Norway said goodbye to King Harald V at a state funeral in Oslo that drew enormous crowds and closed out a reign of 35 years. His death opens a new chapter for the Royal Palace. His son is now King Haakon VIII , and Princess Ingrid, just 22 years old, has moved to the center of the institution. It’s a lot of pressure to land on an heir who’s still in training, and one who’s acting as a stand-in for her mother, Queen Mette-Marit , as she recovers from a lung transplant.
The weight of that history is hard to overstate. Harald was the first Norwegian-born king of Norway in generations. His dynasty has Danish and British roots, and both his…
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