HereditaryPrincess
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I'm glad that Harald and Sonja are staying safe. I was worried about Harald especially after the news of COVID-19 broke out.
I agree, he didn't look well at all at Magnus' confirmation; adding his previous illness in early January, I would highly recommend him taking a huge step back by abdicating in favor of his son. In that way he can still do the odd engagement (like princess Beatrix) without the burden that he is no longer fully able to carry. However, I'm afraid he won't even consider it...I'm sorry to hear that. I noticed he looked unwell at Sverre Magnus' confirmation and had to hold onto Sonja a lot.
I hope he'll feel better soon and perhaps cut back a bit for the sake of his health. It can be difficult for the most dutiful of royals to accept but doing that much in your 80s is unfortunately not always possible...
He was quite ill last Winter, I believe. He looked very frail and had lost weight when attending the funeral of Ari Behn. His looks haven't improved much during the year. But he is old, so recovery takes longer.
I agree, he didn't look well at all at Magnus' confirmation; adding his previous illness in early January, I would highly recommend him taking a huge step back by abdicating in favor of his son. In that way he can still do the odd engagement (like princess Beatrix) without the burden that he is no longer fully able to carry. However, I'm afraid he won't even consider it...
exactly, anything else written like abdication is pure nonsense.There would certainly be legitimate health-related reasons for it and a big amount of understanding among the norwegian people for an abdication - But i strongly doubt Harald would let himself be remembered as the first King of Norway who abdicated... He views it as a job for life like his father did, who was unwell and on sick leave for a year before he died in 1991. Harald even opened the norwegian parliament as Crown Prince Regent in 1990.
An abdication would also not help Mette-Marit who is also ill, can only take on engagements on a day-to-day basis and will not be able to assume many Queen-duties. If any at all...
The best would be (unless he becomes critically ill) to stay on the throne at least until Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus is above 18 and has started to help out... Otherwise Haakon will be VERY alone for some years...
His Majesty the King has been discharged from Rikshospitalet
The hospital continues the examination, and the King is still on sick leave until 4 October.
The alternative is for Princess Martha Louise to clean up her life and dump those shady business ventures and dump Derek. Now is the perfect time for her to step up and support her brother.
She has FULL SUPPORT from her father, mother and brother for what you call an ”unclean life” but wich for her is totally vital and has brought her a lot of happiness.
The alternative is for Princess Martha Louise to clean up her life and dump those shady business ventures and dump Derek. Now is the perfect time for her to step up and support her brother.
I have no doubt about that. However, I think the Norwegian public and press would see otherwiseShe has FULL SUPPORT from her father, mother and brother for what you call an ”unclean life” but wich for her is totally vital and has brought her a lot of happiness.
Princess Martha Louise is romantically involved with a very highly controversial individual. In addition, her business ventures and using her title to endorse them has in recent years come under fire."Clean up" and "dump"- who are you to criticise her,
she has her family's support and note:
she has a title , but is not a member of the working royal family, she cannot just step back even if she should want to like you suggested.
It would be a pretty silly thing to rely on Märtha, because it'd not be the life she wants to lead and both parliament&church and parts of public would hardly accept, so why make so many people unhappy? Her daughters were not risen to lead a royal life either and do face enough sorrows at very young age.
Märtha seems to be happy now and has struggled a long time with being born royal-never change a winning team.
Ingrid's destiny seems tough but if Charles' is better being 70+ , an age where not few suffer from dementia already, to start a reign?
This is life, if Harald's father had given permission for the wedding a decade earlier, Haakon had been much older and maybe had more siblings, had married earlier and his children now being older but you can easily see there is too many ifs and had....