Sweden's Queen Silvia believes her royal palace is plagued by ghosts and even claims to have MET several friendly phantoms

QUEEN Silvia of Sweden believes her royal palace is haunted with “small and pretty friendly” ghosts.

The royal insisted she was not scared of the “phantoms” roaming the corridors of the 17th-century Drottningholm Palace near Stockholm.

Speaking in a documentary to be aired on public television channel SVT, she said: “There are ghosts, many.

“It’s really exciting. But you don’t get scared,” she said.

When asked whether she had ever seen any of the ghosts, she said “Of course. But they are friendly.

“You sometimes feel that you’re not completely alone.”

Queen Silvia, 73, lives in the UNESCO-listed Royal Palace with her husband, King Carl XVI Gustaf.

They were married 40 years ago, which makes her Sweden’s longest-serving queen.

Princess Christina, the king’s sister, backed the queen’s claims when she was interviewed for the film.

“There is much energy in this house. It would be strange if it didn’t take the form of guises,” the princess said.

The residence on Stockholm’s Lovon Island, which was built in the 1600s, has long been rumoured to house ghosts.

Its ghostly inhabitants reportedly include a “gray man” and a “white lady,” according to a 2010 column in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.