More about princess Birgitta's interview at Svensk Damtidning:
Princess Birgitta and her husband Hansi, Prince Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern fell in love at a cocktail party in Munich summer 1959.
They married less than two years later and got children, Prince Carl Christian, 54, Princess Désirée, 53, and Prince Hubertus, 50, and eventually also five grandchildren.
But the marriage was often a disappointment. Hansi had his art and worked a lot and she was often left alone with children in Munich. Birgitta loved to play sports, but Hansi didn't understand that.
- He said often, "you are doing your stupid sports". It was sad to hear because sport is the best there is for young people. I was probably happiest when I was newly married and had my first child. It was luck, said Birgitta.
It sounds like you were very different?
- We were so totally different, but you don't know that when you fall in love.
Couldn't you get a divorce?
- No, we did not want to get a divorce. There was no question about it. It was more practical, and everyone was feeling good. The kids felt good.
Hansi and Birgitta remained married and were really close. But she had her life in Mallorca and he had his in Munich. She was at his side when he passed away in March last year.
Prinsessan Birgitta avslöjar_ Därför ville jag inte skiljas _ Svensk Damtidning