Well, the Nobel-day is here, so let's go through the royal events from the official court-calendar:
His Royal Highness The Crown Prince visits the Save the Children Peace Prize Party at the Nobel Peace Centre (Oslo, 11:30).
His Majesty The King grants the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, Mr Denis Mukwege and Ms Nadia Murad, audience at The Royal Palace. Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Crown Prince will also be in attendance (12:00).
His Majesty The King attends the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony at Oslo City Hall. Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Crown Prince will also be in attendance (13:00).
Their Majesties The King and Queen attend the banquet in honour of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates at Grand Hotel in Oslo. His Royal Highness The Crown Prince will also be in attendance (19:30).
And as one can see, The Crown Princess is still not listed to attend, so perhaps she wasn't up to it after all.
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Let's also go through the royal part of The Award Ceremony in detail:
The royals will drive in state-cars from The Royal Palace to Oslo City Hall, where they'll be met by The Mayor of Oslo (Marianne Borgen), The Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee (Berit Reiss-Andersen) - who will accompany The King, and The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute (Olav Njølstad) - who will accompany The Queen, into the main hall, while ''Forsvarets stabsmusikkorps'' (''The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces'') will play ''parademarsj'' (''Parade March fanfare''). The Royals will then be sited in the royal chairs (
see photo), before they leave in the same way after about 90-minutes.
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Television-Coverage:
The state-owned Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's and Norway's largest TV-Channel NRK1: Will send live from 11:20 to 14:30.
TV2 News Channel, owned by The TV2 Group, Norway's largest commercial media company: Will send live throughout the day.
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BTW: There will be no Nobel Peace Prize Concert this year (which usually takes place the day after the Award Ceremony),
read why in English here.
Although a smaller concert was held outside The Oslo City Hall yesterday evening, which was attended by the two Prize-winners, but without any participation from the royals. - It was sent live on NRK1 from 20:15 to 21:25.
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And last but not least, IMO, two very worthy Laureates this year. - Read about them here:
Denis Mukwege - Wikipedia
Nadia Murad - Wikipedia
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Watch here from now:
NRK-live-link. -
TV2-live-link.