{"id":341159,"date":"2026-09-08T22:30:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341159\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T22:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T22:30:43","slug":"queen-ranias-last-minute-decision-to-attend-haralds-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/341159\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Rania\u2019s last-minute decision to attend Harald\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queen Rania of Jordan will travel to Oslo for King Harald V\u2019s funeral after confirming her attendance at the last minute. She will join her husband, King Abdullah II, and members of Europe\u2019s royal families for the final farewell to the Norwegian monarch, who reigned for 35 years.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 GTRESThe day Queen Rania of Jordan shook hands with King Harald V during the Norwegian monarch\u2019s visit to the Royal Palace in Amman<\/p>\n

The state funeral at Oslo Cathedral will bring together reigning royals and heads of state from around the world. The scale of the gathering has prompted the largest security operation in Norway\u2019s history, as the country prepares to honor Harald and support its new monarch, King Haakon VIII.<\/p>\n

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\nQueen Rania\u2019s Unexpected Trip to Oslo<\/p>\n

Members of Jordan\u2019s royal family were confirmed as guests only a few days ago, but one name was conspicuously missing from the list: Queen Rania. The Royal Hashemite Court has now announced that she will attend, adding another prominent royal figure to an already extraordinary gathering in Oslo.<\/p>\n

\"The\u00a9 GTRESThe Royal Palace in Amman was decked out for King Harald and Queen Sonja\u2019s visit<\/p>\n

Rania will join several of Europe\u2019s queens, along with heads of state and members of royal families from across the continent, for the final farewell to Harald. The late king leaves behind a remarkable legacy after nearly four decades on the Norwegian throne.<\/p>\n

The funeral proceedings will begin on September 9 at around 1 p.m., when a procession carrying the king\u2019s coffin will make its way from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral.<\/p>\n

For Abdullah and Rania, the trip is about more than royal protocol. The Hashemite and Norwegian royal families have shared a close relationship for years. Their friendship was on display in March 2020, when Harald and Queen Sonja traveled to Jordan at the invitation of King Abdullah. The visit underscored the warmth and mutual respect between the two royal households.<\/p>\n

\"Queen\u00a9 Samir Hussein\/WireImageKing Abdullah II and Queen Rania of Jordan also attended Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

In Oslo, Abdullah and Rania will join a distinguished group of European royals, including King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, who will attend with Queen Sof\u00eda; King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark; and Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco, among others. The number of royals, dignitaries and heads of state expected in the capital has led Norwegian authorities to mount an unprecedented security operation.<\/p>\n

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\nTomorrow, Norway will say its final farewell to Harald V<\/p>\n

A military procession will leave the Royal Palace in Oslo carrying the king\u2019s coffin to the cathedral. Police officers, the Armed Forces band, the King\u2019s Guard honor company, and the head of the Royal Court will accompany the cortege. Harald\u2019s family will follow the coffin, with members of other royal families behind them.<\/p>\n

\"Tomorrow,\u00a9 AFP via Getty ImagesTomorrow, the world will mourn as it bids a final farewell to King Harald V.<\/p>\n

The procession will move through the heart of Oslo in solemn silence, broken only by the measured cadence of the military escort.<\/p>\n

At 1 p.m., the king\u2019s coffin will arrive at Oslo Cathedral for the funeral service. A minute of silence will then be observed inside the cathedral and across Norway as the royal family, visiting monarchs and heads of state come together for the country\u2019s final farewell to its longtime king.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queen Rania of Jordan will travel to Oslo for King Harald V\u2019s funeral after confirming her attendance at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[60224,9,24,63,16969,122,124,123,4259],"class_list":["post-341159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-jordanian-royals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queen-rania","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}