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Royal condolences for Prince Henrik

Early this morning, the Royal Danish House announced that His Royal Highness Prince Henrik had died at the age of 83 at home at Fredensborg Palace. He passed away peacefully in his sleep surrounded by his wife, Queen Margrethe and their two sons, Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim at 11:18 pm on 13 February. The Royal Danish House has announced that the Royal Court will have a month of…
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Oslo - Day 1

Earlier today, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were received by Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit at the military section of Oslo Gardermoen Airport. After two days of touring Sweden, the British royals have now ended most of their events on their first day in Oslo. After arrival, the royals went directly to the Royal Palace in Oslo’s city centre. Here the Duke and Duchess…
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Norway

King Harald opens the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue's new centre

His Majesty King Harald V of Norway opened Monday the Norwegian “Sea Rescue Company’s” new centre at Langgrunn near the town of Horten, south of the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The centre “RS Noatun” is the company’s new school and adventure centre. His Majesty had the honour to cut the red ribbon under the supervision of Horten’s mayor, Are Karlsen, employees and volunteers…
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Norway

Crown Princess Mette-Marit speaks about her disease

In late November, it became publicly known that Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway suffered from Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. On Tuesday of this week, the Crown Princess was interviewed on the popular radio channel P3 in Norway. Then, she commented on her sickness. During the interview, the Crown Princess said, “I thought I had come early in menopause.” However, the Crown Princess…
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