Norway's King Harald V, Europe's Oldest Monarch, Dies at 89

Norway's King Harald V, Europe's oldest living monarch, has died at the age of 89. The royal court announced that the King passed away peacefully at Oslo National Hospital on Friday, August 28, at 6:35 a.m. King Harald, who had been undergoing treatment for a rare blood condition, reigned for over 35 years. His son, Crown Prince Haakon, automatically succeeds him as the new King of Norway. Throughout his popular reign, King Harald was known for modernizing the monarchy and marrying a commoner, Queen Sonja.