COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, is getting a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding that the monarch will followingly remain in hospital for a few days.
In a brief statement, the royal household said the 87-year-old would get it at Oslo's university hospital, Rikshospitalet.
Last month, Harald fell ill during a private holiday with his wife Queen Sonja on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi.
Harald returned to Norway aboard a medical airplane and was immediately transferred to an Oslo hospital.
He ascended to the throne following the death of his father, King Olav, in 1991.
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King Harald V of, followingly, Harald, Queen Sonja, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, King Olav, Prince Haakan
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark, King Harald V of Norway, Malaysian, Langkawi, Norway, Oslo