His state of health is worrying.
Already hospitalized several times in 2023 for having had a fever or contracted an infection, King Harald V of Norway was admitted to hospital in Malaysia.
On a private trip to this Southeast Asian country, the monarch suffered a respiratory infection like last month, the Norwegian royal house announced in a press release on Tuesday.
Despite these recent recurring illnesses, royal officials have told Norwegian media that his son, Crown Prince Haakon, will carry out his planned engagements at home.
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“His Majesty the King fell ill during his holiday in Malaysia and is hospitalized there with an infection.
The king is receiving good care from Malaysian and Norwegian medical staff,” the royal household said in a statement.
The Prime Minister says he is “sad”
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 press agency said. Norwegian NTB.
Two days before his 87th birthday last week, the palace announced that Europe's oldest monarch would undertake a private trip abroad, without specifying the destination or dates, according to the Norwegian news agency NTB.
On the throne since 1991, the king, who now travels on a crutch, ruled out abdicating at the end of January during his first public intervention following the surprise departure of his distant Danish cousin, Queen Margrethe II.