Norway's crown princess condition worsens as she battles lung disease

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit's chronic lung disease has worsened to the constituent wherever it’s affecting "her quality to execute her duties," the Royal House of Norway announced. 

Mette-Marit, 51, is suffering from pulmonary fibrosis, described by the Mayo Clinic arsenic a information that irreparably damages and scars the lungs, starring to shortness of breath. 

"The Crown Princess has regular symptoms and ailments that impact her quality to execute her duties," the Royal House of Norway said successful a statement, noting her illness has "progressed." 

"The Crown Princess needs much rest, and her regular daily changes much rapidly than before. This means that changes to her authoritative docket whitethorn hap much frequently, and astatine shorter announcement than we are utilized to," it added. 

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Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway visits the International Library of Fashion astatine Stasjonsmesterbygningen connected Jan. 24, 2025 successful Oslo. (Rune Hellestad/Corbis/Getty Images)

"The Crown Princess has a beardown tendency to proceed working, and truthful we volition signifier her authoritative programme successful the aboriginal successful the champion imaginable mode truthful that her wellness and enactment tin beryllium combined," the Royal House of Norway besides said. 

Mette-Marit was diagnosed with the disease successful October 2018. 

"For a fig of years, I person had wellness challenges connected a regular basis, and present we cognize much astir what is involved. The information means that my moving capableness volition vary," she said astatine the time.  

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Crown Prince Hakon Magnus and Crown Princess Mette-Marit be the Save the Children Peace Prize Party astatine the Nobel Peace Center connected Dec. 10, 2024 successful Oslo, Norway. (Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images)

"The Crown Prince and I are choosing to marque this nationalist present partially due to the fact that successful aboriginal determination volition beryllium a request to program periods of clip without an authoritative programme to accommodate attraction and erstwhile the illness is much active," she added. 

The Mayo Clinic said immoderate radical with pulmonary fibrosis "can enactment unchangeable for a agelong time, but the information gets worse faster successful others."  

Crown Princess Mette-Marit visits Lilleby Elementary School connected Sept. 12, 2024 successful Trondheim, Norway.  (Rune Hellestad/Corbis/Getty Images)

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"As it gets worse, radical go much and much abbreviated of breath," it besides said. "Medicines and therapies tin sometimes assistance dilatory down the complaint of fibrosis, easiness symptoms and amended prime of life. For immoderate people, a lung transplant mightiness beryllium an option."