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Norway's King Harald dies aged 89
(www.bbc.com)
Keep fishing, Death. Here's another roll of quarters.
Death got it wrong again
King? Is Norway in the past or something?
That's a weird take to have while a monarchy is forming in full view of the whole world in real time.
You might note that absolutely nothing good is coming from that transition.
The Nordics and some other countries in Europe uphold a powerless monarchy.
... Essentially they're a kind of celebrity...
They aren’t powerless at all. In fact the monarch family in question are proven Epstein rapists, and yet they are not in prison forever. That is political power, plain and simple.
The monarch family in question has a convicted rapist (aka Temu Jeffrey) and the wife of the king (more known as Queen.Nette Marit) has some rather questionable by ties and contacts to Epstein. It's her son by different marriage/family that is the rapist.
So - in no shapes, events, terms or folding of space did Temu Joffrey (Marius Borg Høiby) get into rape vicinity of Epstein. And I beboerne er can rule out lesbian rape by the now Queen.
Meaning these two things (rape and Epstein vicinity of unknown intimacy) exist, but the vend diagram is not touching
They’re called kings but they don’t even make insane pronouncements or make nonstop executive orders demanding that the tide will not come in.
Excuse you. They aren’t called tides anymore. They’re called Water Flows of America.
Merica-flows
Of 30 countries in the EEA, 8 are monarchies: BE, DK, ES, LI, LU, NL, NO, SE.
EDIT: If I counted correctly, Europe as a whole has 4 more monarchies than that: AD, MC, UK, VA
It's more like a mascot
Then why aren’t they sent to jail when they get caught raping children with Epstein?
In this dysfunctional world going straight to hell, Harald was a voice of reason and love
Eh, nothing reasonable about being a king in 2026, reason and love would have had him stepping down and removing the waste going to the royal family
Good time to dismantle monarchy, Norway.
Meh, as far as kings go, he was alright. I've also met the new king (Håkon), and he's pretty decent too.
Occasionally lucking into a good one, is not an argument for maintaining a monarchy.
Couldn’t they both be decent without being king?
And the crown princess was friends with Epstein and her son raped women.
End The Monarchy.
Sure but that's not a product of the monarchy, the majority of Epstein's associates weren't royals
Her power and influence as a monarch is reason she was his friend. She had undue privileges by virtue of being royalty, that is something we can easily rectify by removing royalty from existence.
Harold was a good one though
Exactly, let's quit while we're ahead.
Going out on a high note.
Harald as well.
Haruld was terrible.
I feel envious of all these people getting to die of old age
A beautiful and kind mind has passed 😢 rip
Rest in peace sir. Thank you for all that you have done for Norwegian people and people around the world.
Can he do the world a favor and take another certain octenial with him? RIP
Where is the claw machine played by death meme
And Peter Cullen.
Hvil i fred, King Harald V.
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