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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit Celebrate Bittersweet Silver Wedding Anniversary Amid Worrying Time

The palace shared new portraits and honeymoon photos as the couple marked 25 years of marriage, while a planned gala was postponed.

  • Today, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit marked their 25 years of marriage as The Royal House of Norway released anniversary portraits of the couple at Skaugum.
  • Haakon and Mette-Marit met years ago and wed at Oslo Cathedral in a relationship initially facing scrutiny from the Church and public, though King Harald gave his approval to the marriage.
  • The anniversary celebration remains muted due to family circumstances, with the couple postponing a planned gala while sharing never-before-seen honeymoon photos from New York's Long Island on Instagram.
  • While Crown Prince Haakon serves as regent, King Harald remains hospitalized at the National Hospital, with a palace statement saying "no significant changes in the King" and the situation remaining stable.
  • Mette-Marit is recovering from a lung transplant following a worsening of her chronic pulmonary fibrosis, while Marius Borg remains under house arrest following a conviction for two counts of rape.
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The Norwegian Crown Prince and Princess are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary today. To mark the occasion, they have shared a series of completely private photos featuring Marius Borg Høiby. The couple's children do not appear in the photographs.

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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"To feel persecuted is an overwhelming feeling. From the time it was known that Haakon and I were lovers until we got married, I felt persecuted (...) To feel that the most part...

·Madrid, Spain
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On 25 August, the future Norwegian sovereigns celebrate their wedding money in a complicated family context. The couple, who spent the summer at Madame's bedside after her lung transplant, is now at Harald V's, whose state of health has been "degraded". The festivities will be held in private, according to the Norwegian press, before a public event when the quinquennial will be on foot. - Norway: the king still hospitalized, Crown Prince Haakon …

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The Norwegian royal family has released new photos of Crown Prince Haakon (53) and Crown Princess Mette-Marit (53) for their 25th wedding anniversary. Remarkably, Marius Borg Høiby (29), Mette-Marit's son from a previous relationship, also appears in the pictures. This is causing resentment in Norway, as he has only recently been sentenced to a prison term.

·Kobbegem, Belgium
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Aftenposten broke the news in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
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