At an official appointment with her familyWorried about Mette-Marit! Here the Crown Princess appears with an oxygen device

April 10, 2026 around 3:55 p.m Clock

Mette-Marit welcomed Norwegian Paralympics athletes

The Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit (52) appeared for the first time at an official appointment with an oxygen device. Photos from the NTB news agency showed Mette-Marit with a so-called nasal cannula that supplied the Crown Princess with oxygen.

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The reason for her appearance was the reception of the Norwegian participants in the Paralympic Games at the Royal Palace in Oslo. Crown Prince Haakon (52) and the couple's children, Princess Ingrid Alexandra (22) and Prince Sverre Magnus (20), also attended the appointment.

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Mette-Marit is struggling with incurable lung disease

Mette-Marit suffers from the incurable disease pulmonary fibrosis. This causes scars to form in the lung tissue, which can cause, among other things, shortness of breath. The Crown Princess's health had recently deteriorated. In December, the court announced that Mette-Marit would need new lungs sooner or later.

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Recently, the Norwegian Crown Princess rarely appeared in public due to her illness. She has also recently been heavily criticized in her home country because of her friendship with the sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019. In addition, her son had to get out of a previous relationship, Marius Borg Hoiby (29), At the beginning of the year he went to trial on rape allegations. (fkl/dpa)

Sources used: dpa