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Novelist and essayist Gore Vidal later asserted that Crown Princess Märtha was Roosevelt's "last love". [8] Roosevelt's son James stated that "There was no question that Martha was an important figure in Father's life during the war ... there is a real possibility that a true romantic relationship developed between the president and the princess."
Atlantic Crossing is a historical drama in the form of a television miniseries set in Norway and the United States during World War II.The series is wide-ranging but pays special attention to interactions between Crown Princess Martha of Norway and President Franklin Roosevelt during the period when Martha was a war refugee in the United States after fleeing the 1940 Nazi Invasion of Norway.
In a speech on 13 April 1940, the President had already praised the Norwegian resistance movement. Roosevelt's interest in Norway was in part due to the good relations established by Norwegian Crown Prince Olav and his wife, Princess Märtha, and the Norwegian ambassador to the U.S., Wilhelm Thorleif von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1887–1963 ...
Who is Princess Märtha Louise of Norway? The Norwegian royal is fourth in line to the throne. Märtha Louise was born on September 22, 1971, to the then Crown Prince Harald and Crown Princess ...
The American public was enthralled with President Theodore Roosevelt's daughter from 1901, when she was just a teenager in the White House, until her death in 1980.
HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway.She was given to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, [1] in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha.
Princess Martha Louise of Norway and Durek Verrett share a kiss on their wedding day. Heiko/Junge/NTB/AFP via Getty Images. Märtha Louise and Verrett — who will not get a royal title following ...
Princess Märtha Louise at a 2006 book signing in Minnesota, US. Her Royal Highness Princess Märtha Louise's Fund was founded on 15 September 1972 and awards funds to projects carried out by non-governmental organizations in order to provide assistance to disabled children under the age of 16 in Norway.