The Royal Family of Norway is not going through its best moment. In the midst of Marius Borg Høiby’s controversies, the Royal Family issued an urgent statement in which it confirmed that Mette-Marit He resumed his treatment for chronic pulmonary fibrosis, the disease that was diagnosed in 2018. Now, all the alarms have gone off after the last health report issued by themselves.
The Royal House of Norway has announced that Mette-Marit is on sick leave due to the side effects she must take for her illness. According to what they indicate, the Crown Princess will withdraw from public life “initially” for a week.
On the other hand, they have also specified that all the official commitments that were scheduled for the next few days have been canceled or postponed. Earlier this month, Norway’s own Royal House warned that this could happen. “Previous experience has shown that medications can cause side effects that may have consequences for your official agenda. Therefore, it seems natural to us to share this information in the situation we find ourselves in,” they said then.
It is not the first time that Mette-Marit has had to be on sick leave due to her illness. The health of Prince Haakon’s wife has suffered on several occasions in recent times. In September 2023, Marius Borg Høiby’s mother was forced to remove herself from the media spotlight for two months.
Mette-Marit, forced to change the way she lives
Mette-Marit at a public event
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Mette-Marit has always spoken openly about the illness she suffers from since 2018. Chronic pulmonary fibrosis is a serious, degenerative disease that affects the lungs.. It is characterized by damage and scarring of lung tissue. It is a condition that prevents these organs from functioning properly since the buildup of scar tissue hinders the lungs’ ability to expand and contract.
In all this time, the Crown Princess has been forced to adapt her life and take time off from some official events. Is aware that can’t lead a normal life. She herself has publicly stated that there are days when the disease is a little stronger.
He tries to deal with pulmonary fibrosis in the best of ways, although it has been complicated. Recently, she herself acknowledged that He was very anxious about having to go uphill.. “It’s an absurd thing, but I’m very embarrassed when I breathe very loudly and I’m in front of the microphones. I get very stressed. This disease has changed the way I live my own life.. Now I’m much calmer,” she said in a documentary broadcast on ‘TV2 Norge’.
Mette-Marit, in the spotlight for her son’s controversies
Mette-Marit on her official trip to Norway
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This new health problem comes in the midst of all the scandals that his first-born son is involved in. In fact, Mette-Marit has been in the spotlight due to her stony silence on the matter. He only spoke on one occasion and it was to make it clear that He was not going to comment on the issue out of respect for all those involved.
While she remains silent, the truth is that the Norwegian media does not stop cornering her. A few weeks ago, The Crown Princess was caught shopping with Marius Borg in a shopping center. Both were in a “jovial” attitude and, as they described, seemed oblivious to everything that was happening.
Marius Borg’s lawyer breaks his silence
Marius Borg with his mother, Mette-Marit
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Marius Borg is accused of physical and psychological assault on several of his ex-partners, as well as reckless driving. The young man has been in eight police interrogations and he himself has declared that he feels like a victim. He denies the facts of which he is accused, although he does make it clear that the fight in the Oslo apartment with his ex-girlfriend did occur.
In the midst of all this, his lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, who specializes in the defense of criminals, gangsters, murderers and gang leaders, has broken his silence. The lawyer has confessed in a Norwegian media that he is facing one of the “simplest” cases of his career. He did not think twice when accepting the case, since he recognizes that he says yes to everything.
As the lawyer explains, received a call from prison shortly after the first arrest occurred, on August 4. “I picked up the phone. They said there was someone there who wanted to talk to me. Then I just I heard: ‘Hey, I’m Marius’“he commented.
Although he insists that he is not concerned about the case itself, due to its simplicity, he does recognize that the worst thing about it is the “media hysteria”. Last month, the lawyer spoke out again and denounced that his client was being persecuted just for being Mette-Marit’s son.