Norway's crown princess placed on list for lung transplant, palace says
The palace said the 52-year-old will pause official duties while awaiting surgery, and several royal events are being postponed.
- On Friday, Oslo University Hospital placed Crown Princess Mette-Marit on the lung transplant waiting list following a comprehensive medical assessment of her progressive pulmonary fibrosis.
- Diagnosed in 2018 with rare pulmonary fibrosis, the 52-year-old Mette-Marit has faced repeated health setbacks that forced her to scale back duties and recently appeared publicly using an oxygen device.
- Crown Prince Haakon cut short an official visit to Japan to return home, while their daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra interrupted her studies in Australia and flew back to Oslo.
- Defense attorney Petar Sekulic requested the release of Marius Borg Hoiby on Friday, citing his mother's ailing health as the rape trial awaits a June 15 verdict.
- The royal household stated that while awaiting the transplant, Crown Princess Mette-Marit will be unable to carry out official duties, disrupting schedules for the crown prince and the rest of the family.
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Norway crown princess placed on lung transplant list after 'serious' development
Norway's controversial Crown Princess Mette-Marit's condition has drastically deteriorated in recent months and she has been placed on a waiting list in the hope a donor becomes available
The fact that Norway's crown princess Mette-Marit (52) suffers from pulmonary fibrosis has been known since 2018. Her health has deteriorated over the past months. On Friday morning, the palace announced that she was on the waiting list for a lung transplant. As she is doing, it is not possible to comment on her official position until the procedure has taken place."The next update on the condition of the crown princess will be published when th…
Since 2018, Mette-Marit, the 52-year-old princess of Norway, has suffered from a progressive lung disease that makes her breathing difficult and that has caused her to abandon the activities corresponding to her role in the royal family. As a result, today, Friday 5, the Norwegian Royal Palace confirmed, through a statement, that the wife of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus is on a waiting list for a lung transplant. And her doctor was strong: “Her si…
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway is on the waiting list for a lung transplant after her health has deteriorated. "Who now blasphemes about this woman should pause," says Icon editor Inga Griese.
No one can still know when the Crown Princess might be able to undergo surgery.
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