Sweden has continued to have a constitutional monarchy, and the royal family of their country has always held a lofty position. What kind of royal story is today's protagonist, Lillian, who married someone else when she was young, fell in love with a prince at the age of 28, and only married into the royal family at the age of 61?
The story goes back to 1915, Lillian was born into a working-class family, she grew up smart and clever, although her parents separated when she was a child, no one cared about him, but she was born with a beautiful skin bag, debuted at the age of 16, worked as a model, singer, ballet dancer, was a popular social star at the time.
In 1940, at the age of 25, Lillian married the British actor Ivan Gregg, and soon after the marriage, Lillian's new husband went to war with the army due to the outbreak of the second world. The two gathered less and left more, resulting in a gradual loss of feelings. In her third year after her husband joined the army, 28-year-old Lillian met Prince Bertir, whom she had loved all her life, at her birthday party.
The two fell in love almost at first sight, lillian was seduced by this talented, handsome prince, and prince Bettyle was also moved by Lillian's beauty. Lillian cheated on the prince in this way, but the ambiguous relationship between Lillian and the prince, who was already married, was once regarded as a scandal. It wasn't until 2 years later that Lillian's husband returned from the war and learned that her husband had another woman in the barracks, and the two officially divorced and were with the prince in a bright light.
But a divorced woman, to enter the royal family, is really difficult. Because the Swedish royal family has a rule, marrying a commoner prince is equivalent to automatically giving up the throne. The old king regarded Prince Bettil as the first heir of the royal family, how could he allow them to be together?
So the two carried the old king on their backs and began an underground romance. This underground love affair lasted for 30 years, until 1973, when the old king died and was succeeded by Prince Bettil's nephew Carl Gustav (the current King of Carl XVI), who was crown princess because he was married to a commoner. So it was up to him to officially reveal the relationship between his uncle Prince Bertir and Lillian, and the two gray-haired two finally came to fruition.
Three years later, Prince Bettyl, 64, and Lillian, 61, had a low-key wedding at Drottningholm Palace Church in Sweden. At the age of 61, Lillian finally won the title of Duchess of Harlan, truly becoming a member of the royal family, and the love story of the two touched many Swedish people, and everyone envied such a love.
After marriage, the two often travel together, walk hand in hand, walk the dog, talk and laugh, and the feelings of the two are as sweet as ever.
In 1997, Bettier, who loved her dearly, died at the age of 85. With Bettyle's affectionate love, she continued to help her husband do public welfare. Every time she attends a grand event, she wears jewelry with the Swedish royal emblem.
Speaking of jewelry, Lillian in her later years liked pearls the most, with gray hair, paired with noble pearls, elegant and atmospheric.
She once published a book that recorded her sweet love story with a prince, and she always called her husband a prince, as beautiful as a fairy tale. Unfortunately, they married too late and were childless all their lives.
In 2010, Lillian suffered from Alzheimer's disease, perhaps because of excessive longing for the prince, until 2012, when lillian died peacefully at home in Stockholm at the age of 97. Writing this, the beautiful love story finally has an end, for such a love, are you envious?