
The world woke this morning to the news that King Harald V of Norway has died in Oslo at the age of 89. His was a life marked both by tumult and intense love, and his passing means that the Norwegian people will have a new monarch for the first time since 1991. Today, in his honor, I’ve got a look at the accession council that just took place in Oslo, as well as some key moments in the life of Europe’s oldest reigning monarch.



