Overview
- Crown Princess Mette-Marit wore a nasal breathing device during Norway’s Constitution Day events on Sunday at Skaugum, with photos showing her using portable oxygen as she joined her family.
- Pulmonary fibrosis scars lung tissue and makes breathing harder over time, which can limit how long someone can stand or speak in public even with treatment.
- The palace said tests last autumn showed a clear worsening of her condition, prompting Rikshospitalet to begin evaluating her for a possible lung transplant, with no decision yet on a waiting list.
- Department head Professor Are Martin Holm said a transplant will likely be needed soon and that his team is preparing so surgery is possible when the time comes.
- Her eldest son, Marius Borg Høiby, remains in custody awaiting an Oslo District Court verdict on June 15 in a rape case he denies following a trial that ended in March.