A smiling and healthy King Harald waves to the children’s train from the castle balcony on 17 May. The king was admitted to Rikshospitalet with an infection last week. The announcement of illness came during a busy period for the king, who missed a state visit from Italy’s president. At the beginning of June, the royal couple will go on their annual big county trip, which this year goes to Nordland. A healthy King Harald waves to the children’s train from the castle balcony. It was initially uncertain whether the king would be declared fit for the national day. – He hopes to recover for it, Crown Prince Haakon said before the weekend. Yesterday, the castle announced that the king had recovered and that he would participate in the May 17 celebrations. Photo: NTB 110 schools registered King Harald stands with the rest of the royal family on the castle balcony. Crown Prince Haakong and Crown Princess Mette-Marit greeted the children’s train outside Skaugum earlier today. Princess Ingrid Alexandra is this year drunk and not present on the castle balcony. This year’s children’s train consists of 110 schools. The train is led by Svarttjern school from RomsÃ¥s in Grorud district. Crown Prince Haakon and Queen Sonja visited the king at Rikshospitalet last week. Photo: NTB
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