
As Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway celebrates another trip around the sun, she leaves behind a challenging year — some might even call it her annus horribilis. In the year leading up to her 53rd birthday on August 19, the mother of three faced an ongoing health battle, along with the trial of her son Marius Borg Høiby and the publication of past correspondence between her and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.