Princess Lilian: The miner's daughter who became Swedish royalty's grand old lady

"Princess Lilian died peacefully during the afternoon in her home on Djurgården inStockholm," the statement read.

Roger Lundgren, royal expert and editor of Kungliga Magazine called Princess Lilian a "beloved royal" who was "very, very close" with the royal family.

"She was the grandmother the royal children never had, that's what Lilian was. All of them just adored her," he told the TT news agency.

Princess Lilian was born on August 30th, 1915 in Swansea, South Wales. She had a first marriage to actor Ivan Craig which ended in divorce in 1945.

She worked as a fashion model before taking a job in a factory during in the early years of World War II.

The miner's daughter who became Swedish royalty's grand old lady