Who is Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, why did she give up her royal duties, and what happened when the King's daughter married American self-proclaimed shaman Durek Verrett at a fjord-side wedding sold to Hello magazine and Netflix?

In this episode we explain who Durek Verrett is, what he claims about spirits, healing medallions and cancer, why the Norwegian press called him a con man, and why King Harald was publicly furious about the wedding. We look at what the Netflix documentary Rebel Royals reveals about the royal family's reaction, how the Märtha Louise scandal combined with the Marius trial to drive Norwegian monarchist support to historic lows, and what the story of a princess and a shaman actually tells us about the impossible pressures on modern royal families trying to survive in the media age.

AI is sometimes used in the creation of this podcast, primarlily when used to translate and interpolate Norwegian language news soruces.

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