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Video. Norway Mourns King Harald V as Crown Prince Haakon Becomes King
The new king met government leaders as church bells rang and flags flew at half-mast after Harald V died at 89, the Royal Court said.
- King Harald died at age 89 on Friday at Oslo University Hospital, with The Royal Court announcing his passing at 6:35 am following Europe's oldest reigning monarch's peaceful death.
- Harald had been hospitalized since last week with haemolytic anaemia and a subsequent bloodstream infection, yet continued performing royal duties despite difficulty walking and frequent respiratory illnesses.
- Church bells rang across Oslo at midday to mourn the monarch, while mourners gathered at Palace Square laying flowers. "It is a hard time for everyone," one woman told reporters.
- Haakon inherited the throne as King Haakon VIII, adopting the motto "Everything for Norway," while Mette-Marit became the new queen and 22-year-old Ingrid Alexandra is the new crown princess.
- The future of the monarchy remains uncertain as scandals have shaken confidence in Haakon's family, including criticism of Mette-Marit's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and her son Marius Borg's four-year prison sentence.
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The death of King Harald V of Norway, who died this Friday August 28 at the age of 89, provoked reactions from different royal families in Europe, who remembered the monarch for his 35 years of service to the country, as well as for his closeness and human quality. The Royal Palace of Oslo reported that King Harald died "peacefully" at 6:35 a.m., local time, at the University Hospital of Oslo Rikshospitalet, where he remained since last week due…
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Thousands of people in Oslo have bid farewell to King Harald V in spite of the pouring rain. Now a new era begins for Norway.
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