King Harald of Norway

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The King of Norway has died aged 89 years.He was a great grandson of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.He is succeeded by his only son Crown Prince Haakon. 

[bx...@yahoo.com]

He was also a 2xgreat-grandson of Queen Victoria.

His son, formerly the Crown Prince, a 3x great-grandson of the Queen, succeeds as King Haakon VIII.

Brooke

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On an updated list (following the birth of Adelaide BROOKSBANK), the late King had been  #92 in the line of succession to the British throne:

https://www.britroyals.com/succession.asp

Brooke

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Family connection from Edward VII, eldest son of Queen Victoria:

Edward VII

l-----------------------------------l

George V                       Princess Maud   m. Haakon VII of Norway     (siblings)

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George VI                      Olav V                                                                     (1st cousins)

l                                       l

Elizabeth II                    HARALD V                                                             (2nd cousins)

l                                       l

CHARLES III                  HAAKON VIII                                                         (3rd cousins)

In addition, Charles III was a second cousin once removed of Harald V.

Brooke

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After reading the touching and heartfelt  statement issued by Buckingham Palace, it will be interesting to see if the King attends the funeral, or if perhaps, the Prince of Wales goes in his stead.

Brooke

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Princess Anne is more likely to attend as Godmother to the new King

[Nick MacGregor-Sadolin]

Hi, 

Here is the Norwegian Royal Family''s connection to Queen Victoria simply illustrated.

Best regards,

Nick

Nick MacGregor Sadolin

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[Paul Theroff]

Yesterday I watched this video of King Olav's funeral in 1991. I think I saw both Prince Charles and Princess Anne at that funeral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-78PMZSyuk

[bx...@yahoo.com]

A quick google search confirms you were right, Paul.  They were both there.

Brooke

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The state funeral for the late King will  take place at 1 PM, on Wednesday, September 9th, at the Oslo Cathedral.

Brooke

[Nick MacGregor-Sadolin]

This article in Norwegian says, who is expected to attend King Harald's funeral:

https://www.tv2.no/nyheter/kampen-om-plassene-voldsomt-puslespill/19177167/ 

On a later date, the Norwegian Royal Palace is expected to announce, who will attend the funeral:

https://www.royalcourt.no/ 

Best regards,

Nick

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[Paul Theroff]

It seems that the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal will attend the funeral.

https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/prins-william-og-prinsesse-anne-kommer-i-kong-haralds-gravferd/s/80-95-57092


Note: Some fellow members at the Nobiliana Forum recently compiled lists of those present for King Olav's funeral in 1991. The guests then included Lady Alexandra Clare Carnegie and her brother the Earl of Macduff. I don't know whether the Carnegies are still in contact with their cousins in Norway, but if they attend they will likely not be announced in the official British Court sources.

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The funeral is now live on You Tube

[Paul Theroff]

Official government guest-list:

https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/e5d2d82440c44cb5872a766b4ce57e93/guest-list-oslo-cathedral.pdf

There appear to be no Carnegies on the list.

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Very odd list

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales

HM King Frederik

Queen Rania Abdullah

Abdullah Bin Al Hussein

Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg

Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano

Felipe De Borbón Y Grecia

HRH Princess Sofia

HRH Prince Carl Philip

HRH Crown Princess Victoria

HM Queen Silvia

HM King Carl XVI Gustaf

the Queen of the Belgians

the King of the Belgians

Máxima Queen of the Netherlands

Willem-Alexander King of the Netherlands

Sophie of Liechtenstein

Alois of Liechtenstein

[Paul Theroff]

The various royals are not all together, and some searching must be done to find them all. Princess Astrid was there, and members of her family and Princess Ragnhild's. King Harald's first cousin Madeleine Kogevinas is on the list.

Besides the ones you mention, members of the Monégasque, Greek, Bulgarian and Serbian royal families were present.

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The lists are far from complete.Former Queen Beatrix and the Crown Princess of the Netherlands were present

[Paul Theroff]

Here is a list of those attending from European royal families, based on a list edited by Emilien at the Nobiliana Forum:

!. Norwegian Royal Family:

Dronning Sonja
Prinsesse Märtha Louise
Durek Verrett
Maud Angelica Behn
Leah Isadora Behn
Emma Tallulah Behn
H.M. Kongen
H.M. Dronningen
H.K.H. Kronprinsessen
Prins Sverre Magnus
Marius Borg Høiby

Prinsesse Astrid
Haakon Lorentzen
Martha Lorentzen
Cathrine Ferner Johansen
Arild Johansen
Sebastian Ferner
Belinda Lundstrøm
Benedikte Ferner
Aage Hvinden
Alexander Ferner
Elisabeth Ferner
Anders Leegaard
Carl-Christian Ferner


2. Descendants of siblings of King Harald's mother:

Grev Axel av Rosenborg
Grevinne Jutta av Rosenborg
Grev Carl Johan av Rosenborg
Grevinne Sidsel av Rosenborg
Grev Carl Johan av Rosenborg
Grevinne Vanessa av Rosenborg
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg
Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg

the King of the Belgians
the Queen of the Belgians

Mrs. Madeleine Kogevinas
Mr. Bernhard Mach
Comtesse Marie-Christine Ullens de Schooten
Mrs. Desirée Kogevinas


3. Sweden:

Princess Christina Mrs Magnuson
Tord Magnuson

HM King Carl XVI Gustaf

HM Queen Silvia
HRH Crown Princess Victoria
HRH Prince Daniel
HRH Prince Carl Philip
HRH Princess Sofia
HRH Princess Madeleine
Christopher O'Neill


4. Denmark:

HM King Frederik
HM Queen Mary
HRH Crown Prince Christian
HRH Princess Benedikte
HH Prinsesse Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg


5. Greece:

Queen Anne-Marie
Alexia De Grèce
Carlos Morales Quintana
Pavlos De Grèce
Nikolaos De Grèce


6. Others:

Prince William of Wales
The Princess Royal

Queen Sofía of Spain
King Felipe of Spain
Queen Letizia of Spain

Crown Prince of Serbia Alexander
Crown Princess of Serbia Katherine

Prince Kyril of Bulgaria
Katharina Butler
Rosario Nadal

Willem-Alexander King of the Netherlands
Máxima Queen of the Netherlands

Queen Beatrix
Princess Amalia

Alois of Liechtenstein
Sophie of Liechtenstein

Prince Albert II of Monaco
Princess Charlène of Monaco

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There is a video on You Tube showing King Haakon receiving these guests at a reception after the funeral.

This will probably be the last funeral were the deceased monarch was so closely related to other monarchs, King Harald was first cousin to two Kings of the Belgians,a Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and a fairly close cousin of the Kings of Denmark, Sweden and England. From now on it will be more and more distant cousins

[Sam Marroy]

That's true, by degree of relation at least, but it seems like there's still a conscious effort to maintain close relations among the royal families even though the days of intermarriage are more or less over - Frederik, Haakon and Victoria vacation together with their families, for example, and their kids are probably closer in a real world sense than a lot of the first and second cousin relations were 100 years ago. There was a news item a while back that Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Princess Amalia of the Netherlands, and Princess Ingrid of Norway have a close friendship and WhatsApp group chat together, as well, and it seems like the Spanish and British royal families are close.

As a side note I think it's interesting how strict so many of the former royal houses are about their marriage rules - maybe it's because they haven't had to adapt to the modern world for survival the way the current ruling houses have, or maybe it's because it's about all they have left that marks them as royal, but either way there have been a number of controversies about approved/acceptable marriages among the Italian/German royals, while I can't really remember the last one from a reigning house.

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King Harald and his sisters were forerunners in this trend of marrying commoners.

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The Daily Telegraph obituary of Princess Astrid tells us she threatened a hunger strike to be able to marry a divorced commoner. The Bishop of Oslo at the time refused to preside at the ceremony and a retired bishop had to marry them!