Princess Astrid of Norway, older sister of the late King Harald V, died at 94. [1] Reuters filed the palace announcement two days after Harald's state funeral. [1] Wednesday this paper printed that funeral. Friday the family file moved again.

King Haakon said she had represented the Royal House in a warm and dutiful manner, in the same Reuters wrap. [1] NRK filed the death for the Norwegian desk. [2] A death notice is not a constitutional crisis. Print the age and the relation. Leave succession to a later named act.

Flags at half-mast are ceremony. Ceremony is not a new reign. Print Friday's death. Do not invent a second bulletin.

Print the death. Saturday is not a second palace notice.
-- HENDRIK VAN DER BERG, Brussels