Mette Marit of Norway, the princess on sick leave who is raising the visibility of chronic diseases
Suffering from chronic pulmonary fibrosis, Crown Prince Haakon’s wife extended her absence from public events. She speaks about her illness with a frankness that is unusual for royalty. ‘I can’t just think, offhand, that things are going to work out. It depends on how I feel,’ she said on her 50th birthday.
Source: elpais.com