Overview
- Crown Prince Haakon told reporters on Tuesday that the Crown Princess’s condition has deteriorated recently and that he is worried about her health.
- The royal household says Mette‑Marit now uses supplemental oxygen every day and that clinicians at Rikshospitalet have begun preparations for a possible lung transplant.
- The decision to add her to a transplant waiting list is a medical one for her doctors and no timing has been announced by the Palace.
- The royal family is handling multiple pressures at once after the release of Epstein‑related documents and the criminal trial of her son, whose verdict is due on 15 June.
- Pulmonary fibrosis is a progressive scarring of the lungs that reduces breathing capacity and can require transplantation when other treatments no longer control symptoms, a condition that will shape how and when the Crown Princess can carry out public duties.