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Grand Duke Jean's health has 'deteriorated significantly' since Saturday evening and is now surrounded by his family in hospital.

Luxembourg's former head of state, who turned 98 at the beginning of the year, was hospitalised in 14 April and is currently under observation for a lung infection.

There has so far not been an update on his health condition on Easter Monday.

He was already hospitalised in December 2016 due to bronchitis, until January of the following year.

Grand Duke Jean was the head of state between 1964 and 2000, when he abdicated to let his son Henri take over.

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