Norway King’s Health Condition ‘Very Serious’, Royal Court Says
The palace said the 89-year-old monarch’s condition is now very serious, and Crown Prince Haakon is serving as regent while royal events are canceled.
- On Thursday, the Royal Palace announced that King Harald's health has deteriorated while in the National Hospital in Oslo, describing the 89-year-old monarch's condition as "very serious."
- Harald, Europe's oldest head of state, was hospitalized on August 17 for a bacterial blood infection after complications from hemolytic anemia treatment earlier this month.
- Crown Prince Haakon and Queen Sonja have canceled all planned events, with Sonja withdrawing from the Foreign Affairs Council where she was expected to appear alongside the Crown Prince.
- Haakon attended the Military Tattoo alone on Wednesday from the Royal Palace balcony in Oslo, as the event originally scheduled for Tuesday with Sonja was rescheduled while he assumes his father's duties.
- Despite these adjustments, the 88-year-old Queen remains scheduled to attend a board meeting for the Queen Sonja Print Award on Thursday, though she previously experienced heart failure earlier this year.
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The health of King Harald seems to have deteriorated further. The palace describes the situation as "very serious". Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon have cancelled their program and have rushed to the hospital together with other family members.
The state of health of Norway's King Harald V. has continued to deteriorate. The entire royal family canceled all appointments and rushed to the hospital. The head of government cancels a trip to Berlin.
For days now, Norway's King Harald V has been treated in the hospital. But improvement is obviously not in sight. The situation is "very serious", the farm now informs. While the family rushes to the hospital bed, Norway's head of government cancels a planned trip to Germany.
The concern is once again settled in the Norwegian Royal House. King Harald V, 89, passes through a delicate moment again after his state of health has worsened in the last few hours. The Royal Palace has announced on Thursday that the monarch is in a “very serious” state, a term that significantly raises the alarm after several days in which a stable situation had been reported. Harald remains admitted to the hospital of the Kingdom of Oslo sin…
Norway is concerned about his old King Harald V.: The monarch who was admitted to the hospital a week and a half ago is in "extremely serious condition", as the palace in Oslo explained on Thursday. Crown Prince Haakon and Queen Sonja canceled all appointments and gathered together with other members of the royal family at the bedside of the 89-year-old. The monarch suffering from a form of blood poverty had been admitted to the Rikshospitalet i…
The health condition of 89-year-old King Harald V of Norway, who is in hospital with a blood disease, has deteriorated and is extremely serious, the royal palace said. Queen Sonja and Crown Prince Haakon have cancelled all engagements and are staying with him in the hospital.
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