Overview

• Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story premiered Sept. 16 and centers on Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, foregrounding his accounts of racist abuse and cultural friction in Norway.
• The film includes leaked 2020 voicemails about an alleged sexual encounter during a healing session; an on‑screen note says Verrett denies wrongdoing and is suing the tabloid that published the messages.
• Norway’s royal household asked that a scene of Crown Prince Haakon at the 2024 wedding be removed, and a spokeswoman says future discussions will address clearer boundaries between the couple’s activities and the Royal House.
• Norwegian commentators criticize the documentary as commercially driven and insufficiently probing, with The Times noting an IMDb audience score of 2.4 out of 10.
• Context revisited in the film includes a 2020 ban by the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman on Verrett’s COVID‑era medallions, the princess stepping back from official duties in 2022, and the privately financed Geiranger wedding with exclusive photo rights.