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\u201cBeing a shaman and marrying a member of the royal family is very, very surreal,\u201d an exceedingly candid shaman named Durek Verrett<\/strong>, who last year married Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise<\/strong><\/a> of Norway, says in the new Netflix documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story.<\/em><\/p>\n Filmed in the months leading up to their August 2024 wedding, the film is the couple\u2019s attempt to reclaim the narrative about their love story after years dodging quite critical tabloid headlines<\/a> about their romance. It offers a rare and frank window into the pair\u2019s private life, featuring several on-camera statements from the newlyweds across the nearly 100-minute runtime.<\/p>\n Durek Verrett and M\u00e4rtha Louise in Rebel Royals<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/span>Netflix<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n In addition to the more colorful aspects of Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise and Verrett, the documentary also delves into more sobering topics\u2014like the racism Verrett has faced<\/a> in the spotlight. After Harry<\/strong> and Meghan<\/strong>\u2019s bombshell interview with Oprah<\/strong><\/a> in 2021 where they aired similar experiences, M\u00e4rtha Louise\u2019s father King Harald<\/strong> asked Verrett, \u201cDo you think we treated you like that?\u201d the shaman recounts in the film. \u201cWhen I told him yes, they called a family meeting [to sort things out].\u201d The monarch later publicly condemned<\/a> the racist remarks lobbied against his son-in-law. Says M\u00e4rtha Louise in the doc: \u201cMy parents have always been willing to learn and adapt.\u201d<\/p>\n The documentary also explores the origins of M\u00e4rtha Louise and Verrett\u2019s headline-making love story. Norway\u2019s princess, fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, had been divorced for a couple of years from Ari Behn (whose subsequent tragic death and previous relationship are also covered in the documentary); and the shaman was famous for working with the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow<\/strong><\/a> when they first crossed paths. The royal\u2019s three daughters with Behn recount that when their mother introduced them to Verrett, they thought he was \u201cone of her gay friends.\u201d The shaman defines himself as bisexual and \u201calmasexual,\u201d explaining, \u201cI am attracted to people\u2019s souls.\u201d In the case of M\u00e4rtha Louise, \u201cI didn\u2019t care which body she came in,\u201d he says. \u201cI fell in love with the person.\u201d Adds M\u00e4rtha Louise: \u201cI am a Scorpio, and when I fall in love it is for life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vanityfair.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cBeing a shaman and marrying a member of the royal family is very, very surreal,\u201d an exceedingly candid shaman named Durek Verrett, who last year married Princess M\u00e4rtha Louise of Norway, says in the new Netflix documentary Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story. 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