Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway married Prince Haakon, heir to the throne, in 2001. She has a son from a prior relationship who is on trial on 38 criminal counts, including four of rape.
Jeffrey Epstein's files included flirtatious exchanges with the princess. "U are very charming u know," she wrote to Epstein in 2012, four years after his conviction for soliciting sex from a minor. She apologised, saying she had shown bad judgment; Jonas Gahr Støre, the prime minister, agreed.
understand, v.: To reach a point, in your investigation of some subject, at which you cease to examine what is really present, and operate on the basis of your own internal model instead.