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 multiple times in Epstein documents released by the US Department of Justice earlier this year. The files revealed an unexpectedly close friendship between the pair and raised questions in