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Princess Anne will be among the mourners at the funeral of King Harald of Norway this week and for a very important reason. While the Prince of Wales is representing King Charles at the solemn ceremony in Oslo, the Princess Royal will be heading there in a personal capacity. Anne is going to support her godson, Harald’s son, who became King Haakon VIII of Norway on the death of his…

Queen Mette-Marit of Norway has had to miss one of the most important moments in the reign of her husband, King Haakon VIII, for health reasons. Just hours before the new King of Norway took an oath in front of the country’s parliament, it was announced that Mette-Marit wouldn’t be able to attend as she had suffered complications from her lung transplant she underwent earlier this…

The new King of Norway, Haakon VIII, has begun his reign with a sombre duty. King Haakon travelled to the Royal Palace in Oslo just hours after his father, King Harald V, died for the formal declaration of the end of one reigh and the start of another. Haakon VIII, who kept vigil with his father overnight as Harald V slipped away, had the difficult duty of declaring the King of…

Norway is in mourning following the death of King Harald V, who has died at the age of 89. King Haakon VIII has succeeded his father to the throne. King Harald died peacefully at the Rigshospilatet in Oslo on the August 28 2026. He was being treated for side effects for a form of anaemia and had contracted a blood infection. King Harald V was born at Skaugum estate on 21 February 1937 and…