My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts

00:00:10 This is my grandmother.

00:00:23 My Grandmother Ironed The King's Shirts

00:00:45 over borders or religion.

00:01:02 There was a bit tricky to identify a rightful earl.

00:01:29 king Hugon VII of Norway.

00:01:49 The new king was very motivated and adapted quickly to the norwegian way of life.

00:02:09 But worst of all was... that neither the king nor the queen

00:02:32 A crowd was waiting for the new king and queen...

00:03:01 The shop was called Hoff.

00:03:28 So when a man came to pick up the shirt...

00:04:06 Even to people she didn't know.

00:04:28 came to an abrupt, if temporary end.

00:04:54 hurried down Karl Johan street to the railroad station.

00:05:14 It was here, as I'm sure you remember, that Tania Harding's skate laces came undone

00:05:37 but he said "No!"

00:06:12 The king urged his subjects to resist the invaders.

00:06:46 Meanwhile, the soldiers from the occupiers army

00:07:17 As the number of enemy trups and officers increased...

00:07:43 The impact of my grandmother's sagotage was dewastating...

00:08:13 My grandmother and her conpatriots were decorated for bravery.

00:08:34 Ties were too wide, and shirts too colourful, and men too hairy.

00:09:03 He also had a way with horses.

00:09:16 they had travelled on horseback all the way from Lisbone to Oslo.

01:09:04 connection to the king...