Princess Martha Louise
Princess Martha Louise settled a legal claim she brought against a small Norwegian publishing company, before a local court south of Oslo had a chance to rule in the case.
The Nordre Vestfold court in Horten had heard her case against Horten-based Publicom last week, when Princess Martha Louise became the first member of Norway's royal family to appear in a court of law.
She was trying to stop sales of a book on angels that featured her photo on the cover, claiming it amounted to commercial exploitation of her own interest in angels. Princess Martha Louise, a physical therapist by training, started a school last summer that aims to help people contact their own angels.
The settlement removes her photo from the cover, but allows sales of the book to continue. The book will also continue to be called Märthas engler ("Martha's angels") even though it is a Norwegian translation of a book published in England five years ago and otherwise has little to do with the princess.
Publicom must also pay NOK 150,000 (nearly USD 30,000) to the princess, who in turn will donate the money to UNICEF.
Norwegian newspapers continued to be full of commentaries on Princess Martha Louise over the weekend, with most of them pointing out the conflict the princess herself has stirred by trying to be both a princess and a private businesswoman. She clearly is accustomed to getting her way and "turning off the microphone" when it suits her, commentators pointed out, but that's not possible in the real world of business where commercial pursuits are subject to public accountability and criticism.
One commentator went so far as to suggest that King Harald should restrict his daughter's commercial ventures, such as Queen Elizabeth has done in England, in an effort to preserve public respect for the monarchy.
Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund
The Nordre Vestfold court in Horten had heard her case against Horten-based Publicom last week, when Princess Martha Louise became the first member of Norway's royal family to appear in a court of law.
She was trying to stop sales of a book on angels that featured her photo on the cover, claiming it amounted to commercial exploitation of her own interest in angels. Princess Martha Louise, a physical therapist by training, started a school last summer that aims to help people contact their own angels.
The settlement removes her photo from the cover, but allows sales of the book to continue. The book will also continue to be called Märthas engler ("Martha's angels") even though it is a Norwegian translation of a book published in England five years ago and otherwise has little to do with the princess.
Publicom must also pay NOK 150,000 (nearly USD 30,000) to the princess, who in turn will donate the money to UNICEF.
Norwegian newspapers continued to be full of commentaries on Princess Martha Louise over the weekend, with most of them pointing out the conflict the princess herself has stirred by trying to be both a princess and a private businesswoman. She clearly is accustomed to getting her way and "turning off the microphone" when it suits her, commentators pointed out, but that's not possible in the real world of business where commercial pursuits are subject to public accountability and criticism.
One commentator went so far as to suggest that King Harald should restrict his daughter's commercial ventures, such as Queen Elizabeth has done in England, in an effort to preserve public respect for the monarchy.
Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund
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