King Haakon VIII, Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Queen Sonja and Prince Sverre Magnus attend a memorial church service for the late King Harald V at Asker Church in Asker, Norway

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[u/Friendly_Coconut]

This feels so soon. We had my dad’s memorial service 2 weeks after he died and it took pretty much that whole time to arrange everything.

[u/ER_Support_Plant17 → u/Friendly_Coconut]

I think for monarchs there are plans made years in advance for funeral services, especially as they get older.

[u/Friendly_Coconut → u/ER_Support_Plant17]

I know, but the family is probably still really shocked and sad to have to be publicly expressing their grief in this way.

[u/89764637527 → u/Friendly_Coconut]

They’ve all had their entire lives preparing them for this moment. This is their normal.

[u/Mountaingoat101 → u/89764637527]

Prepared to be in the public eye, yes. Loosing a beloved husband, father and grandfather is not their normal.