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Calorogus Shark Media. That lo and welcome to Crown and Controversy.
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This is the weekly edition where we recap the stories
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from the week, and if you'd like to check up
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on just the daily editions, those are there in the
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feed as well. So let's go over what happened last
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week in Norway. I'm your Palace Intrigue host Mark Francis.
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Princess Ingrid Alexandra has posted an unusually personal message on
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her private Instagram account, speaking out against what she described
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as personal attacks and saying she was going crazy. The
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twenty two year old, who is studying in Sydney and
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his second in line to the throne, shared the message
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with her roughly eight hundred followers. In the message, Ingrid
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Alexandra wrote that it was not about any issue, not Marius,
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not Mum or Dad or Magnus, but instead about personal
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attacks that often apply it to us. She added, I
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chose to it here because I'm going crazy. When is enough?
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Eric Mustard, an expert on the Norwegian royal family, told
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Afton postin I find this sad to read. The family
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is undoubtedly under a lot of pressure, but at the
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same time a lot of it is self inflicted by
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her mother and her half brother. When you write to
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that many people on Instagram, it's not private. Crown Princess
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Madamerie issued a fresh apology on Friday, saying she regretted
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the situation she has put the Norwegian royal family in,
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especially the King and Queen. Addressing the content of the
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Epstein correspondence, the Crown Princess said, some of the content
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of the messages between Epstein and me does not represent
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the person I want to be. Norway's Crown Prince Harkens
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said his priority has been supporting his family. For me,
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the most important thing these past few days has been
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to take care of the flock. Harkins said, we support
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Marius in the situation he is in. We look after
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the other children as well. They also need to be
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cared for, and I have to make sure to take
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care of the Crown Princess. How can acknowledge that there
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is strong public interest in hearing directly from his wife,
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but said she is not yet ready to speak. She
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thinks that is completely natural. She would like to speak,
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but right now she can't, and I also tell her
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that she is not allowed to. She needs time to
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gather herself. Dig Crown tells us what strikes me about
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the Norwegian situations, how thoroughly it demonstrates the value of
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British royal restraint. Princess Ingrid Alexandra posting to Instagram about
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going crazy over personal attacks would simply never happen here ground.
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Princess Madamemorie's public apologies to the King and Queen would
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also not happen in Britain. Such matters would be handled
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with a terse palace statement and strategic withdrawal from public view.
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The Norwegians seemed to believe transparency equals relatability, what it
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actually reveals as a lack of institutional discipline. Oslo is
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learning the hard way what Buckingham Palace has always known.
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Some things are better left unsaid. Norway's parliament voted to
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reaffirm the constitutional monarchy, with only seventeen of one hundred
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and sixty nine lawmakers supporting a proposal to investigate dismantling
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the monarchy. However, polling found that fifty four percent of
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Norwegian's support remaining a monarchy, while thirty three percent favor
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becoming a republic. In testimony given behind closed doors, an
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Oslo District Court, a woman described the night she spent
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with Marius Borg Hoibi in October of twenty three, alleging
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that she woke to him having sex with her while
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she was asleep. The woman told the court that earlier
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in the night, she and Hoibi had consensual sex several times.
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She says she was very tired and eventually fell asleep.
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She testified that she later woke in shock, experiencing pain,
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and realized intercourse was already underway. I remember waking up
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when he was already under way. I thought, I don't
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understand how someone can have sex with someone who's sleeping.
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Then I mostly had the feeling I was disassociating, leaving
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my own body. It was painful. My body wasn't ready
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for it. After the account of the woman wrote on
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a private note on her phone, which was later presented
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in court. In court, she said the note functioned as
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a personal diary and that she had repressed what she
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now believes was an assault. She said she only later
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understood the situation as an assault after discussing it with
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a counselor. The defense challenged inconsistencies between her earlier police
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interviews and her court room testimony. The woman responded that
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she did not say she wanted sex either, and that
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a sleeping person gives no indication of consent. Prosecutors also
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presented a five second video found on Hoybe's phone, allegedly
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filmed without the woman's knowledge, and pulse data from a
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smart watch she was wearing. The woman said she recognized
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herself in the footage but found it distressing to see.
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Professor Stally pallas An, a sleep researcher from the University
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of Bergen, analyzed garment pulse watch data from the night.
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He testified that the complainant's explanation was consistent with the
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biometric readings. The explanation of the complainant in both of
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these instances is compatible with her initially being asleep and
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thus being unable at least until she woke up, to
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resist the sexual act. Regarding a pulse spike, he said,
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what happens is that the pulse is low and the
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watch indicates deep sleep, and then you see an increase
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in pulse, which indicates that she wakes up. Witnesses from
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the after party described Hoeby's behavior shifting as the evening progressed.
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One female witness said to begin with, he was nice,
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and then they felt it became uncomfortable after a while.
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He raises his voice rather than lowering it, and turns
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the music up instead of down. He also pushed for
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us to drink more alcohol. Another witness described him as
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maybe a bit authoritarian, speaking somewhat from above and down.
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One female friend testified that the complainants appeared tired and
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wanted to sleep. I remember she said, you wanted to
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go to bed and sleep, but he wanted to keep
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having sex, and there was a bit of a clash
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between them. Weaby told the court he is still medicated
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and that the strain of proceedings may affect how clearly
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he is able to speak. He maintained that the sexual
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encounters were consensual and said he had no reason to
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believe otherwise. When questioned about whether it is acceptable to
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wake a sexual partner by initiating sexual activity, Hoibe responded,
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I've been woken up by being touched myself many times
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in similar situations. I never thought it was anything other
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than pleasant. The prosecutor asked, why isn't that wrong to
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wake someone by touching their genitals or breasts. Weiby responded,
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you've already been lying in bed and had sex. I
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don't think it's anything terribly wrong when you've had sex
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just minutes earlier. The court revisited the five second video
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recorded at four fifty eight am. Weiby says he does
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not remember filming her. I had my phone out. What
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can I say. I don't think I asked for permission,
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but I also can't remember getting any refusal. Prosecutors presented
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messages Hoiby sent to a close friend during the night,
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in which he shared a photo and described the complainant
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in derogatory terms. Asked about the contrast with finding her
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attractive earlier, he said, it's locker room talk between me
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and my best friend. More crown and controversy in just
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a moment, reports from Norwegian sources jess Marius Borg. Hoiby
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has received visits from Crown Prince Harken and Crown Princess
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Madame Marie. The Crown Prince couple visited Hoyby on Thursday
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outside regular visiting hours at around seven thirty pm. On Saturday,
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there was another visit, but this time only from Crown
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Prince Harken at approximately three point thirty According to Oslo
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Prison's website. Inmates without children are allowed a maximum of
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one visit per week. Nevertheless, Hoyby has received two visits
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within a single week. Prison Governor Nils lal Finstead said
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the relatives have been crystal clear that they do not
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want special treatment and they have not received it. A
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Norwegian ambassador has resigned following revelations about her past association
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with Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein's reported to have left ten million
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dollars to the children of Mona Jewel in a will
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drawn up shortly before his death. Jewel, who had been
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Norway's ambassador to Jordan, stepped down Sunday night after being
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suspended the previous week. The latest batch of Epstein files
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reportedly contains more than one thousand references to Madame Marie.
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Particularly damaging is evidence suggesting the Crown Princess knew more
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about Epstein's background than she later acknowledged. In an email
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sent three years after Epstein pleaded guilty, she wrote, googled
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you after the last email, agreed didn't look too good.
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The Observer reports this has really added to the drama
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and deepened the crisis of people so angry with her
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that they would rather have a republic than have her
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as queen. The fallout has driven renewed interest in republicanism.
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The Norwegian Republican Association reported as surge in membership following
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the revelations. Its head said, we've got new members coming
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in every hour. We've been contacted by people who have said,
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up until now I've been a fan of the royal
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family and a monarchist, but now this has pushed me
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over the edge. A survey found forty seven percent of
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respondents do not believe Crown Princess Madame Marie should become
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Norway's next queen. This is the week Princess ingwod Alexandra posted,
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I'm going crazy when it's enough. The week Meta Marie
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apologized to especially the King and Queen. The week Crown
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Prince Harkin said, I have to make sure to take
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care of the Crown Princess who's not allowed to speak yet.
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Deep Crown observed Ingrid Alexandra posting to Instagram would simply
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never happen here. Meta Mareat's public apologies would also not happen.
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The Norwegians seemed to believe transparency equals relatability. What it
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actually reveals is a lack of institutional discipline. Maria's trial.
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Victim testified woke to assault. I don't understand how someone
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can have sex with someone who's sleeping. Sleep researcher confirmed
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POLSE data compatible with her initially being asleep. Witness weeby
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authoritarian victim wanted to go to bed and sleep. He
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wanted to keep having sex. Weiby, I've been worken up
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by being touched myself many times, called derogatory messages about
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victim locker room talk between me and my best friend.
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The crown Prince and Princess visited him in prison twice
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in one week, despite one visit per week rule. Norwegian
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ambassador resigned. Epstein left ten million dollars to her children.
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Meta meriek googled Epstein didn't look too good. Republican Association
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membership surge forty seven percent, don't want me to Marie
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his queen, thirty three percent favor of the Republic, and
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somewhere between Instagram milkdowns and sleep data testimony. Norway faces
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what observers call their annis horribilus, the royal family learning
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the hard way that somethings are better left unsaid. And
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there you have it. If you'd like to email us
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