Paying Tribute: King Haakon Joins Norway Memorials for Harald
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The new king of Norway, Haakon VIII, attended a Mass this Sunday in memory of his father, King Harald, who died on Friday, in a ceremony similar to that held in...
The Norwegians gathered in the morning in front of the church of Asker, south of Oslo, in the hope of seeing the new 53-year-old king, who had arrived with his daughter, the heiress princess Ingrid Alexandra, his son, Prince Sverre Magnus, and the widow of King Harald, Queen Sonja. King Harald enjoyed immense popularity, despite the series of scandals that splashed his family at the end of his 35-year reign. A period of national mourning has bee…
The Norwegian royal family thought of a divine service to King Harald V, who died on Friday at the age of 89. The new Queen Mette-Marit (53) was not present for health reasons.
As Queen of Norway after Harald V's death, Mette-Marit, however, shone by his absence at the religious office organized this Sunday in tribute to the sovereign. A remarkable absence but justified by the Court.
The present king of Norway, Haakon VIII, faces one of the most complicated moments of his life. While he has to exercise for the first time as king of the country, he has also had to give his first speech to the nation and begin to assume the tasks that so far corresponded to his father, Harald V. Only ... Continue reading "The Royal Family of Norway at Mass by Harald V: Mette-Marit and Marius Borg held in Palace and Queen Sonia broken in pain"
The death of her husband visibly takes Queen Sonja with her. She could hardly hide her emotions during a service commemorating King Harald V.
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