OSLO, Norway (AP) – Norway was bidding its final farewell to King Harald V on Wednesday as the popular monarch’s coffin set off for a funeral attended by royalty and leaders from across Europe and beyond, with thousands of people lining the streets.
A 21-gun salute rang out over the capital at the start of the roughly 30-minute funeral procession from the royal palace to Oslo Cathedral. Harald’s son, new King Haakon VIII, and other senior royals walked behind the coffin, draped with the red Norwegian royal standard.
Harald’s widow, Queen Sonja, and Haakon’s wife, Queen Mette-Marit, followed in a car.
Norwegian officials and foreign dignitaries…
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