Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has been discharged from an Oslo hospital where he received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, the palace has said. The 87-year-old was “doing well” and would be on sick leave until April 8, the royal household said in a brief statement. His 50-year-old son, Crown Prince […]
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Norway’s King Harald V in hospital on Malaysian resort island of Langkawi
Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, remains in hospital in Malaysia after falling ill while on holiday. Malaysian national news agency Bernama said the 87-year-old was undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital on the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi. The report cited unnamed sources as saying he was staying at the […]
Norway’s ageing king Harald V on sick leave because of respiratory infection
Norway’s ageing king Harald V is on sick leave until February 2 because of a respiratory infection, the Norwegian palace has said. The 86-year-old monarch, who has repeatedly said he has no plans to abdicate unlike his second cousin Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, has been admitted to hospital several times in recent months. In […]