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:previous: A lovely Christmas photo from the NRF as usual, but sad that Mette-Marit couldn't attend. Hope she feels better soon!
And Haakon told the Norwegian News Agency (NTB) yesterday that ''Det går fint med henne'' (''it goes well with her'').

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The King and Queen will spend Christmas Eve (the main day of celebrations) at The Royal Lodge Kongsseteren on the outskirts of Oslo as usual. There, they will most likely (I think) be joined by Märtha, the Behn-girls and the Durek-dude (who is back in Norway).

The CP-Family will be at their cabin in Uvdal, as they usually do every other year!

VG-article (link). Google translation (link).
 
The King and Queen attended the Christmas Service in Holmenkollen Chapel today. They were accompanied by Emma Tallulah Behn, their youngest grandchild.

VG-article (link). Google translation (link).

So we can assume that also Märtha and Durek have celebrated Christmas with the King and Queen. But in contrast to in 2019, when they both attended the service, they were now left behind at the Royal Lodge, which is only a 5-minute drive from the Chapel (or perhaps they were with friends or had gone home).

So why weren't Märtha and Durek there? Well, most likely the King and the court didn't think it was a good idea to have them there after the controversies surrounding Durek in recent weeks.

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The CP-Family (including Mette-Marit who is back from COVID) attended the Christmas Service in Uvdal Church yesterday.

VG-article (link). Google translation (link).

There are no photos of them in the article BTW (think there are in the local newspaper, but you must be a subscriber to watch it, which I'm not).
 
Emma is sitting rather lonely behind the chairs (with high backs) of king and queen.
 
Emma is an interesting blend of both her parents after formerly not seeming to resemble her mother much.
 
Nice to see them all at the Christmas Service at Holmenkollen Chapel:today!
 
A little video has been shared for today's first Sunday of Advent:


Christmas has arrived at the Palace with the traditional lighting of the Christmas tree on the Palace Balcony 🎄Have a great first Sunday of Advent!
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Det Norske Kongehuset on Instagram: "Da er julen kommet til Slottet med den tradisjonsrike tenningen av juletreet på Slottsbalkongen 🎄 Riktig god første søndag i advent! ✨🌟"

2,789 likes, 20 comments - detnorskekongehus on December 1, 2024: "Da er julen kommet til Slottet med den tradisjonsrike tenningen av juletreet på Slottsbalkongen 🎄 Riktig god første søndag i advent! ✨🌟".
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I didn’t know Harald and Sonja were the ones who started putting a tree out there. 🎄
 
At Fridheim kindergarten they have a tradition of making gingerbread castles for the king and queen. Wednesday, the children came to the palace to deliver the results of this year's baking.

The king's aide received them along with some of the guards. Now the fine gingerbread castle will decorate the interior of the Royal Palace until Christmas

Det Norske Kongehuset on Instagram: "I Fridheim barnehage har de tradisjon for å lage pepperkakeslott til Kongen og Dronningen. Onsdag kom barna til Slottet for å overlevere resultatet av årets bakst. Kongens adjutant tok imot dem sammen med noen av

247 likes, 1 comments - detnorskekongehus on December 4, 2024: "I Fridheim barnehage har de tradisjon for å lage pepperkakeslott til Kongen og Dronningen. Onsdag kom barna til Slottet for å overlevere resultatet av årets bakst. Kongens adjutant tok imot dem sammen med noen av gardistene. Nå vil...
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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit hosted a pre-Christmas gathering for aid workers from humanitarian organisations at the Palace Chapel today, December 18.

Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus attended as well:

** anp gallery **

www.kongehuset.no

Jul i Slottskapellet

Deres Kongelige Høyheter Kronprinsen og Kronprinsessen inviterte hjelpearbeidere fra humanitære organisasjoner til førjulssamling i Slottskapellet. Hennes Kongelige Høyhet Prinsesse Ingrid Alexandra og Prins Sverre Magnus deltok også.
www.kongehuset.no

www.seher.no

- En urolig tid

Under førjulssamlingen i Slottskapellet, talte kronprinsesse Mette-Marit foran de oppmøtte, hvor hun viser til «urolige tider».
www.seher.no www.seher.no

www.tv2.no

Førjulssamling i Slottskapellet: - Jula samler oss

Hjelpearbeidere i humanitære organisasjoner ønskes velkommen av kronprinsfamilien.
www.tv2.no www.tv2.no

www.nettavisen.no

Kronprinsparet åpnet dørene før jul: – Samler oss om noe som betyr noe

De kongelige inviterte hjelpearbeidere til julefeiring onsdag kveld.
www.nettavisen.no www.nettavisen.no

Det Norske Kongehuset on Instagram: "Kronprinsparet inviterte hjelpearbeidere fra ulike humanitære organisasjoner til en førjulsstund i Slottskapellet. – Dere som er her i Slottskapellet sammen med oss i kveld våker i verdens natt blant mennesker s

19K likes, 135 comments - detnorskekongehus on December 18, 2024: "Kronprinsparet inviterte hjelpearbeidere fra ulike humanitære organisasjoner til en førjulsstund i Slottskapellet. – Dere som er her i Slottskapellet sammen med oss i kveld våker i verdens natt blant mennesker som lever i krig...
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JR76 said:
He's not a member of the Royal house
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Nonsense. After such a messy year it's time to stop acting as if he doesn't exist. When will this family get its act together...

In fact, they should have replicated last year's photo, which includes Magnus (and no Mette-Marit in sight)
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Det Norske Kongehuset on Instagram: "En riktig god jul til alle sammen fra Kongefamilien ✨🎄 Årets julefoto er tatt på Kongssetra på Voksenkollen i Oslo. Dessverre kunne ikke Kronprinsessen være med grunnet covid. Foto: Cornelius Poppe, NTB"

39K likes, 422 comments - detnorskekongehus on December 20, 2023: "En riktig god jul til alle sammen fra Kongefamilien ✨🎄 Årets julefoto er tatt på Kongssetra på Voksenkollen i Oslo. Dessverre kunne ikke Kronprinsessen være med grunnet covid. Foto: Cornelius Poppe, NTB".
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JR76 said:
He's not a member of the Royal house
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But until this year he was always in the Christmas picture! Since they've got so many problematic family members, I think they'd do well to feature him more, along with Ingrid of course... Even if they don't plan for him to become a full-time working royal, he can still participate in some things...
 
It seems the photos are taken on december 19th, see caption

Christmas photography 2024​

19 December 2024 (15:53)

Maybe he had not arrived home from his (secret) job in Trondheim when the photo was taken. Both he and Ingrid are joining for the service in Holmenkollen on christmas day.
 
The royal house's communications manager, Guri Varpe, told Se og Hør Norg why Prince Sverre Magnus was not in the Christmas photo:
"The prince lives in Trondheim and so was not there when the photo was taken."
www.seher.no

- En som mangler

I dag ble de offisielle julefotografiene av kongefamilien offentlige, og det er en som glimrer med sitt fravær.
www.seher.no www.seher.no

www.billedbladet.dk

Nu kommer kongehuset med en forklaring på mysteriet: Derfor er prins Sverre Magnus ikke med på julekort til nationen

Den norske kongefamilie sendte i dag et digitalt julekort ud til hele Norge. På billedet, der kan nydes på kongehusets Instagramprofil, mangler prins Sverre Magnus. Nu forklarer kongehusets kommunikationschef, hvorfor prinsen er fraværende.
www.billedbladet.dk www.billedbladet.dk
 
So the excuse that he wasn't in town means that he should and will be included.
It really is off, they had no other days to take it. They couldn't wait?
But now with Haakon heading to London, and Mette-Marit not attending the opera, makes me believe that Mette-Marit has been out of Olso for a few days
 
They could have involved Magnus if they wanted to. Trondheim is a few hours away by train. I don't know if Magnus has a drivers license.
Perhaps Magnus is pretty happy with the life he is living in Trondheim. And who wouldn't be? She looks like a sweet girl.

What is Magnus "secret" job in Trondheim?
 
So what's the plan for Magnus? Will he live as a nouveau riche? Fine, the peasants don't deserve to know about his whereabouts if he's going to be an entirely private citizen, renounce the title then.
Oh no, God forbid...

This family hasn't learnt a thing, not a single thing. Good luck to Haakon and Ingrid, the next decade will be delightful for them as the only working members of the "Royal Family".
 
Was it an external photographer or was it a court employee ?

If it was an external photographer, it might have the only day that person was not fully booked and had time to go to the royal palace…
I don’t think other customers would be too happy with the photographer suddenly cancelling their bookings because the royal palace called…
 
Don’t they have slightly bigger problems than nitpicking the Christmas card?

If MM wasn’t there, people would talk.

If it was just Ingrid hugging a couple of orphans, people would talk.

I don’t think the card matters much in the great scheme of things at the moment. Maybe it’s amazing they can smile.
 
The photo is taken by one of the regular Scanpix photographers. And just because the «royal experts» in Nettavisen and se og hør never misses any occssion to give their not so expert oppinion to create drama, one cant read the whole future of Sverre Magnus just because he does not come home 500 km before vacation starts for a photo. It is Ingrid who is home rather early this year.
 
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