<p class="title">Dutch Princess Christina, the youngest sister of former Queen Beatrix, died Friday after a battle with bone cancer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was 72.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina, the youngest of four daughters of the late Queen Juliana and her German-born husband Prince Bernhard, died at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, according to the Dutch Royal House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a tweet, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Beatrix described Christina as "a striking personality with a warm heart."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Publicity-shy Christina and her former husband Jorge Guillermo, the son of a Cuban doctor, had three children, Bernardo, Nicolás and Juliana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The couple divorced in 1996. The marriage removed Christina from the line of succession to the Dutch throne and allowed her to live outside the royal court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During her life, she lived in countries including Italy, the United States and Canada.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said by relinquishing her right to the throne, Christina "created room for herself to lead her own life. A life dominated by family, her great love of music and development of young singing talent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina was born partially blind and her mother's decision to seek help from a faith healer, Greet Hofmans, led to a royal crisis in the 1950s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hofmans reportedly exerted increasing influence over Queen Juliana to the annoyance of Prince Bernhard, leading to rumours of a possible divorce. The royal couple, however, remained married.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina's remains will be taken to Fagel's Garden Pavilion on the grounds of Noordeinde Palace, where friends and family will pay their last respects before a private cremation. </p>
<p class="title">Dutch Princess Christina, the youngest sister of former Queen Beatrix, died Friday after a battle with bone cancer.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She was 72.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina, the youngest of four daughters of the late Queen Juliana and her German-born husband Prince Bernhard, died at the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, according to the Dutch Royal House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a tweet, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and Beatrix described Christina as "a striking personality with a warm heart."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Publicity-shy Christina and her former husband Jorge Guillermo, the son of a Cuban doctor, had three children, Bernardo, Nicolás and Juliana.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The couple divorced in 1996. The marriage removed Christina from the line of succession to the Dutch throne and allowed her to live outside the royal court.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During her life, she lived in countries including Italy, the United States and Canada.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said by relinquishing her right to the throne, Christina "created room for herself to lead her own life. A life dominated by family, her great love of music and development of young singing talent."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina was born partially blind and her mother's decision to seek help from a faith healer, Greet Hofmans, led to a royal crisis in the 1950s.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Hofmans reportedly exerted increasing influence over Queen Juliana to the annoyance of Prince Bernhard, leading to rumours of a possible divorce. The royal couple, however, remained married.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Christina's remains will be taken to Fagel's Garden Pavilion on the grounds of Noordeinde Palace, where friends and family will pay their last respects before a private cremation. </p>