Just for information for you and everyone else. This king is very special. He is called by the Norwegians grandpa, they feel very close to him. So I assume that is the reason for the down votes. I don't think they feel the same for the rest of the Royal family, Harald is just very special for all of the Norwegians. I have heard he was a very kind and compassionate king. But it is better to ask a Norwegian about it.
During ww2 her mother (my wife's great granny) had a job as a secretary or office assistant or something at the Royal Norwegian Air Force base in exile in Toronto. In preparation for the royal Christmas visit great granny was tasked with buying a dress to be given as Christmas present to the princess. I guess she took it home to wrap it, and my wife's grandmother saw it and was incensed that her mom had bought some stranger a nicer gift than her.
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SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 13h
Wrong 80+ year old world leader...
Death is really fucking it up this year.
Evil_Incarnate@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 12h
L̶̨̯͗̂͘o̵͚͐o̵͈͙̽̓k̵͍̪͗̉,̶̧̥͆ ̸̯̝͑̄̓Ḭ̴͔̤̇̋͗'̶̥̄̕v̵̜͂̂͌e̷̦̋̿ ̴̢͎̈́b̵͎̝͂̿̋ë̴̳́̆e̴̥͈̺͑n̵̨̏͐ ̸̯̯̂h̶̩͂a̶̮͌͊v̸̞̰̎͜i̴̫͉͐ͅn̸̘͛ḡ̴̢̫̱͝ ̶͙̎̎t̴̺͐̏̀r̶̜̘̞̓͝͝ờ̸̗͑u̶̹̒̀ḇ̸͋̍̌l̸̹͋̓e̸̳͆͊s̴̛̠̟̯̃ ̴̮̲̭̾͊̅ã̷͈̣͛͠ṭ̴̣͒͐͝ ̸̳͋ḧ̷̥̟̂̍o̶̡̜͕̎m̷̦̲̜̊̚̕ě̵̠̰̳͒̍ ̸̰̦͕̌̓̇ā̸̡͉͛͊ṅ̶̦̔́d̶̥̥͑͆ ̵̢̭͍͐́m̷̨͖̔͐͘ý̶͉͒̄ ̷͙̙͙͒̚͝s̴̛͓k̸̳̥̿͐u̸̮͝l̵̔͌ͅl̸̤̃̓͑ ̷̢̬̼̌͆h̶̡̹͔͝a̷͖͎̲̋̄͠s̶̡̓n̶͚͐'̴̯͕̥̇̑̏ẗ̴͈́ ̵̱̫̄̓͝ͅb̷̦̫̈́̊e̴̟͖͙͊e̴̻͂͝ņ̸̰̞̑ ̷̯̝̬͐̾i̴̖͙̳̐͘͠n̶̦͕͒̽ͅ ̷̻͐̉͗ṱ̸͉̒̑̈́h̷̻͈̅̀̾ẹ̸͑ ̴̟͕̥̄g̸͚̹̐̈́̄ą̷͍̈́͝m̶̠͕͝e̴̲̿̈́ ̶͖͉͍̿͛l̸̥̰̒á̶̮̘ͅṱ̴͇̽́͋e̴͙͇̚l̴͉̰̼̑y̵̼̱̽̓͝.̶̠̌ ̴̛̲̮͇̏̕ ̴̱̆̉Ś̷̹͘͝e̸̗̯͎͛͐ë̸̤́͝ ̸̺̥̿y̵̹̩̐͋͝ó̸̟̘̯u̶͈̓̕͝ ̴͍̆̂̌s̸̱͖͘͝ọ̴̅͂o̷̜̮̠͋̊n̸̬̪̲̓̕̕.̷̛̳͐̅
BaraCoded@literature.cafe · 10 pts · 11h
Oh no! A royalty died!
Anyway...
diocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 9h
lmfao of course treating the upper class leeches the way they treat us gets downvoted.
Kuma@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6h
Just for information for you and everyone else. This king is very special. He is called by the Norwegians grandpa, they feel very close to him. So I assume that is the reason for the down votes. I don't think they feel the same for the rest of the Royal family, Harald is just very special for all of the Norwegians. I have heard he was a very kind and compassionate king. But it is better to ask a Norwegian about it.
diocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 5h
ohulancutash@feddit.uk · 0 pts · 2h
I hear arrogance also goea down well with people.
diocesegoldmine@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1h
Craccoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9h
Exactly. Fuck em.
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 12h
My wife's grandmother had a grudge against his older sister.
folekaule@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 11h
Which one, and why?
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 10h
I'm not sure which it was, but I know that Ragnhilde did visit.
deacon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 6h
So many more questions now.
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 5h
I probably don't have many more answers, but I saw a picture of Princess Ragnhilde visiting, oh Astrid visited too.
https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/21274
kibblebits@quokk.au · 2 pts · 11h
Do you know why?
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 11h
During ww2 her mother (my wife's great granny) had a job as a secretary or office assistant or something at the Royal Norwegian Air Force base in exile in Toronto. In preparation for the royal Christmas visit great granny was tasked with buying a dress to be given as Christmas present to the princess. I guess she took it home to wrap it, and my wife's grandmother saw it and was incensed that her mom had bought some stranger a nicer gift than her.
kibblebits@quokk.au · 1 pts · 10h
m0darn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 10h
By my wife's grandmother?
kibblebits@quokk.au · 3 pts · 10h
I’m sorry, I swiped reply on the wrong comment. Your grandmother is not spreading propaganda. I mean, that I know of.
Craccoon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 9h
Damnit, the wrong guy died. I guess there's always next time.
Squirrelknight@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 7h
80 something year old head of state dies
It isn't Trump
Keep trying, Universe. You'll get there eventually.
oyzmo@piefed.social · 3 pts · 10h
He was a wise and kind king. Loved by his people. The world is a bitt less without him. 😢
jeena@piefed.jeena.net · 1 pts · 2h