“The Crown Princess is seriously ill, and I think she has gotten a bit worse lately.”
The future Queen of Norway is putting her studies on hold and rushing home from Australia as her mom battles a worsening illness. Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 22, is returning to Norway from the University of Sydney to be by the side of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, whose “Ingrid Alexandra plans to come home soon.
It has to do with the family situation. She wants to be with her mother,” Crown Prince Haakon said during an official visit to Japan, the outlet reported Monday. The princess is in the middle of a three-year degree in international relations and political economy. While she is expected to eventually return to Australia, Haakon said it is unclear how long she will remain at home.
The decision comes as Mette-Marit, 52, continues her battle with chronic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease she was diagnosed with in 2018.
“The Crown Princess is seriously ill, and I think she has gotten a bit worse lately,” he said, according to“These six months have gone pretty well, I think. But there are different phases. So we just have to try to solve it as best we can,” he added. Mette-Marit has recently been seen at public events wearing a nasal cannula, an oxygen tube that helps with her breathing.
Asked whether she could eventually need a lung transplant, Haakon said, “It’s a medical question. So they’re the ones who decide when it should happen, when it’s right. But I think she’s gotten a lot worse lately, unfortunately. ”Princess Ingrid Alexandra, the eldest child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is Norway’s future queen.
She is second in line to the throne behind her father and is expected to one day become the country’s monarch. The future queen is putting her studies on hold to spend time with her mom amid the family health crisis. The palace said she would take a week off royal duties to rest and adjust her medication. She received a pacemaker in January 2025.
King Harald, 89, has also faced a string of health setbacks in recent years, including leg surgery, multiple COVID-19 infections andThe family’s latest troubles come just days after a Sydney court issued a two-year restraining order against a man accused of stalking Princess Ingrid Alexandra. David James Cook, 63, was banned from contacting the princess or any member of the Norwegian royal family after allegedly sending a letter to her residence at St Andrew’s College,“I sent her a card just asking for friendship, that’s all,” Cook told reporters outside court.
“I did not intentionally upset her in any way and I wouldn’t do so. She’s a nice person. I bumped into her at an event and I followed up with the card. ”Police said the photographer suffered minor injuries.
Cook was released from custody and is due back in court July 17. The future queen is putting her studies on hold to spend time with her mom amid the family health crisis.
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