Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and her husband, Durek Verrett, are taking a deeply personal dispute to court. The couple have filed a lawsuit against people who once belonged to Verrett's inner circle, including his half-sister and a former romantic partner, alleging that damaging statements have harmed their reputations and livelihoods.
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Queen Mette-Marit of Norway pulled out of a major event due to another health setback
Mette-Marit is battling a respiratory infection following her lung transplant in June
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra stood in for her mother, joining the King at the official opening of the Norwegian government on Oct. 2
Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway stepped in for her mother, Queen Mette-Marit, at a major royal event.
On Friday, Oct. 2, King Haakon attended the state opening of the 171st Storting —Norway's supreme unicameral legislature and national parliament — in Oslo. His wife was unable to join him due to a respiratory infection.

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As Norway continues to follow the ongoing case involving Marius Borg Høiby, with a verdict expected on June 15, concern over Princess Mette-Marit's health has also intensified. The crown princess, who is reportedly on a waiting list for a lung transplant, was notably absent from a milestone event that holds special meaning for both her and her husband, Crown Prince Haakon.
On June 11, Haakon attended the 25th anniversary celebration of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess's Fund, a charitable initiative established on the day of their wedding and one that has since become a cornerstone of the couple's public work.
This year's event carried particular emotional significance. For the first time, Princess Mette-Marit was unable to attend the annual celebration of the fund that was created as a direct result of her marriage to Haakon. Her fragile health prevented her from taking part in an occasion they have always hosted together, adding a poignant note to an event that represents a major part of their shared legacy.
Her last public appearance was on Norway's National Day, May 17, when she appeared visibly weakened and was seen relying on supplemental oxygen.
Crown Prince Haakon married Mette-Marit Tjessem Høiby on August 25, 2001, at Oslo Cathedral in a ceremony attended by royals from across Europe, including Spain's Queen Sofía and the then-Prince Felipe.

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Europe's royal families are mourning the loss of a man who, for them, was a true role model. For thirty-five years, King Harald was the example that new generations of royals looked up to, a sovereign whose reign was defined, among other things, by the warmth and closeness he showed in each of his public appearances. His absence will be forever recorded in the pages of history and has unleashed a wave of emotion among today's monarchies, who have not hesitated to express their feelings and their love for the late King.
It was Queen Mary, during one of her first engagements after his passing, who chose to speak from the heart to reveal the closeness she shared with Haakon of Norway's father, a gesture that King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands has echoed from afar, continuing this tribute of affection.
Queen Mary of Denmark has delivered an emotional speech to Harald V of Norway (@ Martin Sylvest Andersen)
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Monday, August 31, should have been an especially joyful date for Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett as they marked their second wedding anniversary. This year, however, memories of their celebration are inevitably overshadowed by grief following the death of the princess' father, King Harald V, on Friday at the age of 89.
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The monarchy of Norway dates back to 872 and is currently helmed by the House of Glücksburg, which also fronts the Danish royal family, and the royal house has produced monarchs for the country since the time of King Haakon VII in 1905.
The family is currently in mourning after King Harald V passed away on 28 August 2026. In a statement, the Norwegian royal household said: "It is with deep sorrow that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Rikshospitalet on Friday, August 28, at 06:35. He leaves behind his wife, Queen Sonja, 89, and children, Crown Prince Haakon, 53 and Princess Martha Louise, 54."
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Born on 21 February 1937, King Harald was the youngest child of King Olav V and Princess Martha. His two sisters, Princess Ragnhild and Princess Astrid, were excluded from being in line to the throne at the time due to agnatic primogeniture rules. Following the outbreak of World War II, Harald was evacuated from Norway alongside his mother and sisters, with the family settling in both Sweden and the United States. Following the war, Harald returned to his homeland and he became the first Norwegian royal to attend a state school. At the age of 17, Harald was dealt some personal heartbreak when his mother died at the age of 53.
Harald is the current monarch of Norway (@ CORNELIUS POPPE)

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As the Norwegian royal family begins to consider funeral arrangements for King Harald, his widow Queen Sonja will be marking a very poignant milestone this weekend.
The royals would have marked their 58th wedding anniversary on 29 August, one day after it was announced that Harald had died aged 89. A statement from the Norwegian Palace read: "It is with deep sorrow that we announce that His Majesty King Harald passed away today. King Harald passed away peacefully at Rikshospitalet on Friday, August 28, at 06:35."
Sonja will likely be supported privately through the difficult time by their children, King Haakon VIII and Princess Martha Louise.
King Harald died on 28 August aged 89 (@ UK Press via Getty Images)
While their love story was enduring, it also overcame several obstacles. The Norwegian royal couple kept their relationship a secret for nine years after meeting at a party in 1959, as Harald's father forbade him from marrying a commoner.

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As King Haakon of Norway ascends the throne after the death of his father, the former naval officer must steer a royal family in crisis towards calmer shores.
The King, 53, has endured a string of royal scandals in recent years linked to his stepson, Marius Borg Høiby; his wife Mette-Marit, now the Queen; and his sister, Martha-Louise.
Opinion polls suggest there is a crisis of confidence in the royal family. A survey found that one in three Norwegians wanted the monarchy to be abolished upon the death of King Harald.
The most damaging revelations have centred on Borg Høiby, 29, the new King's stepson, who was convicted of rape and ***** ault in June and sentenced to four years in prison.
The new King, centre, adopted Marius Høiby Borg, left, when he was young - Nigel Waldron/Getty Images

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King Haakon of Norway has several interesting connections to the British royal family
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King Haakon VIII, the new King of Norway, shares several interesting connections with the British royal family.
The first and most obvious is the familial relations. Many of today's European royal families share connected bloodlines thanks to the strategic matchmaking of 19th-century monarchs like Queen Victoria and King Christian IX of Denmark. Queen Victoria, in particular, is sometimes referred to as "the grandmother of Europe" for how many family trees have grown from her line of descendants.

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Norway's Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit marked their silver wedding anniversary by posing for a new photograph, published on Tuesday, in the grounds of their home at Skaugum estate.
"25 years filled with love, family and a life together," the royal household wrote beneath the photograph, which it shared on Instagram to mark the anniversary. The picture shows the crown prince and princess smiling and dressed in summery outfits.
The couple also posted photos on Instagram of a trip they took after their wedding, showing them on the beach at Long Island.
The couple married 25 years ago, on August 25, 2001, at Oslo Cathedral. The past few months have not been easy for them. The crown princess, who has a serious lung condition, received a transplant earlier this year. Haakon and Mette-Marit are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary in private as she recuperates.
On Tuesday morning, the couple arrived at the Oslo hospital where King Harald V is currently being treated, apparently to visit the 89-year-old monarch, who is Haakon's father.

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit are celebrating their silver wedding anniversary – and all that comes with 25 years of marriage.
But the Norwegian Crown Prince couple's special day will be a bittersweet one, as Haakon's father, King Harald, remains in hospital after a worrying week, while Mette-Marit's own health has forced them to rethink their celebrations.
Haakon and Mette-Marit were seen in a new photo to celebrate their milestone anniversary on Tuesday, standing in a garden with their arms around each other.
Mette-Marit, 53, looked casual in a light yellow jumper and white skirt with blue flowers, while her husband, the future King, wore a relaxed blue shirt.
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary (@ Det kongelige hoff)

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Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have spent years trying to turn a modest island cabin into a showcase of Norwegian design — an ambitious renovation that stalled just as it was about to break ground. Now a storm named Amy has done what years of royal scandal couldn't: it forced their hands. The tempest tore apart one of the docks on Flatholmen, the tiny island the couple has owned since 2008. The damage has produced the first real building permit the property has seen in years — not for the glass-and-timber dream house long promised, but for a humble pier.
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette- Marit at Nordstu- Solberg farm in 2024 (Getty Images)
According to Norwegian outlet TV2, the municipality of Risør has cleared the crown prince and princess to rebuild the storm-wrecked dock. It's a modest approval, capped at six square meters, but it matters; without a working dock, the island is barely reachable, and any future revival of the couple's long-shelved architectural project would need one regardless.
The permit came with a catch. A companion request — for a seaside platform of the kind common along Norway's coast — was withdrawn after the state administrator recommended against it. The dock itself only cleared because of an unusual technicality: one of Flatholmen's existing moorings is used by police, which let the municipality authorize a second access point without setting a precedent for other landowners. Haakon and Mette-Marit will cover both the construction and the roughly $575 in municipal fees themselves. Notably, the original dock — built sometime between 1982 and 2004 — never had a formal permit at all, so this approval is being processed as new construction from scratch.
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, alongside their kids Prince Sverre Magnus and Princess Ingrid Alexandra, and their dogs, Milly Kakao and ****** ins Krakebolle (NTB Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway stepped out this week and gave an update on his wife, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, after her lung transplant
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Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has a "long road to recovery" following her lung transplant last month.
Mette-Marit's husband, Crown Prince Haakon, shared the update this week from the town of Krokstadelva, where he met with residents and rescue workers battling the massive Drammen wildfire.

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Thousands of people gathered in Oslo to welcome the national team, and even the crown prince joined in the Viking rowing.
They have undoubtedly been the surprise team of this World Cup. Haaland's Norway has captivated the world, and especially its fans, with their now hugely viral Viking rowing.
A ritual that simply had to be part of the team's arrival in Oslo, and one that even the crown prince wanted to take part in.
With a scarf around his neck and drumsticks in hand, Haakon took the lead as thousands of people joined in unison alongside the players, in a celebration that is now etched in history.

Norway is in the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time, and its royal family is making sure to be there to witness the historic run.
Norway's Crown Prince Haakon is at the quarterfinal matchup between his nation and England at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Saturday, July 11. He was seen sitting next to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
It's the first match Haakon has attended during the tournament, as he had been back in home country since the Crown Princess Mette-Marit underwent a lung transplant around a month ago, according to Norwegian media.

Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison.
The three judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared him of two other counts of rape, but found him guilty of many of the other offences of which he had been accused.
Høiby was not in court for the verdict for unspecified health reasons, but joined the session via video link.
Prosecutors had called for Høiby to be given seven years and seven months in prison. His defence lawyers had called for a lesser term of 18 months and have said he intends to appeal.
Even though Marius Borg Høiby is not himself a royal figure, the trial has cast a shadow over the broader royal family. His mother married Crown Prince Haakon when he was four, and he grew up within the family. The palace has said it will not comment on Monday's verdict.