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\n \n Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit<\/a> has undergone a successful lung transplant<\/a> and is recovering from the procedure, the royal household said in a statement on Wednesday.\n <\/p>\n \n The 52-year-old wife of Crown Prince Haakon, the heir to \u200cthe Norwegian throne, was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018, a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs and leads to a reduced oxygen uptake.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cLike all newly transplanted patients, the crown princess will remain at the hospital for several weeks to come,\u201d Oslo University Hospital Professor Are Holm said in a statement provided by the palace.\n <\/p>\n \n The surgery comes at a strained time for the royal family: Earlier \u2060this week, Mette-Marit\u2019s 29-year-old son from a previous relationship, Marius Borg Hoiby, was convicted of rape and domestic violence and sentenced to four years in prison.\n <\/p>\n \n Oslo University Hospital on June 5 said Mette-Marit had been placed on a waiting list for a lung transplant after a significant deterioration in her health that likely gave her only a year to live without the surgery.\n <\/p>\n \n The crown prince and crown princess thanked the public for the warm and kind greetings they had received recently, the palace said. The next public update on her health is only expected when she is discharged from hospital, it added.\n <\/p>\n \n Crown Prince Haakon in December said the family had noticed \u200ca \u2060change in Mette-Marit\u2019s condition and that she was struggling more to breathe.\n <\/p>\n \n Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere had praised the crown princess for being open about her illness, saying this could help others suffering from similar conditions.\n <\/p>\n \n Mette-Marit was 25, an unmarried single mother and a commoner when she met Haakon at a music festival in 1999 \u2014 the beginning of an unlikely \u2060royal romance that started with a media furore and ended up winning over much of the nation.\n <\/p>\n \n But support for Norway\u2019s monarchy has taken a hit this year, opinion polls have shown, as several scandals hit at \u2060once.\n <\/p>\n \n Hoiby\u2019s conviction on Monday followed a highly publicised trial that dominated headlines.\n <\/p>\n \n Meanwhile, the crown princess has apologised to the king and queen for her contact with late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom she had described as \u2060a friend, though she cut ties several years before his death in 2019.\n <\/p>\n \n A Norstat survey in February, conducted during Hoiby\u2019s trial, showed support for retaining the monarchy falling to a record low of 60%, before recovering slightly to 64% in May.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Reuters\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Norway\u2019s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant and is recovering from the procedure, the royal household said in a statement on Wednesday. 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