Overview
- Mette-Marit, who hosted a reception at Oslo’s Royal Palace on Friday, appeared with a nasal oxygen cannula for the first time in public.
- A staff member walked beside her carrying a portable oxygen unit as the crown prince family greeted Norway’s Paralympic athletes.
- Oslo University Hospital is preparing her for a possible lung transplant, and no surgery date is set.
- The court added Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Prince Sverre Magnus to the event schedule only on Thursday, creating a rare full-family turnout.
- She also faces pressure over past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, and her son Marius Borg Høiby awaits a verdict expected in early June in a rape case.