Overview
- The crown couple will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in private with family on Tuesday, August 25, and the larger public festivities have been postponed by the palace.
- The palace announced the decision as Mette‑Marit continues to recover from a life‑saving lung transplant she received in June 2026, and officials say a public event will be rescheduled when her health allows.
- King Harald V. is hospitalized with a bacterial blood infection at Rikshospitalet and Crown Prince Haakon is serving as regent, carrying official duties while adjusting his public schedule to be at his wife's side.
- The couple's turmoil has included earlier revelations of Mette‑Marit's past contacts with Jeffrey Epstein and the June 2026 conviction of her son Marius Borg Høiby to four years in prison, a verdict that is not yet legally final.
- The decision leaves only limited public marks of the anniversary — a Royal Guard drill and an exhibition of the couple's wedding garments — and highlights how recent health and legal crises have tested the monarchy's public standing and daily life for the family.