Norway’s monarchy once seemed like a fairytale – recent crises have exposed its dark underbelly | Magnus Nome

By Magnus Nome · The Guardian Opinion

The royals were always popular, but Crown Princess Mette-Marit’s Epstein connections and her son’s rape convictions have profoundly shaken public trust The Norwegian monarchy is in crisis. Not because its future queen is gravely ill , nor even because her son has this week been convicted of serious crimes , but because the institution’s greatest asset – public trust – has been eroded by a series of self-inflicted mistakes. Yesterday, it was announced that Norway’s crown princess, Mette-Marit, underwent a successful lung transplant after reports of a dramatic deterioration of her pulmonary fibrosis. That initial news prompted an outpouring of sympathy and even a surge in organ donor registrations. Without jumping the queue, she was matched with a compatible set of lungs less than two weeks after being placed on the list. Continue reading...