Norway's King Harald Brokers Peace Between Feuding Tapas Bars

In a surprise twist of international diplomacy, King Harald V of Norway is set to be discharged from a hospital in Spain, not because of reasons relating to his health, but due to his successful negotiation of peace between two rival tapas bars.

The king had initially been admitted for treatment of what officials vaguely described as a minor ailment. However, it wasn't long before his royal prowess was called upon to mediate a culinary cold war between "El Pulpo Loco" and "Patatas Bravas Plaza," two tapas establishments embroiled in a fierce dispute over whose calamari was truly the best in town.

Sources claim that King Harald skillfully employed traditional Norwegian conflict resolution tactics, combining elements of Viking diplomacy and culinary inclusivity to draw up terms that included a co-promotion of each bar's signature dish and a joint tapas tasting event to be held each weekend.

“We are eternally grateful to King Harald,” said a local restaurateur, “only someone with his diplomatic gravitas and a keen palate for tapas could have brokered such an agreement.” The Spanish town is now buzzing with excitement as King Harald prepares to return to Norway, leaving behind not just improved diplomatic relations but also a strange craving for Norwegian herring.