Norway’s new king Haakon VIII has addressed the nation for the first time after succeeding his late father Harald V as monarch.
Haakon, 53, spoke to the Norwegian people on Saturday in a speech broadcast live from the Royal Palace in Oslo – where his father lies in state – in which he thanked him ‘for everything he was and everything he did’.
King Harald V, who is a cousin of King Charles III, died on Friday aged 89 following a brief stay in hospital where he was being treated for haemolytic anaemia, a disorder that causes red blood cells to be destroyed at an
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