Death & Funeral of HH Princess Ragnhild (9 June 1930 - 16 September 2012)

[Meraude]

Photos from the funeral of princess Ragnhild: Prinsesse Ragnhild, fru Lorentzens bisettelse - VG Nett

[An Ard Ri]

Was Crown Princess Victoria the only foreign Royal to attend?

[Meraude]

Originally Posted by An Ard Ri

Was Crown Princess Victoria the only foreign Royal to attend?

Yes, it seems so, if you don't count the widow and daughter of prince Carl Bernadotte (princess Ragnhild's maternal uncle) as royals.

[Iva]

I'm rather surprised that there was no one from Belgium (and also Luxembourg). Ragnhild and Albert were first cousins after all.

[Josefine]

why did victoria sit in the front row?
i think she walked down with Erling Lorentzen after the service

[fairy tale]

a video VGTV The end is very touching, when they all leave.
It's nice that Crown Princess Victoria and the widow and daughter of prince Carl Bernadotte (thanks for identifying!) were present as well.
The picture of CP Victoria together with Erling Lorentzen is so touching.

video of Princess Ragnhild's son Haakon holding a speech VGTV
"It is a strange feeling to lose your mother"

[Iva]

Originally Posted by Josefine

why did victoria sit in the front row?
i think she walked down with Erling Lorentzen after the service

I'd say because she was there representing her father. Carl Gustaf would have been seated in front row.

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Meraude

Yes, it seems so, if you don't count the widow and daughter of prince Carl Bernadotte (princess Ragnhild's maternal uncle) as royals.

Thanks I hadn't noticed Carl Bernadotte's daughter but I'll have another look!

[LadyFinn]

Prinsesse Ragnhild bisatt - Side2

According to Se og Hør Victoria arrived earlier today with princess Kristine Bernadotte.
Prinsesse ragnhild - Kronprinsesse Victoria er i bisettelsen - Seoghør.no Kongelige

Tok farvel med prinsessen | ranablad.no

Mette-Marit & Victoria: Sie begleiten Haakons Tante auf ihrem letzten Weg - BUNTE
Victoria kom till prinsessan Ragnhilds begravning | Svensk Damtidning

[Mariel]

Very interesting pictures. Thank you for providing links. Princess Victoria so kind to hold the arm of Erling Lorentzen. This must be the chapel where Princess Ragnhild was baptized as a child.

[suztav]

Very odd that no representatives from either the Belgium or Luxembourg royal famillies attended considering the blood-relationshp. Perhaps someone could comment on whether or not there is a "close" relationship -- perhaps the fact the Queen Astrid died at such a young age and Leopold remarried had something to do with it?

[Meraude]

Originally Posted by suztav

Very odd that no representatives from either the Belgium or Luxembourg royal famillies attended considering the blood-relationshp. Perhaps someone could comment on whether or not there is a "close" relationship -- perhaps the fact the Queen Astrid died at such a young age and Leopold remarried had something to do with it?

I would guess that it has more to do with the fact that princess Ragnhild have lived in Brazil since the mid-1950ies, and haven't had much contact with the Belgian and Luxembourg royal families after that. The only one who have any connection with Ragnhild would be king Albert, but it would be unlikely that he would have gone to a private funeral. I doubt that the younger members (Henri, Philippe and their siblings) have met Ragnhild more than a few times.

I remember reading somewhere that both the Belgian and Norwegian royal children spent summer holidays with their grandparents in Sweden, but World War II put an end on those visits.

[vkrish]

these days..He appears as old as Queen Elizabeth II...Hope he is in good health and lives longer..

[fairy tale]

You can feel the grief in the picture in this article
Billed-Bladet - Sønnen holdt rørende tale ved prinsesse Ragnhilds kiste
Google Translation

kongehuset.no - Funeral service for Princess Ragnhild

[fairy tale]

Originally Posted by Mariel1

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I would like to see a picture of her youngest child, who was born some time after the others. Just think, in today's royal world, she would be presently mourned as queen, and a different Haakon would be Crown Prince. But would she have missed the faithful Erling Lorentzen, then? No, in today's world, he would be Prince Erling (I guess), and a fine looking prince like Prince Daniel.

Here is a picture of the family in Rio 1980 - daughter Ingeborg Lorentzen and her husband Paulo Ribeiro, Princess Ragnhild, Erling Lorentzen, and in the front the youngest child Ragnhild Alexandra (she was 12 years old then).

[Viv]

I had somehow expected Danish RF attendance, but then on second thought, noone from Denmark was particularly close to Princess Ragnhild;
the younger generation have busy schedules and the regal couple are abroad.
The Swedish attendance makes sense considering Princess Ragnhild was half Swedish.....


viv

[MARG]

It was a very small and private funeral and I think only those that they asked were present. As to being busy . . . sadly one is never too busy to attend a funeral.

[rominet09]

It looks as if it was a small but beautiful ceremorny

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Viv

I had somehow expected Danish RF attendance, but then on second thought, noone from Denmark was particularly close to Princess Ragnhild;
the younger generation have busy schedules and the regal couple are abroad.
The Swedish attendance makes sense considering Princess Ragnhild was half Swedish.....


viv

That makes senbse Viv,I didn't really expect too many royal guests at the funeral of Princess Ragnhild as she was more or less the Royal recluse and really only attended rare events in Norway.

[rominet09]

From what I remember she was very much against M-M at the time of her engagement...