March27 , 2023

    Sweden Royals Hold Church Services for Covid-19 Victims

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    King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife, Queen Silvia, of Sweden held a church ceremony on March 11th to honor the victims of the Coronavirus.

    Held at the chapel of the Drottningholm Palace, the memorial service also coincided with the one-year anniversary of the first death of the pandemic in the country, reports ABC News.

    As of Thursday, more than 13,100 people succumbed to the deadly virus in the Scandanavian nation. Unlike the majority of countries in the world, Sweden refused to implement lockdowns and it became famous for its decision to rely on voluntary measures such as letting its citizens’ sense