Haakon Updates Mette-Marit's Health at Her First Dinner as King: "Her Intervention Has Been Rather Delicate"
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The monarch has been accompanied by his mother, Queen Widow Sonia, and his daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, at dinner with members of Parliament. More information: Haakon of Norway will preside over his first dinner as king with the Storting in the Royal Palace, tucked in by his mother and daughter
At the traditional Storting dinner, the new King of Norway gave an emotional speech and also talked about his family.
During the annual dinner for the representatives of the Storting, King Haakon spoke about how fragile life is after Queen Mette-Marit's lung transplant. LHL greatly appreciates this.
At the festive dinner in the castle, to which the Norwegian royal household had invited the parliamentarians of the Stortings and the government, a chair remained vacant: Queen Mette-Marit (53) had not come. King Haakon (53) spoke openly in his table address, as Svensk Dam reports. The queen is still in the recovery phase after her lung transplant in the summer. "She would have liked to have been here with us tonight, but must recover after her …
Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who made her debut at this dinner with the Norwegian tiara with the amethysts, and Queen Sonja, wearing the pearl tiara of Queen Maud, accompanied Haakon for this new stage of her reign. About her wife Mette-Marit, absent from the evening, the sovereign explained: "She must continue her convalescence. [...] The first year after such an important intervention is particularly delicate."
Princess Ingrid – “the junior and debutant”, with the tiara of Norwegian amethysts – and Queen Sonia –“the superveteran”, with the tiara of pearls of Queen Maud – accompany Haakon in this new milestone of her newly premiered reign.
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