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Haakon Magnus de Noruega

Mette-Marit under scrutiny: Norway outraged over royal’s prolonged contact with Epstein

Isabel Ferrer|The Hague|Feb 03, 2026 - 13:04 CET

In a rare rebuke, even the prime minister criticized the future queen consort’s ‘poor judgment’ after it emerged she kept up ties with the financier after his 2008 sex crimes conviction

Norway

Mette Marit of Norway, the princess on sick leave who is raising the visibility of chronic diseases

Isabel Ferrer|The Hague|Sep 30, 2023 - 23:28 CEST

Suffering from chronic pulmonary fibrosis, Crown Prince Haakon’s wife extended her absence from public events. She speaks about her illness with a frankness that is unusual for royalty. ‘I can’t just think, offhand, that things are going to work out. It depends on how I feel,’ she said on her 50th birthday.