Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has broken her silence on Jeffrey Epstein in a new TV interview. The future queen sat down with Norwegian broadcaster NRK to open up on her friendship with the late sex offender for the first time since her emails to Epstein were released in January—and during her tearful interview, Mette-Marit claimed she’d been “manipulated and deceived.”
The future queen, who is married to King Harald and Queen Sonja’s son, Crown Prince Haakon, exchanged dozens of friendly emails with Epstein that came to public attention earlier this year. She said it was “incredibly important” to her “to take responsibility for not checking his background more carefully.”
