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Norway's King Harald V waiting for guests at the Royal Palace in Oslo Norway on April 8, 2025. [AFP]
King Harald V of Norway, who died on Friday aged 89, remained a unifying figure in his country until the very end, a pillar of stability amid a string of family scandals that tarnished the final years of his reign.
On the throne since 1991, Europe's oldest reigning monarch suffered from increasing health problems in his later years, but adamantly refused to abdicate.
He was again hospitalised on August 17 in Oslo due to complications from the blood condition haemolytic anaemia, and the royal palace announced his death on Friday.
