March 20 (UPI) -- Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said she was "manipulated and deceived" by late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in her first interview about the relationship that lasted years.

Norway's Crown Princess opens up on her regretful link with Epstein

OSLO: Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said she was "manipulated" by convicted United States sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in an interview broadcast on Friday (Mar 20) in which she sought to explain their close relationship.A commoner who married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, Mette-Marit's name appears mult

OSLO: Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said she was "manipulated" by convicted United States sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in an interview broadcast on Friday (Mar 20) in which she sought to explain their close relationship.A commoner who married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, Mette-Marit's name appears mult

OSLO, March 20 - Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit said on Friday she regretted her friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, seeking to contain one of the biggest scandals to hit the country's royal family. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Documents showed she maintained contact with Epstein from 2011 to 2014. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.