Norway's King Haakon honors 'dear father' Harald in first speech as sovereign
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King Haakon VIII of Norway paid homage to his late father as "such a good dad" in his first address to the nation since becoming sovereign, his voice briefly filling with emotion as he evoked his widowed mother, Queen Sonja.
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King Haakon VIII of Norway paid homage to his late father as "such a good dad" in his first address to the nation since becoming sovereign, his voice briefly filling with emotion as he evoked his widowed mother, Queen Sonja.
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