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Norway celebrates its National Day on May 17 and the celebration will be smaller this year due to the pandemic. However, the Norwegian royal family has now announced their plans for the special celebration of Norway’s constitution. Even without the traditional children’s parade at the Royal Palace, the royal family will be the centre of a gathering at the palace this year.
The National Day will start for the Crown Prince’s family at their home in Asker where they will participate in a short outdoor programme at the Skaugum Estate. Then they will drive through Asker, before moving on to the Castle in Oslo. At 11.30 the Royal Family will come out on the Palace balcony and will attend the main event of the celebration of the national day.
Prince Charles nearly married another woman before Princess Diana
The Prince of Wales proposed to the granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten, who is Prince Philip s uncle.
May 13, 2021 08:11 BST
Prince Charles would not have courted Princess Diana had his second cousin said yes to his marriage proposal.
The Prince of Wales had his eyes set on Amanda Knatchbull before he married Lady Diana Spencer and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall. She is the granddaughter of Prince Philip s maternal uncle, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
According to the Channel 4 documentary The Royal House of Windsor, Lord Mountbatten tried to set Prince Charles up with his granddaughter. For years, Mountbatten was secretly lining Amanda up as a future queen as she was considered the perfect candidate for her distant cousin.