Märtha supports brother's romance

Prinsess Mãrtha has been in Sydney for more than a week. Her horse Lenaro is taking part in the Games. PHOTO: SCANPIX

Norway's Princess Märtha says she's happy her brother has found a girl he's in love with. Crown Prince Haakon's older sister made her opinion known during a press conference in Sydney on Wednesday.

The Princess has been in Sydney for more than a week now and will stay in Australia until the end of the Olympic Games.

During this morning's press conference she told reporters she wished to comment on the recent press coverage of the Prince's relationship with Mette Marit Tjessem Høiby. "I hope you give her the time she needs to adapt to the role of a princess. It's not easy, and I know that from first hand experience," she said.

The Crown Prince announced recently that he had bought anapartment where he would live with his girlfriend, a single mother.

Princess Märtha's horse Lenaro is competing in the Olympics ridden by Brice Goodin. There's been rumour of a romance between the Princess and the New Zealand rider, but Märtha refused to comment on the speculation.

(NTB)