OSLO: The casket of Norway’s late King Harald V was transferred on Monday (Aug 31) to the royal palace chapel, the place the late regent will lie in state till his funeral on September 9.
The casket was escorted by Harald’s youngsters and grandchildren, with televised photographs exhibiting a procession via the palace halls that included Marius Borg Hoiby, the 29-year-old stepson of the brand new King Haakon VIII, who’s below home arrest pending his attraction of a four-year sentence for 2 rape convictions.
Earlier on Monday, Norwegian police confirmed that Hoiby would even be allowed to depart his home arrest to attend subsequent week’s funeral.
The casket, draped in Norway’s royal customary, had been within the palace’s Purple Salon state room since Friday, after being transported from Oslo College Hospital the place he died earlier that day.
The identical ritual of shifting the king’s casket to the chapel was carried out when Harald’s father, King Olav V, handed away in 1991.
Queen Mette-Marit and Harald’s spouse, Queen Sonja, additionally took half within the procession, holding arms and strolling behind the casket.
A nationwide interval of mourning has been declared till the funeral.
The general public will be capable of view the casket within the palace chapel from Tuesday at 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) till September 8 at 6:00 pm.
The late king loved huge help regardless of the slew of scandals that dogged his household within the closing stretch of his 35-year reign.
