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Norway’s King Harald, who fled Nazis as a child and modernized monarchy, dies at 89 - The Washington Post

Norway’s King Harald, who fled Nazis as a child and modernized monarchy, dies at 89 - The Washington Post

The Norwegian ruler's forbidden love story with a commoner who would become queen sparked a scandal but ultimately endeared him to the public.

Norways King Harald V, who fled Adolf Hitlers invasion with his family to take refuge in the White House as a boy, and who later helped modernize the countrys monarchy during his popular 35-year reig… [+47 chars]

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