King Harald V of Norway hospitalized with infection while on vacation in Malaysia. Europe's oldest living monarch, aged 87, has suffered from several illnesses in recent months.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said he was “sad” to learn of his hospitalization and wished a ‘speedy recovery’ to the man who had also undergone heart surgery in 2020. The king, who now travels on a crutch, ruled out abdicating at the end of January during his first public intervention.