[2] Shortly after their wedding, Craig joined the British Army and left for Africa, where he saw active service during the Second World War.

[2] In his absence, Lilian worked in a factory that made radios for the Royal Navy and at a hospital for wounded soldiers.

In 1943, she met the Swedish Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, in London, reportedly at a cocktail party for her 28th birthday.

[3] Bertil's older brother, Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, was second in line to the Swedish throne; but he died in 1947.

[citation needed] Bertil never had to become regent, since his father, who ascended the throne in 1950, lived long enough to see his grandson, Carl Gustaf, come of age.

[6] She lived her final years at Villa Solbacken, her longtime home in the Djurgården area of Stockholm, attended by three nurses.

[10] Princess Astrid of Norway was also in attendance, as were her friends Roger Moore and his Swedish wife Kiki Tholstrup.