At Expressen it is written about the ghost which is said to be at the Drottningholm Palace, The White Lady.
- There are very many who say that. I have never experienced it myself. But there are those who say that someone else experienced it, along with me. There is an old legend, says Princess Christina.
She says Oscar I's children made an opera about The White Lady at Drottningholm in the early 1800s. The story of the Palace ghost has been around a long time.
Is it believed that there is a special person in history who is The White Lady or does the ghost herald an accident?
- It is said that it foreshadows that something should happen.
Who in the royal family believe in ghosts?
- (Laughter) You should ask them. I do not believe in ghosts. I think it has very natural explanations.
Princess Christina is the youngest of the four Haga Princesses, the king's big sisters. But the sisters have been unaware of the Princess Christina's book - until now.
- They do not know that much about it. It will be a happy surprise, she says.
Haven't they read the book?
- No no. They have not. We do not live so close together. I have just told them that I am writing a small book about Drottningholm, I've done that. They should see it next week.
Drottningholms hemlighet avslöjas av prinsessan Christina _ Nyheter _ Expressen
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Christina tells at the book how she in early spring 1973 drove to Drottningholm specifically for asking her grandfather for permission to marry. But she did not get what she wanted. Gustaf VI Adolf was 90 years old and if something would have happened to him, Carl Gustaf would be left alone at the Palace. Princess Christina had to postpone the wedding - for the little brother's sake.
- It did not feel so good then. But I had some understanding of how my grandfather thought, she says.
What was Princess Christina's first reaction?
- Why should I have to wait? she says with played tears, but adds that she understood the king.
- He was so clear about what he thought. We weren't so many of the family at the time. My sisters lived abroad or elsewhere, it was just my brother and me. So we waited.
Was it obvious?
- Yes, I was a good girl at the time, she laughs. He was very serious and sympathetic, but he had his strong reasons.
Six months later, on September 15, 1973, King Gustaf VI Adolf died down in Helsingborg. "My own wedding was obviously not top of the agenda in autumn 1973. In less than a year, my mother and grandfather died, two of our existence focal points of the respective generation", she writes in the book.
Later, in 1974, Christina could eventually marry her Tord Magnuson at Drottningholm Palace.
"My brother had no objections - which didn't mean that the others weren't hesitant. The plan to set the table for the wedding dinner for hundred twenty guests in the Hall of State made the former Marshal of the Realm to command strength control of the floor", writes Christina.
Christina remembers her long-awaited wedding day with joy. And maybe it was extra special - precisely because of the wait.
- Of course it was a great day for all of us. It is a day to plan for and build dreams about, we did too. It was just as beautiful as we had dreamed of.
Kungen fick prinsessan Christina att skjuta på bröllopet _ Nyheter _ Expressen
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