Health of Norway's king deteriorates while in hospital, palace says
The 89-year-old monarch is receiving antibiotics for a bloodstream infection and will remain at Norway’s national hospital on medical leave.
- On Sunday, the palace reported that King Harald's health deteriorated over the weekend. The 89-year-old monarch remains at Rikshospitalet in Oslo, receiving antibiotics for a bloodstream infection and is in stable condition.
- King Harald was admitted on Monday due to fluid retention while receiving cortisone treatment for hemolytic anemia, a blood disorder. The monarch has faced multiple health complications in recent years, necessitating a pacemaker and a reduced official schedule.
- Crown Prince Haakon, serving as regent during his father's illness, visited the hospital on Sunday alongside Queen Sonja and Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Several family members gathered at the Oslo facility to coordinate during treatment.
- These health concerns occur during a turbulent time for the Norwegian royal family, which faces scrutiny over Marius Borg Hoiby's legal troubles and Crown Princess Mette-Marit's past correspondence with late American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
- Despite recurring health incidents, the King has consistently ruled out abdication, citing the lifelong oath he took before the Norwegian Parliament. Harald, who ascended the throne in 1991, remains Europe's oldest reigning monarch.
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Europe's oldest monarch is 'deteriorating in health' as Palaces issue urgent statement
Norway's 89-year-old King Harald, the oldest reigning monarch on the European continent, saw his health take a turn for the worse over the weekend while being treated at Oslo University Hospital.The Norwegian Palace issued an urgent statement confirming: "His Majesty the King's health deteriorated over the weekend. The King is receiving antibiotics for a bacterial infection in his blood, and has responded to this treatment."The royal household a…
The 89-year-old Norwegian sovereign, Dean of the Monarchs of Europe, was hospitalized last week to treat the side effects of a treatment for a blood disease. A statement from the palace published on Sunday stated that the situation was "stable" but that his two-week illness arrest was now indefinite. His eldest son, Crown Prince Haakon, who is in charge of the regency, has already visited him twice at the Rikshospitalet of Oslo. - The state of h…
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