#Princess Märtha Louise

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Princess Märtha Louise of Norway got married to her "shaman" the other day and ngl I am high-key obsessed.

If you don't know: these are two people who absolutely match the fuck out of each other's freak. Princess Märtha Louise is pretty notorious for her woo woo new age spiritual beliefs which include being able to talk to angels. I wonder if she's ever on the spirit phone with Princess Diana.

Her husband, "Shaman" Durek Verrett claims to be a fifth generation shaman with unique healing and spiritual powers. Yeah, he's a good ol' fashioned con man out there doing Rasputin proud and he hit the fucking jackpot.

Like it's easy to say that she's a mark but also if she weren't a princess she'd absolutely be a cult leader so I kind of love these two garbage people finding love.

Anyway, the tiara she chose is legit one of my top-tier favorite royal tiaras, it's soooo beautiful and elegant. Too bad she paired it with an ill-fitting and cheap-looking dress with flowers that must have been hot-glued on.

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A roundup before I check out

Here is a summary of the entire sh*t storm all the articles, opinion pieces and leader articles I've translated so far about the Norwegian Royal Family & their summer of chaos. Now, I'm passing the baton over to someone else to report back on the wedding.

May & June

Royal House expert: -⁠ Seems to have forgotten the art of celebrating with the people (May 15)

"Miss" on "miss" on "miss": -One time is an accident (June 27)

Short explainer why the wedding gin might break the law (June 27)

A case is opened about the wedding gin (June 28)

A clarifier about the case (June 28)

July

The Royal Family refuses to say anything about the Princess's slip (Jul. 3)

Royal experts: -⁠The Princess title must go (Jul. 5)

Durek's response after the Norwegian anger: "Sees no other options" (a.k.a. Durek threatens to sue his mother) (Jul. 25)

August

Märtha and Durek about the monogram: -We found it natural that it should adorn the bottle (Aug. 6)

Police confirm: Charged with bodily harm (Aug. 6)

The lawyer confirms: Refuses to explain himself (Aug. 6)

Crown Prince Haakon's first comments about this situation (Aug. 7)

Royal expert: -⁠A major scandal (Aug. 8)

Marius Borg Høiby to NRK: Admits the use of violence in cocaine intoxication (Aug. 14)

Lawyer: -There are talks of [chokehold] and punches (Aug. 14)

Marius Borg Høiby did the only right thing (Aug. 14) (opinion piece)

Police action against Marius Borg Høiby's friend: Found 224 doses of cocaine (Aug. 15)

What punishment does he face? Why is Marius identified by name? Does Mette-Marit have to testify? plus more questions you may have (Aug. 15)

Will this affect the future of the Norwegian monarchy & what do Norwegian politicians think? (Aug. 16)

Hello Mag. & Netflix has received the exclusive rights to the Princess's wedding + the Royal Family refuses to be photographed (Aug. 21)

Märtha Louise & Durek's management wanted to prohibit drone flying over Geiranger (Aug. 22)

Høiby has been charged with threats and reported for scooter theft (Aug. 23)

Not princess-worthy (Aug. 23) (leading article)

The police withheld communication with the Princess around the wedding in Geiranger (Aug. 23)

Nearly four out of ten have a more negative view of the Royal Family (Aug. 25)

Crown Prince Haakon: -I [only] know what Marius has told us (Aug. 26)

A pressed Crow Prince (Aug. 26) (opinion piece)

The Royal House will not share eventual wedding speeches (Aug. 27)

Marius has been questioned for the first time (Aug. 27)

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Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Attends Party Celebrating The Crown Prince Couple's 50th Birthday 25 August 2023 in Oslo, Norway

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Norway princess and US shaman marry after years of 'turmoil'

Norway princess and US shaman marry after years of 'turmoil' #DurekVerrett #Norwegianroyalwedding

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Princess of Norway, Märtha Louise, married today a black American man, Durek Verrett. Their interracial marriage will be a positive example for many Norwegian and other Nordic girls and women. ❤️

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Happy 87th birthday to Queen Sonja of Norway!

Born on 4 July 1937, Sonja Haraldsen is the Queen of Norway as the wife of King Harald V.

In June 1959 she first met Crown Prince Harald. They dated for nine years, although their relationship had been kept secret because she was a commoner. The Crown Prince made it clear to his father, King Olav V, that he would remain unmarried for life unless he could marry her. This would in effect have put an end to the rule of his family, and likely to the monarchy in Norway, as Harald was the sole heir to the throne.

Sonja became engaged to Crown Prince Harald on 19 March 1968. The couple married on 29 August 1968, at Oslo Cathedral. She thus acquired the style of Royal Highness and the title of Crown Princess of Norway. Following the death of King Olav V on 17 January 1991, Sonja became Queen Consort of Norway.

Harald and Sonia have two children: Princess Märtha Louise (52) and Crown Prince Haakon (50), and 6 grandchildren: Maud Angelica Behn (21), Princess Ingrid Alexandra (20), Leah Isadora Behn (19), Prince Sverre Magnus (18) and Emma Tallulah Behn (16).

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King Harald V of Norway, Queen Sonja of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway and Prince Sverre Magnus pose for official portraits before attending the wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett, in Vinjevollen in Geiranger, Norway -August 31st 2024.

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actually i’m so sorry for the princess’ kids. like being royal must suck enough already but with those parents ???? poor things

okay, here's the full story: Märtha Louise has always been fucking kooky. Like for real if she weren't a princess she'd be a cult leader. She claims to be clairvoyant and in 2007 started her own school to teach alternative medicine (you know, shit that's not medicine at all). She lost the title of "Royal Highness" in 2002 and she's not a member of the royal house and had no public role.

HOWEVER, she was previously married to a man named Ari Behn, who was an artsy sad sack who was pretty respected as a writer but derided as an amateur when it came to his visual art. The two divorced in 2017, and then in 2019, he died by suicide. Genuinely fucking tragic.

So OBVIOUSLY there's trauma there. Like if her woowoo beliefs already had her believing in shaman types, the trauma of her husband's death had to have left her super susceptible to the right charismatic charlatan who tells her everything she wants to hear and gives her all the validation she's willing to ignore a million red flags for.

Honestly it kind of sounds like something a lot of families are dealing with: a loved one gets swept up into Q-Anon/Trump cult bullshit (the woo to Q pipeline is REAL) and you don't really know how to deal with it because the situation is fucking awful but you still love the person in spite of everything.

Or at least that's me projecting all my bullshit into the situation and how I'd be pitching it as a screenplay. Netflix HMU.

The whole mess has actually seriously damaged the reputation of the Norwegian royal family and along with calls for her to lose her title of "princess" it's created a pretty big movement calling for the abolition of the monarchy.

Which is surprising because the Norwegian monarchy is actually fairly low-key. King Harald is good at being genial and non-political and they're mostly involved in promoting Norwegian cultural stuff, which kinda seems like how you should do a monarchy, if you're gonna do one.

But then again it just underlines how inherently fucked up the institution of a monarchy is to begin with.

Anyway have you figured out already that monarchy as a metaphor for generational trauma is my absolute favorite trope and I absolutely lose my fucking shit whenever I see it playing out in public?

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The Norwegian "Harry and Meghan" are running into parental alienation problems and calls for title-yanking just like the originals by u/Hermes_Blanket

The Norwegian "Harry and Meghan" are running into parental alienation problems and calls for title-yanking, just like the originals https://ift.tt/lQrIeEw small difference is that "Shaman" Durek only seems to care about accessing his princess' money, not her title. (Another is that, at least so far, Meghan has never claimed to have come back from the dead.) But if Princess Märtha Louise ends up being formally stripped of her title, that will be additional incentive to strip Harry of his. She has done far less to damage the Norwegian monarchy than H&M have done to the British one.The comments on the article pointedly draw the parallels between the two couples. A small sample:"Are they going to flounder around like gasping fish, pursuing money without wanting to really work for it? Didn't or hasn't worked for another more famous work shy couple.""This family got lucky that she didn´t marry him the minute she met him , so they have had an opportunity to work out how to deal with her and him. The opportunity our Royal Family didn´t have.""Norway we feel your pain.""Looks like Norway has its own Harry & Meghan. This guy's mother sounds like she knows exactly what she is talking about and everyone would be well advised to listen to her, otherwise they will be moaning in a few year's time that they should have done so. The King should remove her princess title and send them on their way with no support from the royal family." post link: https://ift.tt/MskqEJZ author: Hermes_Blanket submitted: July 27, 2024 at 05:52AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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Opinion piece: It may appear as if she is selling something that is not really hers

The interest and the money are there because she is her father's daughter.

Photo: NTB

Modern royalty is not easy to define. This is partly because it is full of paradoxes.

On the one hand, being royal is deeply personal. It binds a Royal Family together in a way no other families [can] experience. It also means that the royals have to live with a significant interest in who they are and what they think and feel. Who they fall in love with and marry. How they raise their children.

On the other hand, being royal is something very impersonal. You have not become King, Queen, Prince, or Princess because you have achieved something. It's a role you've been assigned through a genetic lottery, and it's a win that brings disadvantages as well as advantages.

Patrick Jephson, who was Princess Diana's private secretary for many years, has written several books about royalty. In his book on Meghan Markle, he points out the importance of distinguishing between the fame you've worked for and the fame you've been born into or married into.

A princess, writes Jephson, will always be listened to. She can say obvious things from a podium, and the applause will faithfully follow. It can be challenging to accept that this goodwill is not really personal. It would be there for anyone who filled the royal role dutifully and kindly.

Jephson's point is relevant to the debate about young royals in general and [around] Princess Märtha Louise in general. There was a reaction when it became known that the Princess and Durek Verrett had sold the rights to their wedding to Netflix and the celebrity magazine Hello.

The two are far from the first famous couple to make such a trade. When movie star George Clooney and lawyer Amal Alamuddin married, they sold the rights to the wedding photos to the British Hello and the American People. The couple made it known that the money would be donated to charity. So did former spouses Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie when they sold their wedding photos to People.

By emphasizing that the money would not go to themselves, the couples also gave the impression that they were selling the rights primarily to retain control over publicity and avoid paparazzi in the bushes rather than to get even richer. Not all brides and grooms with similar deals have been equally generous.

Artist Nick Jonas and Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra also sold their wedding to People. In addition, they received so much sponsorship from commercial actors that their wedding was mockingly called "sponsored content" on social media.

But it causes a stir differently when a Princess does the same thing as movie stars. It has to do with the impersonal part of her position. Unlike the other celebrities, it can appear that the Princess is selling something that is not hers.

The interest and the money Hello is willing to pay are ultimately there because she is her father's daughter.

In the Norwegian royal context, the Märtha case is unique. But in Great Britain, there is a comparable example. When Peter Philips, Queen Elizabeth's eldest grandson, married Autumn Kelly in 2008, he also sold the image rights to Hello.

The Queen was not informed in advance. When she realized what had happened, she must have intensely disliked it. The Daily Telegraph later quoted a source at the Royal Court as saying, "It will never happen again. In retrospect, it should never have happened in the first place."

Princess Märtha Louise is far from the only European royal who creates challenges for her family. Heirs to the throne across Europe have rebellious brothers and sisters who feel they spent their entire upbringing conforming, enduring a distressing attention to many of them.

Several of them, such as British Prince Harry and Danish Prince Joachim, have reacted strongly when they feel that the institution is still trying to control them after they become adults. This is understandable. But like the Norwegian Princess, the royals learn that the gold dust from the castles cannot be completely washed off.

It is not difficult to sympathize with the young royals who experienced growing up under tremendous pressure. The celebrity press can be harsh and harsher in many countries than in Norway, and the style was more invasive in the nineties than today. However, in addition to the disadvantages, royalty brings significant advantages.

Princes and Princesses grow up in a family financed by the public. They experience doors opening for them and invitations pouring in. They regularly have personal meetings with men and women who are changing the world. And they always carry with them something extremely marketable, something many people want a piece of.

This is part of the art of being a modern royal if you don't have a throne waiting. It is a matter of discretion. It's about seeing which doors you can enter and which you should leave closed if you don't want to provoke reactions and make people wonder if this monarchy thing was really such a good idea.

Translation and editing for clarity by me of an opinion piece by Inger Merete Hobbelstad for NRK, published Aug. 30, 2024, at 13:40.

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Princess Märtha Louise with Daughters, Maud Angelica Behn, Leah Isadora Behn and Emma Tallulah Behn - First Joint Interview ELLE

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Royal Wedding Bouquets:

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (2024)

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Harald V of Norway

Physique: Average Build Height: 6′ 2″ (1.88 m)

Harald V (born 21 February 1937 -) is King of Norway. He succeeded to the throne on 17 January 1991 following his father's death. Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden. In 1940, as a result of the German occupation during World War II, the royal family went into exile. Harald spent part of his childhood in Sweden and the United States. He returned to Norway in 1945, and subsequently studied for periods at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Military Academy, and Balliol College, Oxford.

Very handsome when he was young, but even though he's aged, doesn't mean I wouldn't have taken him to bed on a very regular basis. A keen sportsman, he represented Norway in sailing at the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympic Games, and later became patron of World Sailing.

Harald married Sonja Haraldsen in 1968, their relationship having initially been controversial due to her status as a commoner. They have two children, Märtha Louise and Haakon.