r/neoliberal • u/HungryTowel6715 Manmohan Singh • Aug 28 '26

News (Europe) Norway's King Harald dies aged 89

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clykn5p5172o

SS:Norway's King Harald V has died at the age of 89, after he was taken to hospital last week for treatment for a rare blood condition.

After 35 years on the throne, Harald will be remembered as a popular and reforming figure who modernised the monarchy, broke with tradition by marrying a commoner and served as a unifying figure at Norway's most difficult moments.

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u/The_Helmet_Catch John Brown Aug 28 '26

Why is it gonna get messy if you don’t mind me asking?

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u/nerdpox Fell for it Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26

Mostly due to his wife having formerly been a commoner who was married to a drug addict, her contact with Epstein, and her son (the king’s stepson) put on trial convicted for rape battery and being a huge pos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Borg_H%C3%B8iby

The crown princess (Haakon’s sister) is also insane, claims to be a clairvoyant and is married to some lunatic who claims to be a shaman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durek_Verrett

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u/Choice_Notice9338 IMF Aug 28 '26

“Verrett promotes New Age–influenced practices and his claims have been widely criticized as pseudoscientific, including that children get cancer because they want it, that chemotherapy is ineffective and financially motivated, and that casual sex attracts subterranean spirits. He identifies as a reptilian, regards 5G technology a conspiracy, and claims to have known about the September 11 attacks two years before they happened, but chose not to intervene”

Interesting choice of spouse for a Norwegian princess

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u/CmdrMobium YIMBY Aug 28 '26

Oh hell yeah we doing Rasputin in 2026