{"id":331795,"date":"2026-08-28T13:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331795\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T13:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T13:20:19","slug":"is-mette-marit-now-norways-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/331795\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Mette-Marit Now Norway\u2019s Queen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Upon the death of King Harald V, his son Crown Prince Haakon immediately ascended the throne as King Haakon VIII<\/a>\u2014and his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, became Queen Mette-Marit.<\/p>\n

Queen Mette-Marit is currently on sick leave, recovering after receiving a lung transplant in June<\/a>. She was discharged from the hospital in July<\/a>, and is not expected to carry out official engagements during the next six months as she undergoes physical rehabilitation. \u201cI would like to thank everyone who make the choice to donate organs. Through organ donation, I have been given the gift of life. Words fail me as I try to express how profoundly grateful and humbled I am,\u201d she said after her discharge, adding, \u201cI deeply appreciate the care and consideration I have received from so many people across Norway during my illness. It has given me strength when I needed it the most.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as yet unclear what that Queen Mette-Marit\u2019s health means for attending King Harald\u2019s funeral. In addition King Haakon and Queen Mette-Marit\u2019s coronation will likely be a more subdued affair, a consecration ceremony following in the tradition of his father and grandfather.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand on something strong. We\u2019ve been together for over 25 years, and we\u2019ve built it in a way that keeps us united. When you marry, it\u2019s for better and for worse,\u201d Haakon said in an interview this past March about his wife, which largely focused on her ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> (translated from Norwegian). \u201cOn the good days, everything feels easy. But it\u2019s during the difficult times, when you have to weather the storm, that a strong foundation matters most. This is our project; we\u2019re in it together. And Mette is caring, wise, and very strong. That\u2019s why I always want her on my team when challenges arise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that Mette-Marit is now queen, her son, Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, still is not a member of the royal family, and will not receive any titles. He has been in the news this year after he was convicted of two rapes, assaulting his former girlfriend, and a number of other offenses totaling 34 charges<\/a>. Marius is now on house arrest<\/a> as he appeals some of the charges and his four year sentence<\/a>. As of this writing, his detention runs to September 7 but the police and courts can chose to extend it.<\/p>\n

King Haakon said of his stepson earlier this year<\/a>, \u201cMarius Borg H\u00f8iby is not a member of the Royal House of Norway and is therefore autonomous. We care about him, and he is an important member of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Emily Burack (she\/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2 min read Upon the death of King Harald V, his son Crown Prince Haakon immediately ascended the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[50892,567,124847,569,83931,568,9,24,63,122,124,123,58803,124846,108292,50891],"class_list":["post-331795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-collection-royal-family-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-0643056c-6006-4742-ade5-05fad6dfe2f2","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-us","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-read_time-2","tag-shorttitle-is-mette-marit-now-norways-queen","tag-sponsored-false","tag-subsection-heritage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}