Sweden's German-born queen hospitalised for dizziness

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Last Updated : Dec 24 2016 | 5:22 PM IST
Sweden's popular German-born Queen Silvia has been hospitalised on her 73rd birthday because of dizziness.
The Swedish royal household says Silvia was kept overnight for observation and "is doing well."
In a statement, the palace said today she was admitted to Stockholm's Karolinska Institute hospital late yesterday "after feeling dizzy."
It added the mother of Crown Princess Victoria heir to the throne Prince Carl Philip and Princess Madeleine, had been struggling with a cold "for some time."
Born Silvia Renate Sommerlath in Heidelberg, Germany, she met Crown Prince Carl Gustaf who later became King Carl XVI Gustaf at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The pair wed in 1976.

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First Published: Dec 24 2016 | 5:22 PM IST

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