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Health Scares and a Jail Visit Test Norway’s Royal Family

Norway’s pared-back royal team leaves little room for absences.

Overview

  • Crown Princess Mette-Marit appeared at Sunday’s National Day events with a portable oxygen device and at times sat to rest.
  • The palace has said her pulmonary fibrosis has worsened and that a lung transplant is likely, a disease that scars lung tissue and makes breathing hard.
  • Princess Ingrid Alexandra, who is studying in Sydney, marked the day at Norwegian community events there rather than on the Oslo palace balcony.
  • Following Sunday’s ceremonies, Crown Prince Haakon and Prince Sverre Magnus visited Marius Borg Høiby in Oslo detention, according to photos published by Dagbladet.
  • Queen Sonja canceled her Monday schedule due to atrial fibrillation, and on Tuesday Denmark’s former Queen Margrethe II left hospital after a coronary balloon procedure.