Swedish king 'just another mourner'

In a stirring speech, King Carl Gustaf called on Sweden’s nine million people today to draw together amid the uncertainty over the nation’s death toll in the Asian tsunami.

“We think of all our close and dear ones who, just a couple of days ago, were a natural part of our family, our friends, our classroom or our sisters and brothers, but who no longer are among us,” he said at a memorial service, with his wife, Queen Silvia, and their three children, looking on.