King Harald of Norway (R) talks to Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Torbjoern Jagland (2nd R), and queen Sonja of Norway (C) close to director of the Nobel Institute, Mr Geir Lundestad (L) during the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee's traditional banquet at the Grand Hotel in Oslo on December 10, 2010. The Nobel Prize award ceremony at Oslo city hall went ahead without guest of honour Liu Xiaobo, a jailed Chinese dissident who was represented by an empty chair at the event. AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX NORWAY / Aleksander Andersen ***NORWAY OUT***