Members of the Swedish royal family will travel to Norway for the wedding of Princess Märtha Louise. The Swedish royal family confirmed Hello! that Crown Princess Victoria, Prince Daniel, Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia will be present at the wedding celebrations in Norway.

The Crown Princess, Prince Carl Philip and her sister Princess Madeleine attended the wedding of the Norwegian princess with her first husband Ari Behn in 2002. Years later, Princess Märtha Louise was a guest at the royal wedding of the Crown Princess couple in 2010 and the wedding of the Prince couple in 2015.

Princess Märtha Louise will marry Shaman Durek Verrett on August 31. The couple’s wedding is set to take place at Hotel Union Geiranger in Geiranger, Norway. “It means a lot to us to gather our loved ones in a place so rich in history and intense natural experiences,” the bride previously said of the venue. “Geiranger is the perfect place to celebrate our love.”

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The bride’s parents, King Harald V And Queen Sonjaas well as Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Prince Sverre Magnus And Princess Astrid will all be in Geiranger for the wedding. “The royal family looks forward to being guests at the wedding of Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett,” the royal house said on August 26.

Following their engagement in 2022, Durek spoke about his “great relationship with the royal family.” During an Instagram Live, the princess’s fiancé said, “I’m not going to lie and say it wasn’t that rocky in the beginning because this shaman, bisexual, black man comes into your family, but over the years we’ve built such a beautiful relationship. I love it.”

Princess Märtha Louise’s wedding to Durek will be her second marriage. She and her first husband Ari, who died in 2019, divorced in 2017 after separating in 2016. Princess Märtha Louise admitted to HOLA!’s sister brand HELLO! that she was going through a divorce. that she had decided not to remarry after her divorce. However, the mother of three changed her mind after meeting Durek in 2018. “For me, marriage will seal the closeness between us,” she said. “It’s a way to increase the energy and enter a new phase of our relationship.”