IF HE couldn’t marry her, he would not marry at all, he told his father. In essence, Crown Prince Harald of Norway was declaring: my kingdom for a wife!
The heir to the Norwegian throne was willing to risk all his riches after he met Sonja Haraldsen, the daughter of a clothing merchant, at a party. Their connection was instant and undeniable.
But it took nine long years before King Olav allowed the couple to marry, making Sonja the first commoner to become a Norwegian Crown Princess.
In 1991 she became the country’s first queen