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RoyaltyKing Harald V of Norway was treated for an infection and discharged on Monday
King Harald’s last public engagement was on 2 May Prince Joachim and his wife Princess Marie are moving to America The 85-year-old monarch is in stable condition The royal was vaccinated in January 2021 By Heather Cichowski, with files from Zach Harper The royal couple have gone into voluntary isolation King Harald V and Queen Sonja were joined by their children and grandchildren Many are following public health authority advice The King and his wife Queen Sonja will meet King Abdullah and Queen Rania Celebrations were held in Norway for King Harald and Queen Sonja The 43-year-old underwent a dramatic transformation at King Harald and Queen Sonja's celebrations To onlookers it might have seemed like any family get-together, as a group of excited children played together in the snow. The smiling parents watching over the happy scene unfolding in the Norwegian capital of Oslo were no ordinary mums and dads, however - they were all young representatives of leading European royal houses. Having proved that he's lost none of his youthful zest for life - telling to guests at a mid-week banquet in honour of his 70th birthday, "It's fun to be alive" - it seemed only appropriate that [King Harald] of Norway was joined by some of Europe's most fun-loving royals for a series of further celebrations at the weekend. Almost 50 royal well-wishers descended on Norway to mark the occasion, and the man at the centre of attention was clearly revelling in the festivities. There was clearly no way the Norwegian royal family was about to let [King Harald]'s milestone anniversary slip by without due celebration. And it seem the sovereign's subjects were just as keen to wish him well, as they have braved freezing temperatures to congratulate him at a series of public engagements to mark his 70th birthday. Norway's Princess Martha Louise and her sister-in-law [Crown Princess Mette-Marit] took their interest in fashion to the first port of call for any style watcher - the catwalks. The pair enjoyed front-row seats at Oslo Fashion Week on Tuesday where Martha Louise turned the VIP red carpet into something of a runway herself. Just three weeks after giving birth to a little boy, [Crown Princess Mary] has taken up her public duties again with habitual style, attending celebrations in Copenhagen to mark 100 years of Norway's independence. The Norwegian royal family's three-day visit to the UK came to an end on Thursday when [Crown Prince Haakon] and his wife [Mette-Marit] met up with the [Queen] and [Prince Philip] for an unveiling ceremony in London. [King Harald] also went along to the Norwegian ambassador's residence to see the new statue of his grandmother, Queen Maud.