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Scandal, Prison, and a Life-Saving Transplant: Inside Crown Princess Mette-Marit's Real 'Annus Horribilis'

The Norwegian royal will spend six months in rehabilitation and miss official duties after a successful lung transplant, doctors said.

  • On her 53rd birthday today, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway celebrates privately while continuing recovery from a lung transplant at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet.
  • Mette-Marit faced a difficult year featuring a health battle, the trial of her son Marius Borg, and public scrutiny regarding past correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein.
  • Are Holm, Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, stated her condition is "as good as can be expected under the circumstances" following surgery.
  • Despite her serious illness, approval ratings remain at "historic lows," and Caroline Vagle notes that "the sympathy she's gained doesn't necessarily mean the criticism she's faced will fade."
  • Defining her role as the future Queen Consort remains important; Vagle believes "what happens going forward will also be important" for Mette-Marit's return to public life.
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On 19 August, the Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrates her 53rd birthday. The palace congratulates the public, but does not publish a new portrait photo.

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Haakon's wife blows candles in a storm over the case of her son Marius Borg Høiby, while grappling with a delicate state of health.

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Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit becomes 53 – but the official photo of the palace contains a detail that makes you stunned. What's behind it?

·Syke, Germany
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It was on Monday when the hospitalization of King Harald of Norway was first known and on Tuesday when Princess Mette-Marit was first seen since her lung transplant, which occurred two months ago. And it is this Wednesday, August 19, when Prince Haakon’s wife turns 53. Great celebrations are not foreseen, given the state of health that the heiress is going through and the chaos that plagues the Crown of the Nordic country.

·Madrid, Spain
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VG broke the news in Oslo, Norway on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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