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Crown Princess Mette-Marit Joins Lung Transplant List Amid Scandal

6/6/2026

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Princess Mette-Marit Awaits Transplant

The princess’s transplant listing emerges as Norway’s royal family faces a rape trial and renewed Epstein scandal.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on Oslo’s lung-transplant waiting list, with doctors estimating one year without a transplant.
Crown Prince Haakon will cut trips and postpone his wedding anniversary to support the princess.
Marius Borg Høiby, the princess’s son, is on trial for rape.

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Mette-Marit Awaits

Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere praised Crown Princess Mette-Marit for openly discussing her lung disease, saying her story could help others.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway is on a lung-transplant waiting list, doctors say she has one year without a transplant.
Crown Prince Haakon said his wife's condition has worsened, noting she is struggling to breathe.
Oslo University Hospital warned transplant window is closing, though she is not on Norway’s list.

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Historical Context

Princess Diana’s death on 31 August 1997 sparked a massive media outcry and a police inquiry, Operation Paget, launched in 2004 that cost over £12 million and culminated in a 2008 inquest verdict of unlawful killing. The episode established a precedent for royal health disclosure, which Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit now invokes while advocating lung-transplant reform.

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Princess Mette-Marit Awaits Transplant

The princess’s transplant listing emerges as Norway’s royal family faces a rape trial and renewed Epstein scandal.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been placed on Oslo’s lung-transplant waiting list, with doctors estimating one year without a transplant.
Crown Prince Haakon will cut trips and postpone his wedding anniversary to support the princess.
Marius Borg Høiby, the princess’s son, is on trial for rape.

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