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carried them through all difficulties, united them in
ever closer bonds, and always made their home a
place of perfect harmony. I never heard my parents
exchange an angry or violent word. Their relationship
was characterized by an unselfish appreciation of
each other’s wishes. They provived an unique example
of living up to the high ideals in which they believed,
and they expressed their deep and wholehearted
piety in everyday life. Now that my father is alone,
he goes on living in the same humble and modest
fashion, and looks forward to the day when he will
once more be united with mother in a heaven which,
to him, has always been a living reality.
It was in such an environment that I grew up, and
it must naturally have made its impression on my
youth and upon my entire life. There was ample room
for joy and laughter, but our home was primarily
characterized by a feeling of seriousness and warm
piety. Our education was strict. I remember that my
father often said that children should learn to obey
before they were two years old. My parents laid great
stress on honesty, obedience, and punctuality, even
if they were tolerant of childish pranks and mischief,
providing that nothing was done that either irritated
or harmed anyone. Even when we were small, we
were taught to think of being useful and helpful to
others. My father and his brothers had been educated
in this spirit, and my parents wished to continue the
traditions that my grandmother, Queen Sophia, had
founded. Every Christmas in our home on
östermalmsgatan, my family arranged what would now
be called ”a little Christmas Eve”, when we invited
a number of poor families in Stockholm: Even today
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