Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit Joins Lung Transplant List as Royal Approval Falls to 60%
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Updated · Vanity Fair · Jun 9
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit Joins Lung Transplant List as Royal Approval Falls to 60%
3 articles · Updated · Vanity Fair · Jun 9
Summary
Doctors last week placed Crown Princess Mette-Marit on a lung transplant waiting list after saying her pulmonary fibrosis had progressed seriously and surgery will proceed once a suitable donor is found.
April appearances with an oxygen cannula had already signaled her worsening condition, and Norway's royal household said she will pause official duties while Crown Prince Haakon cuts longer trips before and after the operation.
The health crisis lands as the royal family faces wider strain: Queen Sonja was hospitalized in late May with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and Mette-Marit recently apologized over past correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
Her 29-year-old son Marius Borg Høiby, who faces 40 charges and is awaiting a June 15 verdict, was briefly allowed out of custody to see her and speak with her doctors, though prosecutors have appealed a release order.
Those overlapping troubles have added pressure on Norway's monarchy, whose approval rating has fallen to 60%—the lowest in modern history.