Marriage Crisis

[johann]

According to this aftenposten article (in English) Harald and Sonja were about to divorce in the eighties.
Maybe a poster who is familiar with the Norwegian court and press (Larzen, norwegianne?!) can assess this: Is this just gossip or is there perhaps some truth in it?

[HRH Mims]

Well you shocked me Johann!
I alway thought that king and queen has almost perfect relationship! Well nothing is perfect and if it is true, Im happy, that they stayed together.

[johann]

Originally Posted by mims111

Well you shocked me Johann!

Oh, I’m sorry. But I didn’t write the article – I just stumbled across it.

I alway thought that king and queen has almost perfect relationship! Well nothing is perfect and if it is true, Im happy, that they stayed together.

BTW I had the same impression. Maybe it’s just gossip. I don’t know how reliable that Per Egil Hegge is. And Se og Hør articles always have to be taken with a grain of salt.

[Her_Majesty]

i heard about something like that before, too.
Well, I didn't hear they were about to divorce, but it was said that the King and the Queen were living in different parts of the palace because they had some marriage problems... but I don't know.. Cannot say anything about this.
Anyway it's nice to see them so close again (during the StateVisit to Switzerland for example). Love won, right?

[Larzen]

The King and Queen has admitted they have had their ups and downs in the marriage like most couple but that they work trough it, in the 80/90s they were not living in different parts of the palace as they were living at Skaugum . Se og Hør today in VG retracts the statement that it was Crown Prince Harald who sent his Head Aide de campe to the president of Stortinget to hear about a divorce. Friends of Harald and Sonja says to VG today that divorce never was an issue, but that the public lifestyle put strains on their marriage. There are noithing written about anyone else involved, just the public preassure on them and how they did their work and the rather old fashioned way the Crown Prince was raised. Sonja once said something like he discussed it with himself and then it woul be that way, and that it took some getting used to.

Per Egil Hegge who is very credible and is writing the auhtorised book on the King which will come out in two weeks or so, to mark his 70th birthday has no comment, the president of Stortinget back then Jo Benkow has no comment, The then Prime Minister Kåre Willoch says he has never heared about any divorce rumours, and the palace spokesperson says the King and Queen does not know if someone talked to the President of Stortinget about a divorce. Accoding to VG the King and Queen was more than suprised when they saw the cover of Se og Hør yesterday.

[johann]

Originally Posted by Larzen

... According to VG the King and Queen was more than suprised when they saw the cover of Se og Hør yesterday.

Thanks for the elaborated answer Larzen!
Guess it’s not the first time that they have to read the papers to figure out what’s going on in their lives.

[Anita]

Originally Posted by johann

According to this aftenposten article (in English) Harald and Sonja were about to divorce in the eighties.
Maybe a poster who is familiar with the Norwegian court and press (Larzen, norwegianne?!) can assess this: Is this just gossip or is there perhaps some truth in it?

Oh my God ! I hope it is untrue !
I'd always thought it was a perfect and so in love couple ...