Queen Silvia of Sweden.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty
Sweden’sQueen Silviais opening up like never before in a rare interview in which she discusses the death of her older brother, Walther Sommerlath, who died in October following a battle with Alzheimer’s.
Asked how she was handling her brother’s death, Silvia, 76, said, “It may be a little too early to say. I do not know if I have handled it yet.”
In a statement on October 23, Queen Silvia said, “I and my family feel great sorrow and loss for my brother Walther.”
Ingrid Sommerlath and Walther Sommerlath.Gisela Schober/Getty
Earlier this week,King Carl XVI Gustaf spoke out against Sweden’s handling of the coronaviruspandemic.
“I think we have failed,” King Carl XVI Gustaf said in an excerpt of his pre-recorded Christmas interview, which will be broadcast December 21. “A large number have died, and that is terrible.”
Unlike many European countries, Sweden has avoided a full lockdown amid the pandemic, relying instead on voluntary guidelines.
The King and Queen’s son, Prince Carl Philip, and daughter-in-law,Princess Sofia,tested positive for COVID-19 last monthafter experiencing flu-like symptoms. The news came shortly after royal family members gathered to mourn Queen Silvia’s brother.
Princess Sofia, Prince Alexander, Prince Gabriel and Prince Carl Philip.Samir Hussein/WireImage
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Just weeks later, the couple announced that they areexpecting their third child. Sofia, 36, is said in the official announcement to be “doing well.”
source: people.com
