King Harald of Norway has been taken to hospital for treatment in connection with a blood disease, the palace has said. Harald, who is 89, was admitted to the National Hospital on Monday afternoon, the royal palace said in a statement. Harald has been in and out of the hospital several times in recent years.
In February, he was admitted to a hospital in Spain’s Canary Islands during a winter vacation. He was treated for a skin infection at the time. Two years ago, the king fell ill during a private vacation with the queen in Malaysia and received a temporary pacemaker there.
Harald returned aboard a medical airplane to Norway, where he was fitted with a permanent pacemaker. Harald has been Norway’s monarch since 1991.
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