The Crown Princess of Norway is recovering at home following a lung transplant.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit is out of hospital and back with her family and she chose an important moment to reveal her health update.
As Norway celebrated dumping World Cup favourites, Brazil, out of the tournament in a shock result. Mette-Marit was seen joining the festivities from her home in Oslo.
Pictured with her husband, Crown Prince Haakon, she was seen marking the moment that Norway put Brazil out of the tournament to progress to a quarter final match against England.
Mette-Marit, 52, looked well and happy just weeks after doctors confirmed she had undergone a lung transplant. She was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis in 2018 and in recent months, her health deteriorated sharply, On Norway’s National Day, in May, she appeared wearing an oxygen tube and looking very unwell. Later, Crown Prince Haakon confirmed that her health had taken a turn for the worse.
In June, the Royal Palace announced that the Crown Princess had undergone a lung transplant and said no further details would be released until she was back home.
Meanwhile, her daughter, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, 21, was at the match that saw Norway head into the quarter finals. The second in line to the throne was at the New York New Jersey stadium for the historic 2-1 win that sealed the spot in the last eight for her national team. She was joined by her younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus.
This is the first appearance in the World Cup for Norway since 1998 – Ingrid Alexandra wasn’t even born when they last competed on the global stage.
As Norway’s footballers made history, the country’s royal family were the first to congratulate them with King Harald, 89, and Queen Sonja, who just celebrated her 89th birthday, photographed waving Norwegian flags as they enjoyed the game.
Crown Prince Haakon went one step further and headed out to join a fanzone where he dived into the crowd and joined in their celebrations.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit, meanwhile, watched from the palace windows.
Her reappearance is the latest stage in her recovery which is expected to take several months.
