The Crown Prince and Princess will represent the monarch at engagements
The monarch, 87, was due to resume his duties on 8 April but it's been announced that following his hospitalisation, he will rest for a further two weeks until 22 April.The palace has also confirmed that senior members of the royal family will step in for the king at his engagements in the coming weeks.Crown Princess Mette-Marit will then present the National Association for Public Health's research awards on 15 April.
The palace has confirmed Crown Prince Haakon's trip to the west coast of the US will still go ahead as planned from 15 to 19 April. In line with the Constitution, the government will oversee the governance of the country that week. Haakon, 50, undertook an official visit to Lithuania earlier this week, where he met with the President of Lithuania Gitanas Nausėda as well as the Norwegian force contribution in Rukla camp.Ingrid Alexandra is currently in the middle of her military training at the Engineer Battalion in Brigade Nord, while Sverre Magnus is finalising his education at Elvebakken Upper Secondary School in Oslo.
Despite a bout of ill-health in recent years, he ruled out abdicating like Denmark's Queen Margrethe, stating in January: "I stand by what I have said all along. I have taken an oath to the Storting, and it lasts for life."If you are reading this, the chances are you are obsessed with all things royalty – which is just as well because so are we! So obsessed, in fact, we’ve launched a club solely dedicated to covering them.
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