When Bertil's father died in 1973, his nephew Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne.

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By the time King Carl XVI Gustaf took the throne in 1973, times had changed.

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King Carl XVI Gustaf will present them with their awards at a Stockholm ceremony on 27 August.

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National Environmental Merit Award (2006) and The Royal Order of the Polar Star (2002) delivered by His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden.

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With a strong possibility that Prince Bertil would have to act as Regent to the present King Carl XVI Gustaf, who was less than a year old when his father was killed, the couple did not marry.

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