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King Harald speaks of horror at Oslo shooting as Royal Family remember those killed

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26th June 2022
King Harald of Norway has spoken about the horror of the Oslo shooting, and the Crown Prince Family has laid flowers at a makeshift memorial.Two people have died, and 21 have been injured after a shooting, which is being treated as a terror attack, in and around the London Pub and popular LGBTQ club in Oslo in the early hours of Saturday morning.The King released a statement the morning…
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Ingeborg, the princess who just provided a future queen with her first tiara

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20th June 2022
The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, debuted a new-to-her tiara at her eighteenth birthday celebrations.The pearl and diamond tiara belonged to Ingrid Alexandra’s great-great-grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden.Born Ingeborg Charlotte Caroline Frederikke Louise in 1878, she was the daughter of King Frederick VII and Louise of Denmark. She was a first cousin…
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra's 18th birthday gifts

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19th June 2022
The Norwegian Royal House has shared the special gifts Princess Ingrid Alexandra received for her 18th birthday, and they range from jewellery to a new bunad and her first foreign order.King Harald and Queen Sonja added to their granddaughter’s jewel vault, gifting her…
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All the glitz and glamour from Princess Ingrid Alexandra's gala dinner

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19th June 2022
Norway was the setting for the largest royal gathering since pre-pandemic times when members of Europe’s royal families came together to celebrate the belated 18th birthday of Princess Ingrid Alexandra.Amidst the historic nature of the event—Ingrid Alexandra will someday be Norway’s first queen regnant in centuries—the royal ladies wore their finest gowns and opened their jewel vaults…
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A forgotten toast and a rapturous reception – Norway’s future queen delivers moving speech to mark her coming of age

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18th June 2022
It was, and will remain, one of the most important speeches of her life. Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway addressed kings, queens, princes, princesses and politicians at a gala dinner marking her coming of age and showed that she is negotiating her path to a crown with confidence.Surrounded by a very proud family and very supportive friends, she spoke movingly of the love that has guided…
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