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Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant after years of battling a rare form of pulmonary fibrosis that causes breathing difficulties.
The Norwegian royal family disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday.
“We are delighted that everything has progressed well so far. In accordance with standard practice for all recent transplant recipients, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess will remain admitted to Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet for several weeks to come,” said Are Holm, a lung specialist at the hospital, in a palace statement.
The Crown Princess’s doctor announced on June 5 that she had been placed on the waiting list for a lung transplant after her condition deteriorated significantly.
Doctors said the procedure was a last resort, typically considered when a patient is believed to have less than two years to live without new lungs.
Crown Prince Haakon, who will one day succeed his father as king, will reduce his public engagements to spend more time with his wife, the palace said.
The announcement of Mette-Marit’s transplant came just two days after an Oslo court sentenced her 29-year-old son from a previous relationship, Marius Borg Høiby, to four years in prison for two counts of sexual assault and 32 other offences.
Høiby has denied the most serious charges, and his lawyers say they will appeal.
