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Yes, I posted it above.
opps sorry. I saw a link on twitter
Im thinking maybe the pages got stuck together or something
Yes, I posted it above.
Looks like the king skipped a whole page of the speech
Kongen hoppet over en del av trontalen - Kongehuset - VG
I don't think anyone would call for King Harald to abdicate over that mistake though , or would they ?
Wonderful ceremony, I LOVED the open top 1960's American style car the King & Queen arrived in! how funky
Wonderful ceremony, I LOVED the open top 1960's American style car the King & Queen arrived in! how funky
Is it just my impression or are the British, Swedish and Dutch royal families the only European royal families that still (occasionally) use horsedrawn carriages ? Belgium, Norway and Spain seem to have fully switched to motorized transport only, which is a shame really. I don't know about Denmark though.
03.10.2016 Opening of the Storting
His Majesty The King will undertake the formal opening of the 161h session of the Storting. Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Crown Prince will also be in attendance (13:00).
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The Parliament was opened today, October 3. King Harald stumbled on the stairs, but everything went fine:
** kongehuset.no: Det 161. Storting høytidelig åpnet ** translation **
** vg.no: Kronprinsen kom til unnsetning da kongen snublet ** translation **
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQrH5bpqGUk
To me, that looks very worrying, not at all a simple stumble. He didn't seem to know where the steps were at all.
Why on earth have the King give the speech standing up? The throne's there, for goodness sake, let him sit in it! Very strange.
That was 2 pages getting stuck together, hardly the same thing in the slightest.
This is off topic, but abdication weakens the entire idea of monarchy in the 21st Century. It may have some short-term benefits (lots of people here get to ooh and aah over younger women wearing new-to-them tiaras), but in the long term it compromises the fundamentals of the institution. Until Harald's mental faculties leave him, he should carry on, while giving his son more to do (no bad thing as Haakon strikes me as one of the most anonymous heirs in Europe).
I total agree with you abdication does weaken the entire idea of monarchy. unless people are ill.
That was 2 pages getting stuck together, hardly the same thing in the slightest.
This is off topic, but abdication weakens the entire idea of monarchy in the 21st Century. It may have some short-term benefits (lots of people here get to ooh and aah over younger women wearing new-to-them tiaras), but in the long term it compromises the fundamentals of the institution. Until Harald's mental faculties leave him, he should carry on, while giving his son more to do (no bad thing as Haakon strikes me as one of the most anonymous heirs in Europe).
On the occasion of the formal State Opening, the Storting Chamber is rearranged and the throne positioned where the President of the Storting and the rostrum of the Storting normally stand. A table for the President of the Storting and the Secretary to the Presidium are placed down in the chamber, in the semicircle in front of the seats of the Storting members.
The tradition of bringing out the throne and the chairs of the Queen and the Crown Prince on the occasion of the formal opening is so old that we have no firm sources as to its origin.
TV2 The news channel sends live from the opening Monday.
The ceremony starts at 13:00, but we are live from the Storting already at 12:00. As a guest in the studio we have Carl I. Hagen (former leader of the Progress Party). And we have our own team in the Storting and at the top at Løvebakken (the place outside the storting)!