'I just can't stop staring at her': Shaman Durek declares his love for Norway's Princess Martha on Norwegian TV and says he has already met the King and Queen after revealing their romance on Instagram
- Princess Martha Louise, 47, and her new boyfriend Shaman Durek, 44, appeared together on Good Morning Norway on Thursday
- The interview took place just days after revealing their romance on Instagram
- The couple said Durek, whose real name is Derek Verrett, had already been introduced to King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
- At one point during the interview, Durek took Princess Martha's hand and kissed it as she was answering questions
- Durek arrived in Oslo on Tuesday and was greeted by his girlfriend at the airport
- They are selling $65 tickets to an event starting this weekend called The Princess and the Shaman where they will teach a spirituality workshop=
Norway's Princess Martha Louise and the shaman who stole her heart have revealed he has already met her parents as he declared his love for her in their first joint interview together on Norwegian television.
Princess Martha, 47, and her new boyfriend Shaman Durek, 44, whose real name is Derek Verrett, appeared together on Good Morning Norway on Thursday just days after revealing their relationship to the world on Instagram.
The couple said Durek had already been introduced to King Harald V and Queen Sonja but declined to reveal exactly what they spoke about.
Durek went on to describe the King and Queen as 'lovely, wonderful, amazing'.
'It was the most beautiful experience,' he said of meeting them.
At one point during the interview, Durek took Princess Martha's hand and kissed it as she was answering questions.
Princess Martha, 47, and her new boyfriend Shaman Durek, 44, whose real name is Derek Verrett, appeared together on Good Morning Norway on Thursday just days after revealing their relationship to the world on Instagram
The couple laughed when asked if a marriage proposal was on the horizon and if they could already see their relationship going the distance.
While Princess Martha shrugged the question off, Durek went a step further and spoke of his admiration for his girlfriend and their future.
'We're very transparent with each other. We don't put these ideas of the future because we know it doesn't exist. We know that every moment exists - this moment that we have and that we share,' he said.
'If we stay in this open, loving place, this unconditional place, then yes, of course. But you can never tell. We just know that what we feel is real.
'How can you not love this woman? I look at her sometimes and I just can't stop staring at her. I stare for hours.'
The couple also addressed the recent controversy surround Durek's work and his spirituality.
He denied claims that he could cure cancer and that he could defy aging.
Durek said he had never claimed he had the cure for cancer. saying that science and medicine were so important to him.
The couple said Durek had already been introduced to King Harald V and Queen Sonja but declined to reveal exactly what they spoke about
Princess Martha and her new boyfriend were pictured arriving at the TV studio on Thursday morning for their first joint interview since revealing their romance publicly
During the interview, Durek kissed his girlfriend's hand before declaring his love for her. The couple also addressed the recent controversy surround Durek's work and his spirituality
'What we are doing is helping to facilitate and awareness of self,' he said.
'When people come to me, it's mostly because they have ailments they are dealing with from the therapies they are going through - it could be mental, it could be emotional - so I help them with these types of situations.'
Princess Martha said she had no desire to give up her royal title, despite being urged to do so by some in her country due to her chosen spiritual lifestyle.
'I am a princess. I have chosen this way of living,' she said. 'I am part of that family and it'll stay that way.'
Their interview came soon after Durek arrived in Oslo on Tuesday and was greeted by his girlfriend at the airport.
Starting this weekend, he and the princess will embark on a five-city tour of Denmark and Norway where they will take paying crowds 'on a journey into the mysteries of life' that will focus on 'shamanic exercises and meditation'.
The couple announced their romance on Instagram on Monday in separate posts
Writing on Instagram about her new love, the princess penned: 'Durek has changed my life, like he does with so many' Pictured, the couple together. It is unclear how or when they met
Tickets to the two events - which are called The Princess and the Shaman and the more intense, Activating Divinity - are being sold online for between $65 and $140 each.
The announcement of their romance also comes just as he begins promotion for his new book, Spirit Hacking, which will be released this October.
Princess Martha divorced her husband, Ari Behn, in 2016 after 14 years of marriage. At the time they said they had simply grown apart but that they planned to share custody of their three children.
She has not had any notable romances since then until meeting Durek.
In announcing their relationship on Instagram, the princess said Durek was her 'twin flame'. It is unclear where they met or when but photographs of them together date back to November last year.
Sources told DailyMail.com they are 'madly in love' and that she was one of his clients.
Princess Martha Louise, 47, the eldest child of King Harald and Queen Sonja,took to Instagram to reveal she has found love with 'spiritual hacker' Durek Verrett. The loved-up royal shared the announcement alongside this photo of them together
The mother-of-three, who divorced husband Ari Behn in 2017, described her beau as her 'twin flame' and vowed to love him from 'this eternity to the next' in the gushing post, pictured
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Durek, who was born in Sacramento, claims he first became 'aware' of his shamanic abilities when he was five but that he didn't start training until age 11 and that he is a 'sixth generation healer'.
His mother, who he says was who exposed him to the spirit built when he was a baby, was Norweigan-Indian and his father was African-Haitian.
Durek, who on social media says he is romantically interested in both men and women, claims she predicted his romance with the divorcee royal.
'When I was a teenager my mother told me that one day someone from her heritage in Norway would find me and bring so much joy in my heart.
'I asked her "who mother"? She said a princess... she was right my kindred spirit found me,' he said in a recent Instagram post.
After spending 'years' training, Durek has cultivated a strong celebrity following and now counts Gwyneth Paltrow, Nina Dobrev and other stars among fans.
He is regularly featured on Hollywood shows and on his website, he sells meditation tracks for around $10 each. He also has a collection of books on Amazon.
