King Harald’s Funeral: Russia’s Political Leadership Not Invited
Translated from Norwegian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The funeral ceremony for King Harald will take place at Oslo Cathedral on Sept. 9 at 1 p.m.
- Norway’s Foreign Ministry expects a “significant number” of royals, heads of state and other official representatives to attend.
- Representatives of Russia’s political leadership are not wanted at the funeral, while four countries received invitations only at diplomatic level.
Representatives of Russia’s political leadership have not been invited to King Harald’s funeral, according to details released about Norway’s guest list.
The ceremony will take place at Oslo Cathedral on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. Norway’s Foreign Ministry expects “a significant number” of royals, heads of state and other official representatives to attend.
Four countries have been invited only at diplomatic level. The ministry has sent the formal invitations for the funeral.
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Originally published by Aftenposten in Norwegian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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