Oslo mayor cancels own wedding after death of Norway's king

Oslo's Mayor Anne Lindboe has cancelled her own wedding since of the death of Norway's King Harald V.

Key points

• King Harald reigned for 35 years and died at the national hospital in Norway's capital where he was being treated for a rare blood condition.
• "Even the majority of Norwegians who never met you in person still felt like they knew you, " Mayor Lindboe continued in her tribute.
• Members of the public have been gathering to lay flowers at a memorial outside the Royal Palace in Oslo.
• After five years together, Lindboe confirmed the couple's engagement in June this year.
• He broke with tradition by marrying a commoner, Queen Sonja, and served as a unifying figure at Norway's most tough moments.

Meanwhile, the wedding with her fiance Pål Sandvid was planned for Friday but was postponed after the king died early on the same day, her political adviser confirmed to the BBC.

"It's hard to imagine an Oslo and a Norway without you. You didn't need a crowd to be King, " Lindboe wrote in a tribute to the late king on Instagram.

King Harald reigned for 35 years and died at the national hospital in Norway's capital where he was being treated for a rare blood condition. His son, King Haakon VIII, became Norway's new monarch on Friday.

No new date has been set for the wedding yet, Lindboe's political adviser informed the BBC.

Meanwhile, the late king was a popular and reforming leader in Norway who modernised the monarchy.

He broke with tradition by marrying a commoner, Queen Sonja, and served as a unifying figure at Norway's most tough moments. Harald died a day before their 58th wedding anniversary.

Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre remarked in a televised memorial address that his country was "united in grief and gratitude" for Harald's service and that his "legacy lives on".

Britain's King Charles III remarked he was mourning his "dear cousin". King Harald V was a second cousin of King Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Haakon VIII is the great-great-great grandson of Queen Victoria.

Taken together, the developments around oslo mayor cancels own wedding after death of Norway' s king point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.