Mette-Marit breaks silence on Epstein: "Sorry"
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Norway's hard-pressed Crown Princess Mette-Marit apologizes for her friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Crown Prince Haakon has also chosen to comment on the scandalous developments surrounding the royal family, saying that the most important thing for him is to take care of those closest to him.
Mette-Marit announced that she currently does not have the energy to explain herself, the royal family said in a written statement on Friday.
"It is important for me to say sorry to everyone I have let down. Parts of the content of the messages between Epstein and me do not represent the person I want to be," Mette-Marit said in a statement published on the Norwegian royal family's website.
Supports the family
The Crown Princess also regretted the situation she had put the royal family in – “especially the king and queen”.
On Friday afternoon, Crown Prince Haakon chose to answer questions from a group of journalists. He stressed that the most important thing for him has been to take care of the “flock” – those closest to him – and referred to the ongoing trial of his stepson Marius Borg Høiby and his wife Mette-Marit, who are accused of rape:
– We support Marius in the situation he is in, we take care of the other children – they must also be taken care of – and I must also take care of the Crown Princess, Haakon said, according to NRK, at an event in Oslo to celebrate the Sami National Day.
Hoping for understanding
The Norwegian royal family states that Mette-Marit wishes to explain herself in more detail at a later stage.
"She can't do that now. The Crown Princess is in a very difficult situation. She hopes for understanding that she needs more time to gather herself," the court writes.
The Epstein scandal is erupting at the same time that Mette-Marit's son, Marius Borg Høiby, is on trial in Oslo for a series of crimes, including four counts of rape.
FACTS
Mette-Marit's association with Epstein
Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit is mentioned around 1,000 times in the Epstein documents released so far. She is said to have borrowed convicted sex offender financier Jeffrey Epstein's Florida home with a friend for four days - a place where several of Epstein's previous abuses are said to have been committed.
The Norwegian court has previously confirmed that Mette-Marit met Epstein on several occasions during the period 2011-2013. Epstein was first convicted in 2008 of buying sex from a minor.
Jeffrey Epstein took his own life in a New York jail in August 2019, after being arrested just over a month earlier.
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