Norway's crown princess invited at least twice to Epstein island: Report

Emails show that the crown princess was invited at least twice to visit the island, and his calendar includes a January 2013 entry titled “Princess Mette to the Island.”

However, after reviewing documents in which Mette-Marit appears, NRK said it found no material confirming that she ever stayed there.

Palace communications manager Guri Varpe also told NRK that the crown princess “has never been to Jeffrey Epstein's private island.”

NRK further said that after spending the Christmas holiday on a Caribbean island with her family, Mette-Marit later traveled alone to spend time at Epstein’s villa in Florida, US.

Emails further revealed that Epstein invited the crown princess to lunch, while she invited him to dinner, suggesting frequent contact. One message shows Mette-Marit writing to Epstein: “I miss my crazy friend.”

After the US Justice Department released the latest Epstein-related documents on Friday, Mette-Marit said Saturday that she should have checked Epstein’s background more carefully.

“I deeply regret that, and this is a responsibility I must take. I showed poor judgment and regret ever having any contact with Epstein. It is simply embarrassing,” she said.

She also expressed her “deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the abuse committed by Jeffrey Epstein.”

However, in an email dated 2011, Mette-Marit wrote that she had Googled Epstein and agreed that it “didn’t look too good,” three years after he had already pleaded guilty to charges and received a prison sentence.

The US Justice Department recently released more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images related to Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by US President Donald Trump on Nov. 19 last year.

The files include photos of prominent figures, grand jury transcripts, and investigative records, though many pages were heavily redacted to protect victims.

Epstein was found dead by suicide in a New York City jail on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on federal charges of operating a sex trafficking network involving underage girls and women. He was being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center at the time of his death.