Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland

Is Prince Bertil son of Gustaf VI of Sweden still alive ? He was/is
the uncle of the present King of Sweden. Did he renounce his rights to
the throne as many of his siblings did ? I am aware that he married
however not sure if he had children. Can anyone put me right ?

Big Dickie

mjcar...

HRH died on the 5th of January 1997; he was without issue.

Don Aitken...

It seems that, although he married a commoner (Lilian Davies, a Welsh
woman), he was not, unlike his brothers, required to renounce his
royal status. I presume that this was because views had changed in the
25 years which intervened (the renunciations were in 1951; Prince
Bertil and his wife were both over 60 when they married in 1976).

Dag T. Hoelseth...

The succession law Art. 5 at the time said that the dynast would loose his
rights if he married a Swedish private man's daughter or without the King's
consent. Prince Bertil was rewarded for his loyalty and was given consent to
marry in 1976.

mjcar...

Ineed; it was a gesture from the King, in recognition of the fact that
HRH had not married earlier because of the difficulties this may have
caused the Royal Family (who were not exactly flush with dynasts at the
time).

Johan Freidlitz...

The marriage also causes his older brother, Sigvard to raise demands on
that his titles (Prince of Sweden, Duke of Uppland) should be restored
to him. This resulted in a that the distants between the siblings to grow.

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The renunciations were, in fact, earlier than this date. If we limit
ourselves to Prince Bertil's brothers, Prince Sigvard renounced his
rights in 1934, and prince Carl Johan in 1946, which was the last time
a Swedish Prince lost his succession rights because of marriage.

And while it is true that the attitudes had changed in the meantime -
best illustrated by the fact that King Gustaf VI Adolf was present at
all the weddings of the Kings sisters, and while those who married
non-royals lost their style of "Princess of Sweden", they still
retained the style of "Princess [firstname]" - this wasn't the most
important part of it.

As others have explained in the thread, it was first and foremost an
act of gratitude for the unselfish way in which Prince Bertil and Mrs.
Craig had put their personal interest below the needs of those of the
Royal house and the Monarchy for some thirty years by _not_ marrying at
a time when such a marriage would have been disapproved by the
Sovereign.

It was this little important difference that the former Prince Sigvard
never managed to fathom.

Jan B=F6hme