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Royal Attendance at King Harald V’s Funeral

* denotes a godparent to or godchildren of the Norway Royal Family.

Green denotes Royals in the Procession. Mobility issues were likely a factor in who was absent from procession.

Norway Royal Family

  • Queen Sonja
    • (Driven in car during procession)
    • King Harald & Queen Mette-Marit
      • (Mette-Marit was driven in car during Procession)
      • Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra
      • Prince Sverre Magnus
      • Marius Borg Høiby
        • Hehas been granted permission to leave house arrest to attend the funeral.
    • Princess Martha-Louise & Durek Verrett
      • Maud Behn
      • Leah Behn
      • Emma Behn
  • Princess Astrid
  • + Extended Norewegin Royal Family

European Monarchies

  • Belgium
    • King Philippe & Queen Mathilde*
  • Denmark
    • King Frederik* & Queen Mary
      • Crown Prince Christian
    • Queen Margrethe*
      • Canceled due to hospitalization.
    • Princess Benedikte
  • Liechtenstein
    • Hereditary Prince Alois & Hereditary Princess Sophie
  • Luxembourg
    • Grand Duke Guillaume & Grand Duchess Stephanie
    • Grand Duke Henri
  • Monaco
    • Prince Albert & Princess Charlene
  • Netherlands
    • King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima
      • Princess Catharina-Amalia
    • Princess Beatrix
  • Sweden
    • King Carl Gustaf* & Queen Silvia
      • Crown Princess Victoria* & Prince Daniel
      • Prince Carl Philip & Princess Sofia
      • Princess Madeleine & Chris O’Neil
    • Princess Christina and Tord Magnuson
  • Spain
    • King Felipe* & Queen Letizia
    • Queen Sofia
  • UK
    • Prince William
    • Princess Anne*

Non-European Monarchies

  • Japan
    • Crown Prince Fumihito & Crown Princess Kiko
  • Jordan
    • King Abdullah & Queen Rania

Former Monarchies/Royal Houses

  • Bulgaria
    • Prince Cyril and Princess Rosario
  • Greece
    • Queen Anne-Marie
      • Crown Prince Pavlos*
        • He was the only Royal from a former Monarchy included.
      • Princess Alexia
      • Prince Nikolaos
  • Serbia
    • Crown Prince Alexander & Crown Princess Katrina

Order of Procession from Royal Palace to Funeral Service

Norway Royals

  • Royals Walking (L-R)
    • Prince Sverre Magnus
    • King Haakon
    • Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra
    • Princess Martha Louise
  • Royal in Car
    • Queen Sonja
    • Queen Mette-Marit

It looks like the Foreign Royals in the Procession were organized by Length of the Reign:

Monarch attending

  • 1. Sweden (52 yrs)
  • 2. Jordan (27 yrs)
  • 3. Monaco (21 yrs)
  • 4. Netherlands (13 yrs, 132 days)
  • 5. Belgium (13 yrs, 50 days)
  • 6. Spain (12 yrs)
  • 7. Denmark (2 yrs)

Heir Attending:

  • 8. Liechtenstein (36 yrs of current reign)
  • 9. Japan (7 yrs)
  • 10. UK (4 yrs)

Former Monarchy

  • 11. Greece
    • (Included due to Close Connection)

Death of King Harald/ Accession of King Haakon of Norway (2026)

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6 responses to “Royal Attendance at King Harald V’s Funeral”

  1. Peter Couillault

    As a great-grandson of Edward vii and Queen Alexandra HM king Harald v had a close relationship with the British royals, and for that reason and being blood-related HM King Charles iii should be in attendance at his cousin’s state funeral.

  2. Of course Charles should attend the funeral in Oslo

    1. We do think it is very likely that both those couples will attend the funeral. However, we have not seen any official confirmation from their respective palace that they are attending.

  3. Pretenders to great European thrones:
    The Count and Countess of Paris?
    The Duke and Duchess of Braganca, perhaps with the Prince of Beira?

    And great princely families:
    The Prince and Princess de Ligne
    The Duke and Duchess of Arenberg
    The Duke and Duchess de Broglie

    1. Royals from Former houses would only be invited if they had a close friendship with the Norway Royal Family. (The obligation to invite every monarchy, or every one close to you, usually just exists for current sovereign monarchies.) To predict who will attend, usually I look at who made a statement after the royals death or who attended other past events where foreign royals would be invited.

      I don’t believe any of those people were at recent events like King Harald & Queen Sonja’s 70th Wedding Anniversary gala or Princess Ingrid’s 18th birthday gala. And I know there were not any Norway Royals at the former Count of Paris’s funeral, etc.

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