Queen Sonja is one of the most popular figures in the Norwegian royal family and is loved by her compatriots.
However, this has not always been the case.
Oslo - The Norwegian people took their first bourgeois regent to their hearts for a long time, but at the beginning Queen Sonja (84) was not a welcome guest in the palace.
As reported by 24royal.de *, she had to fight for recognition and overcome many a hurdle.
Queen Sonja shares her pain: "I felt undesirable"
The love of Queen Sonja * and King Harald V * (84) was initially not a good star.
In 1959, the then Crown Prince met the young Norwegian Sonja Haraldsen, and the relationship between the two not only caused an uproar in the palace.
Sonja's bourgeois origin was a thorn in the side of Harald's father, King Olav V (87, † 1991), and for years the monarch refused the couple his consent to marry.
Sonja can still vividly remember this difficult time.
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In the recently published book “Sonja.
Samtaler med Dronningen "(German:" Sonja. Conversations with the Queen ") by journalist Alf van der Hagen (59) reports the 84-year-old from Dagbladet magazine about a trip to France in 1965, which she undertook alone to get some distance win: “It was nice to get away from the newspaper articles, from anonymous letters and phone calls.” When asked by van der Hagen, Sonja also confesses that she wanted to dispel the feeling of not being wanted with her trip: “Yes, I did I felt that way.
I felt undesirable. "
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Queen Sonja's way to the royal court was lined with obstacles.
© Samantha Zucchi / Imago
Queen Sonja: a royal love story with a happy ending
The mother of Crown Prince Haakon * (48) and Princess Märtha Louise * (50) long ago found her place at the Norwegian royal court.
King Harald and Queen Sonja have been married happily and scandal-free for 53 years, and the sympathetic regent couple celebrated their 30th anniversary this year.
* 24royal.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
List of rubric lists: © Samantha Zucchi / Imago