Prince Frederik of Luxembourg died on March 1, his household wrote in an emotional statement final week. He was 22.
The younger prince, who’s the son of Prince Robert of Luxembourg and Princess Julie of Nassau, was recognized with POLG mitochondrial illness at 14. The life expectancy of somebody with the genetic illness is brief, and the dysfunction presently has no treatment.
“Frederik fought his illness valiantly till the very finish,” his father shared in his assertion. “His indomitable lust for all times propelled him via the toughest of bodily and psychological challenges.”
Based on the POLG Foundation, which Frederik based, the illness “robs the physique’s cells of power, in flip inflicting progressive a number of organ dysfunction and failure.”
“One may examine it to having a defective battery that by no means absolutely recharges, is in a relentless state of depletion and ultimately loses energy,” Robert added.
Robert detailed his son’s goodbyes to relations, saying that he discovered “the energy and the braveness to say goodbye” on Feb. 28, which can also be Rare Disease Day.
“Even in his final moments, his humor, and his boundless compassion, compelled him to go away us with one final chuckle, to cheer us all up,” Robert stated.
“Frederik’s final query to me, previous to his different remarks was: ‘Papa, are you pleased with me?’” Robert stated of the heartbreaking second.
“He had barely been capable of converse for a number of days, so the readability of those phrases was as shocking as the load of the second was profound,” the royal defined.
“The reply was very straightforward, and he had heard it oh so many instances … however at the moment, he wanted reassurance that he had contributed all that he presumably may in his brief and delightful existence and that he may now lastly transfer on.”
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His household shared that Frederik died in Paris, also called “the Metropolis of Lights.”
“One mild was extinguished, however so many stay,” his father wrote.
Frederik is survived by his mother and father in addition to his two siblings: his brother, Alexander, and his sister, Charlotte.
