Overview

• Netflix released the first trailer and confirmed a Sept. 16, 2025 debut for Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story.
• The preview features Durek Verrett reflecting on being, in his words, the first Black man marrying into a European royal family and recalling his initial meeting with Norway’s king and queen.
• The docuseries follows the couple through wedding planning leading up to their August 2024 ceremony attended by King Harald, Queen Sonja, and Crown Prince Haakon.
• Princess Märtha Louise stepped back from official duties in 2022 to separate her business ventures from the Royal House of Norway.
• Rebecca Chaiklin directs with producing by Chaiklin, Chris Smith, and Stacy Smith, as the film revisits Verrett’s contested shamanic profile and the media backlash around the couple.