マレーシアで罹患のノルウェー国王、帰国

【オスロＡＦＰ＝時事】休暇滞在中のマレーシアで体調を崩して入院していたノルウェーのハラルド５世（８７）が３日、帰国した。王室が同日、発表した。（写真はノルウェー国王のハラルド５世。首都オスロで）
　ノルウェー国営放送は、国王を乗せた飛行機が同日午後１１時前に首都オスロの空港に着陸する様子を放映した。
　王室によれば、国王はオスロ市内の病院に数日間入院し、検査を受ける予定。
　欧州の君主として最高齢のハーラル国王は、マレーシア・ランカウイ島で休暇中に感染症にかかり、２月２７日に入院。王室は今月２日、国王には「仮の」ペースメーカーが植え込まれたと明かした。主治医は、より安全に帰国できるようにするための措置だとした。
　国王は１月にも呼吸器系の感染症にかかっていた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/03/04-16:38）

King Harald of Norway returned home from Malaysia on Sunday after falling ill on holiday and spending several days in hospital, the royal palace said.
Norway's state broadcaster showed footage of his plane landing just before 11:00 pm (2200 GMT) in the capital, Oslo.
His Majesty the King arrived in Norway this evening, said a palace statement. The flight had gone well and the king was recovering, it added.
The oldest reigning monarch in Europe at 87 years old, Harald contracted an infection on a trip to the island of Langkawi and was admitted to hospital on Tuesday.
The palace said on Saturday that he had been fitted with a temporary pacemaker, which his personal physician said would make his return safer.
Sunday's palace statement said the king would be hospitalised in Oslo for further checks and several days' rest.
His Majesty will be on sick leave for two weeks, said an earlier palace statement.
A medical plane believed to be transporting the king had taken off from Langkawi on Sunday afternoon, after police escorted a convoy that included an ambulance from the hospital to the airport, an AFP journalist saw.
Harald needs crutches to get around and has suffered a series of health issues in recent years.
He caught a respiratory infection in January, days after dismissing speculation that he might abdicate, following the lead of distant cousin Queen Margrethe II in Denmark.
In his absence, Crown Prince Haakon, 50, has stepped in as regent.