{"id":342513,"date":"2026-09-10T03:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342513\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:48:39","slug":"king-felipe-and-queen-letizia-join-11-royal-houses-for-king-haralds-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342513\/","title":{"rendered":"King Felipe and Queen Letizia join 11 Royal Houses for King Harald\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"

King Harald of Norway\u2019s funeral brings together the Norwegian royal family, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, and royals and world leaders from around the globe in Oslo. King Haakon, accompanied by his sister, Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise, and his children, Crown Princess Ingrid and Prince Sverre, leads the solemn procession behind his father\u2019s coffin from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral. Carried on a gun carriage and draped in the royal standard, King Harald\u2019s coffin makes its final journey through the capital as a grief-stricken royal family and thousands of mourners bid farewell to the monarch.<\/p>\n

\"King\u00a9 WireImageKing Haakon leads the Norwegian royal family in the funeral procession for his father, King Harald V, through the streets of Oslo.<\/p>\n

\"From\u00a9 Getty ImagesKing Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain join members of Europe\u2019s royal families in Oslo to pay their final respects to King Harald.<\/p>\n

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In order of seniority on the throne, King Carl Gustaf of Sweden leads the Bernadotte family in the procession. The Swedish royals have always shared close ties with Norway\u2019s king and his family, and Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are in attendance, along with Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia, and Princess Madeleine and her husband,\u00a0Chris O’Neill.<\/p>\n

\"King\u00a9 Getty ImagesKing Carl Gustaf and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden join the solemn procession honoring King Harald V.<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 Getty ImagesPrince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco attend the funeral of King Harald alongside members of 11 royal houses.<\/p>\n

\"Prince\u00a9 Getty ImagesPrince William joins international royalty and world leaders in Oslo for King Harald\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n

They are followed by King Abdullah of Jordan and Queen Rania; Prince Albert and Princess Charlene of Monaco; King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima of the Netherlands, accompanied by Princess Amalia; King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium; King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain; King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark with their son, Crown Prince Christian; Grand Duke Guillaume and Grand Duchess St\u00e9phanie of Luxembourg, together with Grand Duke Henri; the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan; Prince William and Princess Anne of the United Kingdom; and Prince Pavlos of Greece.<\/p>\n

\"Queen\u00a9 Getty ImagesQueen Rania of Jordan arrives in Oslo as royals from around the world gather to bid farewell to King Harald.<\/p>\n

\"King\u00a9 Getty ImagesKing Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima of the Netherlands attend with their daughter, Princess Catharina-Amalia.<\/p>\n

Following the representatives of the royal houses are 17 heads of state: Germany\u2019s Frank-Walter Steinmeier; Ukraine\u2019s Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Lithuania\u2019s Gitanas Naus\u0117da; Moldova\u2019s Maia Sandu; Estonia\u2019s Alar Karis; Albania\u2019s Bajram Begaj; Canada\u2019s Governor General Louise Arbour; Slovenia\u2019s Nata\u0161a Pirc Musar; the Czech Republic\u2019s Petr Pavel; Latvia\u2019s Edgars Rink\u0113vi\u010ds; Finland\u2019s Alexander Stubb; Iceland\u2019s Halla T\u00f3masd\u00f3ttir; Georgia\u2019s Mikheil Kavelashvili; Greece\u2019s Konstantinos Tasoulas; Poland\u2019s Karol Nawrocki; Ireland\u2019s Catherine Connolly; and Hungary\u2019s Andr\u00e1s Baka.<\/p>\n

\"King\u00a9 Getty ImagesKing Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium join the royal guests attending King Harald\u2019s funeral in Oslo.<\/p>\n

Also taking part in the funeral procession are Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Morocco\u2019s Aziz Akhannouch, Sweden\u2019s Ulf Kristersson, Thailand\u2019s Anutin Charnvirakul, and France\u2019s S\u00e9bastien Lecornu.<\/p>\n

\"King\u00a9 Getty ImagesKing Haakon leads the Norwegian royal family in an emotional farewell to his father, King Harald, as the funeral procession makes its way from the Royal Palace to Oslo Cathedral.<\/p>\n

Rounding out the procession, which moves forward in deafening silence as crowds of citizens line the streets to bid farewell to King Harald V, are the mounted police, the General Staff and Army bands, the Guard of Honor of His Majesty the King, the head of the Royal Household, as well as Norway\u2019s prime minister, the president of Parliament (the Storting), and the chief justice of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Following the funeral procession, Queen Sonja, 89, and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, who is facing a difficult recovery from a lung transplant, travel by car to the cathedral.<\/p>\n

\"Queen\u00a9 Getty ImagesQueen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit travel to Oslo Cathedral as Norway mourns King Harald V.<\/p>\n

Norway is following the same tradition used to bid farewell to King Olav in 1991. Then, too, members of royal families and international leaders joined the funeral procession led by the young King Harald. Six kings and 10 queens took part, including Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who is currently hospitalized; King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sof\u00eda of Spain; Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands; the then Prince Charles of Wales, representing the United Kingdom; and Japan\u2019s then Crown Prince Naruhito. Only one king, Carl Gustaf of Sweden, took part in both processions, bidding farewell to King Olav and, 35 years later, to his son, King Harald V.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Harald of Norway\u2019s funeral brings together the Norwegian royal family, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[19665,128473,98310,9,24,70330,63,122,124,123,4259,15420,120100],"class_list":["post-342513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-dutch-royals","tag-japanese-royals","tag-monaco-royals","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-norwegian-royals","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royals","tag-spanish-royals","tag-swedish-royals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342513","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=342513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}