Overview
- Mette-Marit said she “regrets profoundly” the relationship and apologized to those disappointed as well as to the royal family.
- Newly released U.S. Justice Department documents contain multiple references to the crown princess across millions of pages.
- The files depict a closer relationship than previously acknowledged, including hundreds of warm emails and a multi-day visit to Epstein’s Palm Beach home in 2013.
- Contacts spanned 2011 to 2014, after Epstein’s 2008 sex-offense conviction, and she has acknowledged poor judgment despite having searched his background in 2011.
- The palace says written contact ended in 2014 because Epstein sought to exploit the connection, and the revelations have prompted political scrutiny, with the prime minister requesting explanations.