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Princess Astrid attended baptism of rescue ship named after her late sister, Princess Ragnhild

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17th August 2019
On Wednesday of this week, Princess Astrid, Mrs Ferner was present when the newest rescue ship in Norway was baptised at the Norwegian Maritime Museum. The ship was named “Princess Ragnhild” who was the older sister of both Princess Astrid and His Majesty King Harald V of Norway. Princess Ragnhild died in 2012. “Princess Ragnhild” becomes the Rescue Company’s 170th…
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Tree in Crown Princess Märtha's Garden vandalised

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19th July 2019
The Norwegian Palace Park in Oslo was vandalised last Thursday, according to a gardener’s facebook post. They posted about the incident: “It is so sad when things like this happen.” A Japanese cherry tree in Crown Princess Märtha’s Garden has been…
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Oslo Royal Palace's summer exhibition in pictures

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14th July 2019
In June, the temporary summer exhibition opened at the Royal Palace in Oslo. This is an excellent exhibition that anyone who visits Norway’s capital should see. For those of you who cannot visit Oslo this summer, you can see the presentation here: The backyard of the Royal Palace. Photo: Oskar Aanmoen / Royal Central. Those who enter the palace during the summer months must go via the public…
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Royal Court in dialogue about commercial use of Princess Märtha Louise’s title

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23rd June 2019
King Harald of Norway has confirmed to Norwegian media that the Royal Court is in dialogue about the commercial use of Princess Märtha Louise’s title. Confirming the dialogue is underway to NRK, His Majesty said, “At the present time, we cannot say how far we have come in the dialogue. But we are trying to get an arrangement.” The King was questioned on if the commercial use of the…
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King Harald and Queen Sonja continue their county tour

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20th June 2019
This week, King Harald and Queen Sonja are visiting western parts of their kingdom. This is the first time the queen has taken part in engagements after she had to cancel her participation during the State Visit from South Korea last week due to an infection in her leg. On Tuesday, the king and queen visited the two municipalities, Jondal and Odda. Five municipalities in Hordaland are to be…
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