SWEDEN’S QUEEN DEAD
PATHETIC DEATHBED SCENES IN ROME LONG ILLNEU ENDED United I*. A.—By Telegraph—Copyright ROME, Saturday. The death occurred at Rome yesterday of Queen Victoria of Sweden. A poignant fact is that her Majesty was not able to recognise King Gustaf, who arrived at her bedside while she was dying. The King had reached Naples on Thursday, when, in consequence of reassuring reports as to the Quecf.'b condition, he visited a theatre. Immediately he received the news that her Majesty was worse he continued his journey to Rome and arrived just iu time to see her before her death. The Queen had suffered from lung trouble for many years. Finally her heart weakened and she succumbed. The King and Queen of Italy placed flowers on the deathbed.
A message from Stockholm says the news of Queen Victoria’s death was received at the Swedish capital when the theatres were being opened. All performances were abandoned and ail dancing and other amusements ceased. The remains of the late Queen are to be setnt by train to Swinemuende and thence by warship to Stockholm. The funeral probably will take place on April 12.
The late Queen Victoria had been in ill health for several years. Evt» before she became Queen of Sweden Victoria was little known to her people, as her delicate health compelled a residence in Italy for a great part of every year. Like her husband, however, she gained immensely in popularity after her coronation, and her stately appearance never failed to evoke admiration. “Every inch a Queen" was the utterance frequently heard from the crowd when she passed through the streets of Stockholm. She was 6S years of age. Her father was the late Grand Duke Friedrich I. of Baden, and her mother was Princess Luise of Prussia, daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Her only brother was formerly Grand Duke Friedrich 11. of Baden. On September 20 1881, the Queen was .married at Karlsruhe to the then Crown Prince of Sweden, now King Gustaf V. It was on December 8, 1907, that she ascended tho Swedish throne with him. There are two sons of the marriage, the Crown Prince Gustai Adolf and Prince William.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 941, 7 April 1930, Page 9
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365SWEDEN’S QUEEN DEAD Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 941, 7 April 1930, Page 9
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