Biographical film entitled 'Princess Lilian from Swansea'. Princess Lilian of Sweden, Duchess of Halland was born Lillian May Davies, in Swansea on 30 August 1915. She was a British fashion model and became a member of the Swedish royal family through her 1976 marriage to Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland. As such, she was a paternal aunt of King Carl sixteenth Gustaf of Sweden and a maternal aunt of Queen Margrethe the second of Denmark and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece. Lillian May Davies was the daughter of William John Davies, who had a market stall after working in a coal mine, and his wife Gladys Mary, née Curran, a shop assistant. The site of the terraced house where they lived is now beneath the Quadrant Shopping Centre in Swansea. Length: 00:04:54
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- ReferenceGB 216 D/D Z 717/139
- Dates of Creation2022
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description1 CD-ROM containing video file in MP4 format, 58.0 MB