{"id":325505,"date":"2025-12-19T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325505\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:26:09","slug":"norways-crown-princess-mette-marit-will-likely-need-lung-transplant-palace-confirms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/325505\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need lung transplant, palace confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant, the country’s royal household has announced.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old’s condition has worsened in recent months after being diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018.<\/p>\n

The degenerative disease creates scar tissue that stiffens the lungs, making it difficult to breathe and for oxygen to enter the bloodstream.<\/p>\n

The palace said that tests in autumn showed “a clear worsening” of her health.<\/p>\n

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The Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant<\/p>\n

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“We are reaching the point where a lung transplant will be necessary,” Are Martin Holm, head of respiratory medicine at Oslo University Hospital, stated.<\/p>\n

Princess Mette-Marit told broadcaster NRK that her illness had developed “faster than I’d hoped”.<\/p>\n

Dr Holm explained that no decision has been made yet whether she will be placed on the transplant waiting list.<\/p>\n

The palace said her doctors have begun the process towards an evaluation for lung transplant surgery.<\/p>\n

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Princess Mette-Marit told broadcaster NRK that her illness had developed ‘faster than I’d hoped’<\/p>\n

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There are usually between 20 and 40 patients on the waiting list for a lung transplant in Norway.<\/p>\n

Local media reports that the princess will not be given preferential treatment if she is placed on the list.<\/p>\n

Although she is not yet on a donor list, Dr Holm said her healthcare team was “undertaking the necessary preparations to ensure that [a transplant] will be possible when the time comes”.<\/p>\n

The palace said the princess has “an increasing need” for rest and a specific exercise regime.<\/p>\n

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The palace said the princess has ‘an increasing need’ for rest<\/p>\n

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Prince Haakon, Mette-Marit’s husband and the future king of Norway, sat beside her for an interview with NRK.<\/p>\n

He shared that while she may appear “perfectly fine”, he had noticed her difficulty breathing recently and a lack of energy.<\/p>\n

The crown prince added that hiking or skiing together was no longer possible.<\/p>\n

The thought of the transplant alone had been demanding, Mette-Marit said, as she knew it would involve risks.<\/p>\n

\"MariusMarius Borg H\u00f8iby is the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship | GETTY<\/p>\n

Transplant is seen as a last resort, Dr Holm explained, telling reporters that individuals must be significantly ill and have a limited life expectancy before a lung transplant can be deemed necessary.<\/p>\n

News of the princess’s deteriorating health comes months after her eldest son was charged with 32 offences, including four counts of rape.<\/p>\n

Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, 28, denies the most serious accusations against him, but plans to plead guilty to some lesser charges when the trial begins, his lawyer Petar Sekulic announced.<\/p>\n

Mr H\u00f8iby is the stepson of the heir to the Norwegian throne, but does not possess any royal title or official duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant, the country’s royal household has announced. The 52-year-old’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325506,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,50,1852,56,54,55,231],"class_list":{"0":"post-325505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-royal","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom","15":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}