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Mette-Marit’s extraordinary journey to the throne: How life’s storms shaped Norway’s new queen

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mette-Marit Høiby met Crown Prince Haakon while she was a single mother to a young son.
  • She became Norway’s queen on August 28.
  • Her husband, King Haakon VIII, took the oath of office on September 1, but she did not attend the queen’s ceremony.

When Mette-Marit Høiby met Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon at a music festival in her twenties, she was a single mother raising a young son.

Her life took her from that meeting to the Norwegian throne. On August 28, she became Norway’s queen.

On September 1, her husband, King Haakon VIII, took the oath of office. Mette-Marit did not attend the queen’s ceremony.

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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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