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Swansea-born princess dies in Stockholm home aged 97

A British-born Swedish princess whose secret 33-year romance with her royal husband became Sweden's best-known love story has died at the age of 97.

Princess Lilian was the commoner wife of Prince Bertil, who died in 1997. They met and fell in love in London during the Second World War, 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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