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It's nice to see that connection between Christina and Carl Gustaf from a very young age. Of course they are closest in age, so while people talk about the Haga princesses, I wouldn't be surprised if Christina was always closer to her younger brother than her older sisters.
Age at CG's birth:
Margaretha: 11 1/2 yrs
Birgitta: 9 1/4 yrs
Désirée: 8 yrs
Christina: 2 3/4 yrs
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Developmentally speaking, it would have been much easier for Christina to play with him anyway than with her substantially-older sisters, so...you are getting a lot of cake and flowers shoved in your face, CG.
It's also good that they had each other in their weird and sad childhood (their older sisters were dealing with it from a significantly different angle).
And it's probably not a coincidence that Silvia is about Christina's age — it's obviously how he felt best and safest.
So his grandfather was kronprins during this! I had this vague sense that Gustav Adolf senior was already the king, and they were calling CG "Arveprins" because he wasn't the son of the king, the way only the monarch's eldest son can be Duke of Cornwall in the UK. Thank you for fixing the picture. 
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