Haakon
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“Mette is a natural talent. She can go into a room and get along with everyone.”
Haakon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Haakon described Mette-Marit as an emotional counterweight to his analytical mind.
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“What we two found together was so strong that I could not let it go,”
Haakon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
The then-Crown Prince Haakon said this of Mette-Marit ahead of their wedding in 2001.
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“Yes, I was a royal, but I did not want to talk about it... âAt school it made me anxious,”
Haakon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Haakon wrote in his 2023 autobiography recalling his days in a state primary school in the 1980s.
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“I am not very good socially,”
Haakon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-28
Haakon wrote in his autobiography that Mette-Marit helped him come out of his shell.
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