Overview
- The heir to Norway appeared at a reception for Paralympic athletes in Oslo wearing a nasal oxygen cannula and was accompanied by Crown Prince Haakon and their two children.
- She has chronic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable disease that scars the lungs and makes breathing difficult, and the Royal Court has indicated she may eventually need a lung transplant.
- Mette‑Marit has scaled back official duties in recent years because of the illness, taking medical leave and cutting her schedule as symptoms worsened.
- Separate pressures continue as her son, Marius Borg Høiby, faces serious charges, with prosecutors in March requesting a prison term of seven years and seven months; he admits some conduct but denies the most severe allegations.
- U.S. releases in late January revived her past correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein from 2011 to 2014, and polling cited in coverage reports strong public reluctance to see her one day on the throne alongside Haakon.