Dozens of European royals and heads of state, including the Prince of Wales and 3 Nordic kings, person paid their past respects to King Harald V successful Oslo.
Thousands of radical lined the way during a ceremonial procession from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral connected Wednesday afternoon, astir 2 weeks aft the king died aged 89.
After the ceremonial and burial, the Norwegian royal family, including the caller King Haakon, his woman Queen Mette-Marit, and his parent and Harald's widow Queen Sonja greeted crowds from the palace balcony.
A minute's soundlessness was besides observed passim the country. Harald, who was seen arsenic a popular, modernising figure, was connected the Norwegian throne for 35 years.
After 13 days of nationalist mourning, the time began connected Wednesday with ceremonial troops assembling astatine Akershus Fortress, the medieval castle wherever Harald was aboriginal laid to rest.
A procession past took place, with Haakon, his sister Princess Märtha Louise and his children Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus, pursuing the precocious king's coffin connected foot.
Mette-Marit, who precocious underwent a palmy lung transplant, and Sonja, 89, followed successful a car.
Prince William, representing his begetter King Charles III, attended the ceremonial alongside the Princess Royal, who was determination successful a idiosyncratic capableness arsenic godmother to Norway's caller monarch.
They were among 30 royal figures from Sweden, Jordan, Monaco, Belgium, Spain, Japan and Denmark.
Among the non-royal heads of authorities attending the ceremonial were Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on with 5 overseas premier ministers.
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