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Norway’s King Harald V is to receive a permanent heart pacemaker, the royal family announced on Monday. Harald, who is 87, fell ill with an infection while on holiday in Malaysia and was admitted to hospital there last week. On Monday the king returned to his homeland on a special plane after a stopover in the United Arab Emirates. According to Oslo officials, the king had already been fitted with a temporary pacemaker before the flight, which his personal physician said was to make the return journey safer for the monarch. Harald is now in hospital in Oslo. He is said to be recovering from th…

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