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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate McCusker

‘Written in the stars’: Norwegian princess and California shaman tie the knot, with Netflix in waiting

Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett arrive at their wedding party in the mountains
Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett arrive at their wedding party at Hotel Union in Geiranger, western Norway. Photograph: Cornelius Poppe/EPA

She is the clairvoyant daughter of one of Europe’s longest-serving monarchs; he is a self-styled sixth-generation shaman from California. The wedding of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway to Durek Verrett on Saturday afternoon wasn’t your conventional royal affair, but that didn’t stop spectators lining the overcast streets of Geiranger in the hope of catching a glimpse of the bride.

The only daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, 52-year-old Märtha Louise is fourth in line to the Norwegian throne. She married Verrett, 49, in a traditional church of Norway ceremony attended by royals and celebrities at the four-star Hotel Union in a small village beneath the Geiranger fjord.

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