Yes, we are talking a BA in political science from Cal in 1999. I remember commuting through the campus wondering if I would ever get a glimpse of him. (I didn't.) He was a dish back then. And he ain't getting ugly at time passes.
Yes, we are speaking of the Crown Prince of Norway, HRH Haakon Magnus.
He has an older sister but primogeniture was not sorted out in Norway until too late for her. It is not retroactive and so HRH Märtha Louise has to step aside and let her kid brother ascend the throne.
Here he is in younger days.He was born on 20 July 1973 in Oslo. (Sigh, makes me feel old. I was out of seminary and in UCLA at that time. Go, Bruins!)
He married a single mother but the Norwegians have come to terms with it. Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have two children: Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus in addition to her son and Haakon's stepson Marius Borg Hølby.
Now, here he is not dancing with his wife but with Princess Victoria of Sweden. We Scandinavians fight amongst ourselves but have to unite against the rest of the world.[OK, you got me. For all the protests of a Latin soul, I will stand up for the North once in a while. Just wish I were standing next to HRH. Woof!]
25 August 2001 at Oslo Cathedral: the royal couple tie the knot. Isn't that a sweet picture?
A music fan, fond of windsurfing, a patron of several causes, a supporter of culture
Oops, he even hangs out with clergy (God save His Royal Highness!).I lifted the info out of Wikipedia. The photos I've gathered over time.
Haakon is also a Knight of the Elephant in Denmark, a holder of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Chyrsanthemum in Japan, and in Sweden a Knight of the Order of the Seraphim. Sing, choirs of heaven!
--the BB
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I want to be a Lady of the Elephant.
P.S. I remember when he was at Cal! Not that I ever saw him.
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