- Title: Norway king to remain in Malaysia hospital for a few more days
- Date: 2nd March 2024
- Summary: LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA (MARCH 1, 2024) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL SULTANAH MALIHA IN LANGKAWI ENTRANCEWAY TO HOSPITAL HOSPITAL LOBBY LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA (MARCH 2, 2024) (REUTERS) HOSPITAL EMERGENCY UNIT AMBULANCES PARKED IN EMERGENCY UNIT EMERGENCY UNIT SEEN FROM ROAD VARIOUS OF WARNING SIGN ON TARMAC VARIOUS OF SCANDINAVIAN SAS AIRPLANE ON TARMAC AIR ASIA AIRPLANE PREPARIN
- Embargoed: 16th March 2024 03:52
- Keywords: Harald King Langkawi Malaysia Norway Norwegian infection
- Location: LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA
- City: LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA
- Country: Malaysia
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Royals
- Reuters ID: LVA001484802032024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Norway's King Harald will remain in hospital on Malaysia's Langkawi Island for a few more days for treatment and rest before returning home to Norway, the royal household said on Friday (March 1).
The 87-year-old monarch was on a private holiday in the South-East Asian country when he fell ill with an infection earlier this week.
A medical evacuation airplane arrived in Langkawi on Friday after leaving Oslo the previous day.
King Harald has been Norway's ceremonial head of state since 1991 and is Europe's oldest living monarch. He has repeatedly been hospitalised with infections in recent years, and has also undergone heart surgery.
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