16
Flags flew at half-mast across Sweden on Monday as the country mourned the death of Princess Lilian, a Welsh-born commoner who stole Swedes' hearts by waiting three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil. Born Lilian Davies in the Welsh coalmining town of Swansea in 1915, the princess died at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97, surrounded by the royal family. She had suffered from Alzheimer's. Prince Bertil, the uncle of King Carl XVI Gustaf, died in 1997. The couple never had children.

Princess Lilian of Sweden dies aged 97

March 10, 2013 16:45
Swedish Princess Lilian, who waited over three decades to marry her lifelong love Prince Bertil, passed away at her Stockholm home on Sunday at the age of 97, the royal palace announced Sunday. "It is with sorrow that I have learnt that H.R.H. (Her Royal Highness) Princess Lilian is dead," Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said in a statement. "A much loved and appreciated member of the royal family has now passed away," he added.

UPDATE 1-Sweden mourns British-born secret love princess

March 10, 2013 16:15
* Had to stay in background for three decades * Born into Welsh family in 1915 * Well liked figure in Swedish royal family (Adds quotes, prime minister's reaction, background) STOCKHOLM, March 10 (Reuters) - The British-born Swedish princess whose secret 33-year romance with her royal husband became Sweden's best-known love story, died on Sunday at the age of 97, the court said.

British-born secret love Swedish princess dies

March 10, 2013 15:16
STOCKHOLM, March 10 (Reuters) - The British-born Swedish princess whose secret 33-year romance with her royal husband became Sweden's best-known love story, died on Sunday at the age of 97, the court said. Princess Lilian was the commoner wife of Prince Bertil, who died in 1997. They met and fell in love in London during World War Two, but had to keep their relationship secret for decades for the sake of the crown and to avoid a constitutional crisis.
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