Shaman to the stars Durek Verrett and his fiancée, Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, have been dating for a long, long time – 5,000 years, to be precise. While in this lifetime they were only introduced in 2019, bonding over a shared passion for all things spiritual, Durek and Märtha Louise claim to have been joined in holy matrimony since his stint as a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt . In their current physical manifestation, the couple tied the knot in a glamorous August 2024 wedding. Although even Tatler ’s perspicacious gaze can’t quite see back to the time of sphinxes and sarcophagi, we’ve got the inside scoop on how this bisexual shaman won the heart of Norway’s ‘clairvoyant’ princess – from the Great Pyramids to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Durek first felt his connection to the spirit realm

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