“Princess Marta Luisa wants to contribute to a clearer separation between her own activities and her relationship with the Royal House. For this reason, in agreement with His Majesty the King and his closest family, she has decided that she will not carry out official tasks for the House Real”, reads the statement made public this Tuesday, November 8.
Neither Marta Luisa nor her boyfriend, Durek Verret, will use the title of princess or refer to the Royal House in their posts on social media channels or in other commercial activities, with the exception of Marta Luisa’s official account on the social network. Instagram. They are the conditions exposed in the official note and that finally clear the future of the first-born of kings Harald and Sonia.
And Verrett? Marta Luisa’s fiancé since June, but still without a wedding date, will be part of the royal family when he marries her, but will not have any title or represent the Royal House.
“Princess Marta Luisa and Durek Verret will be present at family events, such as birthdays or sporting events, in accordance with the tradition that the royal family participates together,” the official note states.
Marta Luisa, 51, and Verret, three years younger and a celebrity spiritual guide, revealed their relationship in May 2019, days before starting a controversial speaking tour that received harsh criticism. In this tour announced that she would stop using her princess title for commercial purposes.
Several statements by Verret in recent months have again generated controversy in Norway, such as when he assured that he was cured of the coronavirus thanks to a special medallion, which caused some of the organizations with which the princess collaborated to suspend their agreements.
The daughter of the Kings was married, between 2002 and 2017, with the Norwegian writer Ari Behn, father of her three daughters: Maud Angelica, 19 years old; Leah Isadora, 17, and Emma Tallulah, 14. Behn took her own life at Christmas 2019 at the age of 47, a tragedy that Marta Luisa was able to overcome thanks to Verret’s help, as revealed by her.