# LIVE: People queue outside Royal Palace to pay respects to King Harald

https://mins.news/en/video/42561

- Reuters, 2026-09-02 18:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XqZkh-XvR0

> People are lining up outside the Royal Palace to pay their respects to King Harald, who is lying in state in the Palace chapel ahead of his funeral on September 9. After his father’s death, King Haakon VIII swore before parliament on September 1 to uphold Norway’s constitution and laws, in one of several ceremonies marking the passing of the crown.

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