General Chat

Have just seen in the BBC news that Princess Lilian of Sweden has died.

In a similar position to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, she,a divorced Welsh commoner and Prince Bertil met during the war in London but they did not marry until the 1970s.

Sharron I read the story, very sad, and as she was born in Wales I have no doubt that a certain gentleman from Wales will in due course give us the full history, you never know he may even have her in his tree ;-)

I saw it Sharron, and hoped it wouldn't air on here . Please don't encourage it :-(

Any sniping on this thread and I will pull as well.

Seriously

Too right. I don't want to read it and nor does anybody else.

If anybody wants to start a thread to draw attention to themselves they can but I would rather my thread went than was hi-jacked by somebody for other purposes.

I think we perhaps should all use this threat and carry it out if sniping occurs.

Have you read the news about Princess Lilian?

A lovely story isn't it?

Quite similar to our own Duke of Windsor but handled in such a different way.

I agree - however I never believed a romance between the Windsors. I think the Duke was besotted with her, she was still writing to Ernest Simpson for a number of years and she treated the Duke like a piece of ................and he used to cry.

She, in my opinion, was a hard hearted woman but we are not going to fall out about it!!!

It's alright Chris. Contrary to what you may have heard,I am not actually related to the royal family.

I think she was carried away by things that became beyond her control.I don't think he was an angel either.

I read it Sharron. Rather sad that they had to forego a family of their own. Also his brother being kicked out of line for marrying a 'commoner'.
Maybe they should have followed suit here in the 80s.

Could be that they just didn't have children.

Sharron - the only good thing he ever did was to get his brother George (hooked on either cocaine/heroin), take him to Fort Belverdere and made him go 'cold turkey'.

He was a weak character, promised everything to the miners and as soon as he walked away - forgot them.

Glad he was never crowned - he would have handed us over to Hitler.

Am so glad you are not related to royalty - I was wondering which icon to press for 'curtsey'. ;-)

Seems they didn't*, unless they are incognito, but as he would have lost his heirship for marrying a divorced commoner he would surely have been kicked out for producing a common child out of wedlock - or do the upper royal toadies dismiss such offspring?

edit *have any children

Don't know about royalty.

They stayed together and the Swedes loved her.

Thanks for your PM Sharron :-)

Swedish love stories .... tak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi_J3_co3dQ

My GGF was a salty Swedish sea captain I think he would have approved.
A close friend, Swedish, certainly did.

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