Norway's Princess Astrid dies, aged 94, two days after king's funeral
“Norway's Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the royal palace said in a statement. Astrid's brother Harald died last month, aged 89, aft…”
Astrid's brother Harald died last month, aged 89, after more than 35 years on the throne, and the princess made her last public appearance at his funeral on Wednesday. "Throughout her long life, Princess Astrid represented the Royal House in a warm and dutiful manner," King Haakon VIII said in the statement.
Norway's King Harald, a reformer who emerged from the shadow of his well-loved, extrovert father over more than three decades on the throne, died on August 28, at the age of 89, the royal palace said, at a time of multiple crises for the Norwegian royal family.
Read More:King Harald V, Norway's reform-minded head of state, dies at 89"King Harald passed away peacefully at Oslo University Hospital on Friday 28 August, 0635 (local time, 0435 GMT)," the royal palace said on its website. Harald, who was Europe's oldest living monarch, was taken to hospital on August 17.
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The palace said he was being treated for a bacterial infection in his blood. In 2024, he had been hospitalised for an infection while on holiday in Malaysia and received a temporary pacemaker at a hospital there.
He was flown back home by the Norwegian armed forces and later fitted with a permanent device.
Written by Sheheryar Munawar
Aman-e-Pakistan Senior Journalist & Bureau Reporter
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