The royal scandals rocking Norway - The Sunday Story
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🗓️ 8 February 2026
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Summary
The British royal family isn't the only European monarchy in turmoil. In Norway the Epstein files have revealed intimate conversations between the Crown Princess and future Queen, Mette-Marit, and the paedophile after he was convicted. Meanwhile, her son is on trial facing charges on thirty-eight offences, including four counts of rape. If convicted, he faces up to ten years in prison. Could this be a fatal blow for the Norwegian royal family? And what does it tell us about the long tentacles of Jeffrey Epstein's influence in the palaces and parliaments of Europe?
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| 0:00.0 | From the Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story on Sunday. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Manvim Rana. |
| 0:11.1 | What a week it's been. |
| 0:20.3 | The recent release of millions of pages of evidence from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation is drawing attention all over the world. |
| 0:29.5 | Pictures appearing to show Andrew Mountbatten, Windsor, |
| 0:32.5 | crouched over an unidentified woman, are featured in the latest disclosure of files linked to the late American |
| 0:38.4 | sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:41.4 | The scandal is also forcing Britain's Prime Minister to answer tough questions about his |
| 0:46.4 | leadership. |
| 0:52.9 | The new Epstein files have fuelled outrage and fury in Westminster and beyond. |
| 1:00.0 | The king was heckled on a royal visit because of his brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's, |
| 1:05.0 | connections to Epstein. |
| 1:07.2 | And the disgraced former Duke was moved out of his palatial former home. |
| 1:12.5 | But the Windsors aren't the only royal family who appear in the files. |
| 1:21.1 | Norway has been rocked by the correspondence the Epstein files appear to show between the Crown Princess and the convicted |
| 1:29.8 | paedophile. And it comes at a time when the Royal House of Norway is already in the grip of a scandal. |
| 1:38.2 | A rape trial is rocking Norway's royal family. The son of the crown princess is in court accused of 38 crimes. |
| 1:47.0 | If he's found guilty of the most serious crimes, he could face up to 10 years in prison. |
| 1:59.0 | What has been going on? |
| 2:03.6 | Struck by multiple scandals, can the Norwegian royals withstand the pressure? |
| 2:08.6 | And what does it tell us about the long tentacles of Jeffrey Epstein's influence |
| 2:14.6 | in the palaces and parliaments of Europe. |
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