Prince Bertil of Sweden, Duke of Halland, was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, as well as the uncl
Prince Bertil in 1967
Bertil with his mother, Princess Margaret of Connaught, in 1912.
Bertil arrives for an event at the Nordic Museum about 1950
Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, was a British socialite who became a princess of Sweden through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. As such, she was an aunt of King Carl XVI Gust
Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland
…during the Second World War, he served as Swedish naval attaché at the embassy in London. In 1943, Bertil met his long-term partner, Welsh commoner Lilian Craig. However, in order to preserve his place in the royal succession, Bertil and Lilian did not marry for decades. They lived together discreetly, as a…
Lilian in the 1940s
Hearse with Lilian's coffin leaves Stockholm Palace for the Royal Cemetery on 16 March 2013.
Lilian's and Bertil's grave in Solna