Princess Märtha Louise, eldest daughter of the Norwegian royal couple, and her American fiancé Durek Verrett, a self-proclaimed “shaman,” will marry on August 31, 2024, they announced Wednesday.
Revealed in 2019, the relationship between the 51-year-old princess and the “shaman Durek”, 48, caused a lot of ink to flow in the Scandinavian kingdom, where the methods of alternative medicine and the postures adopted by this spiritual His popularity in Hollywood earned him led to him being accused of quackery.
The nuptials will take place in the village of Geiranger, on the shores of the fjord of the same name, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in the southwest of the country.
“We are incredibly happy to be able to celebrate our love in the beautiful surroundings of Geiranger,” the couple said in a statement.
Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett announced their engagement in June 2022 with the blessing of King Harald, married since 1968 to a commoner who became Queen Sonja.
“Sixth generation shaman”
In a separate statement on Wednesday, the royal couple and Crown Prince Haakon, Märtha Louise’s brother, sent their congratulations to the couple and said they were “happy to welcome Durek Verrett to the family.”
This African-American, who presents himself as a “sixth generation shaman” and who counts stars such as Gwyneth Paltrow and Antonio Banderas among his followers, has caused a sensation in Norway.
Among the controversies, his involvement in a book according to which cancer is a choice, the exercises he recommends to erase the vaginal “imprint” of women who have had multiple sexual partners, or even the sale at $222 per medallion, the ” Spirit Optimizer”, which would have helped him overcome Covid.
Although he claims to understand that his positions can be confusing, the “shaman” also and above all considers himself a victim of racism, in an echo of the treatment that actress Meghan Markle said she was a victim of within the British royal family.
Usual of controversies
Fourth in the order of succession, Märtha Louise is also used to controversy since this defender of alternative therapies claims to be able to communicate with angels, a gift that she has tried to share – and monetize – through courses and books.
Last November she abandoned her official duties to concentrate on her commercial activities, without, however, being able to claim the title of princess that she retains.
She was married for the first time and had three daughters with Ari Behn, a Norwegian writer and painter, also colorful, who committed suicide in 2019, three years after their divorce.
If she was born two years before Prince Haakon, he and his children precede her in the order of succession because the rule in force at the time was still that of male primogeniture.
Source: BFM TV
