Mette-Marit's Family

[LaMinka]

Mette-Marits brother Espen Hoiby has got a little boy with Renate Jonassen.
Espen has 3 children with his ex-wife Hege. He has no a big house to 10, 5 million kr.

A article:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/side2/k...icle430817.ece

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by LaMinka

Mette-Marits brother Espen Hoiby has got a little boy with Renate Jonassen.
Espen has 3 children with his ex-wife Hege. He has no a big house to 10, 5 million kr.

A article:
Side 2

... I wish there was an English translation for this.

It's all GREEK to me :)

[sgl]

does anyone know if Mette-Marit is close with her family? does she spend time with them?

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by sgl

does anyone know if Mette-Marit is close with her family? does she spend time with them?

Being Royal tends to swallow you up!

Once you marry into any Royal family, you own family tends to take a REAL back seat to your new one!

I think M-M is close to her Mum, but likely doesn't see her all that often, because her Royal Duties, and obligations take her away from her former life, and perhaps even her former friends!

Just guessing, here ...

[sgl]

that was my guess too. she seems so busy with royal duties, and I wondered if she ever spent time with her family (if she could find the time). it is nice to hear that she is still close with her mother.

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by sgl

that was my guess too. she seems so busy with royal duties, and I wondered if she ever spent time with her family (if she could find the time). it is nice to hear that she is still close with her mother.

I am assuming she is close to her Mum.

I would like that to be so.

Please don't quote me on this.

-- Abbie

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by sgl

does anyone know if Mette-Marit is close with her family? does she spend time with them?

Mette-Marit (and also Haakon, the children, etc) is actually very close to her family - her mother has often been at Skaugum, taking care of the children when MM and H have been on travels, MM is fairly often in Kristiansand to visit her mother - the whole family came to Skaugum for Christmas Eve celebrations last year… etc. We've also seen pictures of MM attending football matches with her brothers, attending her niece's school plays and so on.

[sgl]

thanks, norwegianne. this is really nice to hear. I am also glad to learn that the children are close with their maternal grandmother, and that MM is close with her nieces and nephews. I have often wondered how life was for the non-royal parents and siblings.

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

Mette-Marit (and also Haakon, the children, etc) is actually very close to her family - her mother has often been at Skaugum, taking care of the children when MM and H have been on travels, MM is fairly often in Kristiansand to visit her mother - the whole family came to Skaugum for Christmas Eve celebrations last year… etc. We've also seen pictures of MM attending football matches with her brothers, attending her niece's school plays and so on.

NICE to know ... Thank you, Norwegianne!

You seem expert, here.

Do you know folks who themselves KNOW members of the Royal Family?

Interested as to your Sources.

-- Abbie

[norwegianne]

Originally Posted by HRH Abigail

NICE to know ... Thank you, Norwegianne!

You seem expert, here.

Do you know folks who themselves KNOW members of the Royal Family?

Interested as to your Sources.

-- Abbie

I don't know anyone who knows the royal family - all the things I've mentioned are things that have come out in interviews with the royals, or articles about them, or in photoshoots.

[HRH Abigail]

Originally Posted by norwegianne

I don't know anyone who knows the royal family - all the things I've mentioned are things that have come out in interviews with the royals, or articles about them, or in photoshoots.

Gotcha!

How lucky are you to have places where you can read all about European Royals with any degree of regularity!

Good naturedly, I envy you.

[sgl]

Magazine Se og Hor is reporting that there is a conflict going on between Mette-Marit's mother and her step-sons regarding some paintings that belonged to her now-deceased husband, Rolf Berntsen. They have been arguing about the things he left behind after his death, and now the step-sons have reported MM's mother for theft of the paintings. They claim that she has stolen 6 works of art from the family home. MM's mother denies this, and the fight over the inheritance continues. She has not been arrested, and formal charges from a court have not been made.

http://www.seoghoer.dk/Nyheder/Royal...20anmeldt.aspx

[sofajr]

The article with the pictures of Marit Tjessem summer house:
MARIT TJESSEM - Se Mette-Marits sommerparadis - Nettavisen

(click Se Bilder av hytta)

She decided to sell the house in Agder. It looks nice inside

[fortimo]

Is MM's mother rich? Where does she live now? In Skaugum?

[lumutqueen]

Originally Posted by fortimo

Is MM's mother rich? Where does she live now? In Skaugum?

I do not believe she lives at Skaugum. I believe she lives in Kristiansand.
Her husband was quite rich, she may have recieved a certain amount in his will.

[sofajr]

That is just a summer house (summer cabins) that a lot of norwegians have so it does not mean is is rich
Marit Tjessem have her home in Kristiansand.