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On Friday, 11 September, Princess Astrid, the elder sister of the late King Harald, died in Norway. She was 94 years old. As the Sweden Herald writes, this was announced by the Norwegian royal palace.
Astrid died just two days after the funeral of her younger brother, King Harald. In May she was hospitalized in Oslo with heart failure and fitted with a temporary pacemaker. Since then, the princess's health has caused concern among doctors.
In a statement, the palace said that King Haakon “bore the news of Princess Astrid’s death with great sorrow.”
“Throughout her long life, Princess Astrid represented the royal house with warmth and diligence,” the king noted in his statement.
The king also decided that today and on the day of the funeral all national flags in Norway will be lowered to half-mast. Princess Astrid will be buried at the state's expense.
Astrid’s brother, Harald, died last month at the age of 89 after more than 35 years on the throne, and the princess last appeared in public at his funeral on Wednesday.
1 September, the new monarch of Norway, Haakon VIII, formally swore an oath before the MPs and other participants in the ceremony in the Norwegian Parliament building.
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