Europe s oldest monarch, 87, smiled warmly alongside Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and Prince Sverre Magnus.
The royal, 87, who is the oldest monarch in Europe, was enjoying a trip abroad before being admitted to Sultanah Maliha Hospital on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
The monarch, 86, (who is the second cousin of King Charles III ) insisted that the promise he made to the Norwegian Parliament when he acceded the throne in 1991 lasts for life .