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...Scandinavia knew of the romance. Last week, after dancing until well-nigh dawn, Prince Olaf rushed back from Stockholm to Oslo, in order to be there to welcome Princess Martha when she arrived for the wedding with her parents. Prince Karl and Princess Ingeborg, the Duke and Duchess of Vastergotland. Benignly in the background, for once, was the Duke's elder brother, His Majesty Gustaf V, King of Sweden and of the Goths and Wends, LL.D...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Royal Wedding | 3/25/1929 | See Source »

Thus faced with a well-nigh desperate situation, Belgian royalty bethought itself of royal nieces. There was, for example, Princess Astrid, 20, robust daughter of Prince Carl, Duke of Vastergotland, a younger brother of scrawny King Gustaf V of Sweden. Recently it was decided that she would do very nicely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: Royal Engagement | 10/4/1926 | See Source »

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