Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, has conceded she was “gullible” to be friends with Jeffrey Epstein but insisted she did not know the financier was a convicted sexual criminal until 2019, the year he died. And also for being manipulated and fooled,” said Mette-Marit, seated alongside her husband, crown prince Haakon. Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby and crown princess Mette-Marit. Eight years earlier, in one of more than 100 messages to Epstein, she wrote: “Googled u after last email. Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18.

Source: The Irish Times March 20, 2026 19:37 UTC