Haakon has taken an oath before Parliament as his reign begins.

Haakon spoke to the Norwegian people on Saturday in a speech broadcast from the Royal Palace in Oslo in which he thanked his father 'for everything he was and everything he did'.

New monarch Haakon VIII paid an emotional tribute to his late father, Harald V, in his first address to the nation. Vowing to follow his own path, Haakon pledged to uphold…