SWEDEN: More Romance & Renunciation

Sweden's ramrod King Gustaf Adolf still had an heir last week in his son Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, but he could be sure of little else. Romance had already induced one of his brothers and two of his grandsons to renounce their right of succession to one of the few good thrones left in Europe. Last week it took a third grandson, 22-year-old Prince Bertil Gustaf Oscar Charles Eugen, Duke of Halland, Chevalier of the Order of the Seraphim, third son of the Crown Prince. Bertil's eye had fallen on one Christina Brambeck,...

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