{"id":160334,"date":"2026-09-05T21:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160334\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T21:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T21:49:10","slug":"prince-william-to-attend-king-haralds-funeral-in-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160334\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William to attend King Harald’s funeral in Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Prince of Wales will attend the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday in Oslo, Buckingham Palace has announced.<\/p>\n

Also going to the funeral, in a personal capacity, is Princess Anne, who is godmother to Norway’s new monarch, King Haakon VIII.<\/a><\/p>\n

The late King Harald, a popular, modernising figure who had been on the Norwegian throne for 35 years, died last month at the age of 89.<\/p>\n

Royal sources say Prince William’s attendance, representing his father King Charles, follows the convention that the monarch does not usually go to the funeral of another head of state.<\/p>\n

Large crowds are expected for the farewell to King Harald on 9 September, with a funeral procession to be followed by a service at Oslo Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Thousands have queued to pay their respects to the late king, during his lying in state in the chapel of the Royal Palace in the Norwegian capital.<\/p>\n

At the funeral, alongside Prince William, will be the widowed Queen Sonja, members of the Norwegian royal family including new King Haakon VIII, and other European royals.<\/p>\n

The service will be followed by a private burial in Norway’s royal mausoleum in the Akershus Fortress.<\/p>\n

\"Mourners<\/p>\n

People have queued to pay their respects to King Harald at the Royal Palace Chapel [Reuters]<\/p>\n

Among the tributes to King Harald was an emotional televised speech by his son King Haakon, who said: “Thank you for being such a good dad.”<\/p>\n

Harald had been seen as a down to earth “people’s king” who had helped to modernise the monarchy, broken with tradition by marrying a commoner and served as a unifying figure.<\/p>\n

His son said he represented the values of a “society built on law and justice, where everyone is of equal value”.<\/p>\n

King Charles’s message praised his cousin King Harald for serving his people with “unwavering dedication, guiding Norway through times of great change with warmth and humility”.<\/p>\n

\"Four<\/p>\n

Prince William and Kate with the then-Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit during a visit to Oslo in 2018 [Getty Images]<\/p>\n

King Haakon assumes his role at a difficult time, with the Norwegian royal family facing scandals this year.<\/p>\n

His wife, Queen Mette-Marit, came under scrutiny when it was revealed she had maintained a three-year friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, for which she publicly apologised.<\/p>\n

Her son from a previous relationship, Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, was convicted in June of rape and other offences and sentenced to four years in prison. He is appealing.<\/p>\n

While Prince William will be in Norway, King Charles has returned to Scotland, after meeting President Macron of France at the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition<\/a> in London this week.<\/p>\n

The King will be hosting Andy Burnham at Balmoral this weekend, in the traditional annual visit of the prime minister to stay with the monarch.<\/p>\n

\"Thin,<\/p>\n

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