Princes Martha Louise’s bisexual shaman boyfriend has come under fire for ‘flirting’ with a Women’s Sportswear model on Instagram a day after his partner’s ex-husband killed himself.
Self-proclaimed shaman Durek Verrett, 44, told the woman ‘miss you love you dear friend’ in a now deleted comment on a photo of her wearing a small bikini at five-star Intercontinental Hotel in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
Neither the Norwegian royal or the shaman, who announced their relationship in May this year, have spoken publicly after Ari Behn took his life on Christmas Day.
Self-proclaimed shaman Durek Verrett, 44, told this Women’s sportswear model ‘miss you love you dear friend’ in a comment on the above Instagram post. It was taken at the Intercontinental Hotel in Phu Quoc, Vietnam
The shaman’s post received heavy criticism, as Instagram users told him he should be supporting girlfriend Princess Martha and her three children instead of scrolling on Instagram. He is pictured above with Princess Martha on Instagram
Writing on the post Durek said, reports Xstra: ‘I’m so proud of all the love you put into having the body that makes you feel powerful.
‘Miss you love you dear friend. You are on fire these days. It’s better I say it that way because some people don’t understand that the only women for me is my goddess @iam_marthalouise.
‘They also don’t understand our Californian way of talk and that we have been friend close friends for 10 yrs or more.’
His now removed words provoked outrage online, with Instagram users telling him to focus on his girlfriend’s three children and supporting them instead of spending his time scrolling Instagram.
Brooke, who runs the account @hellobrookie, regularly posts photos of herself wearing bikinis, sportswear and revealing clothes at glamorous locations including Miami, Los Angeles, and Kruger National Park in South Africa.
Princess Martha and the shaman announced their relationship in May this year. Neither have spoken publicly since Mr Behn’s death. Her husband of 15 years Ari Behn, pictured above with her in Sweden in 2015, killed himself on Christmas Day
Shaman Durek and Princess Martha have been pictured snuggling up to each other on social media. Mr Behn said he felt like a ‘clown’ following the divorce in 2017
Her account claims she is an ambassador for accessories brand Tokidoki and American Women’s sportswear company Years of Ours.
The 47-year-old father-of-three killed himself just a year after admitting he felt like a ‘clown’ following the divorce from his wife of 15 years.
He separated from the fourth in line to the Norwegian throne in 2017, after the pair said they had ‘grown apart’.
Princess Martha announced her relationship with shaman Durek in May, but an Instagram post suggests they may have been seeing each other from at least February this year.
The shaman wrote on the social media platform that his mother predicted he would one day be made happy by a Norwegian princess.
Shaman Durek and Princess Martha have also been pictured together on her Instagram offering webinars, and she has been pictured with his ‘best friend’ Gwyneth Paltrow
The pair, pictured together in 2016, decided to separate after ‘growing apart’. Mr Behn admitted in an interview a year before his death that he had been left feeling like a ‘clown’
Durek, who has claimed to be best friends with Gwyneth Paltrow, offers £300-an-hour ‘spiritual detox’ classes to celebrities all around the world and claims to be a ‘bridge’ between the ‘physical and spiritual planes’.
He has been pictured snuggling up with Princess Martha on social media.
Tributes have flooded in for Mr Behn since his death was announced by the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway.
His ex-wife’s parents Harald V and Queen Sonja have said their family is ‘grieving’ after losing the children’s ‘dear father’ and that they carry ‘warm, fond memories of him’.
‘We grieve that our grandchildren have lost their dear father, and have deep compassion for his parents and siblings, who now have lost their dear son and brother,’ they said.
The former royal’s mother Marianne Behn, pictured above, said in a moving Facebook post that her son was taken by the ‘light that came to meet you’
Ari Behn, pictured with Princess Martha on their wedding day at Trondheim cathedral in 2002, had predicted in an interview years earlier that he would ‘die alone’
His heartbroken mother Marianne Behn has also posted a moving tribute to her son on Facebook.
‘Dear my beloved favourite boy’, she wrote, ‘it wasn’t darkness that took you… It was the light that came to meet you’.
‘The darkness never took you… it was the bright shining LIGHT merging with you.’
Candles and flowers were laid at the foot of an equestrian statue outside the Royal Palace in Oslo, on Boxing Day in Mr Behn’s memory.
Princess Martha Louise’s new lover Shaman Durek Verrett
Shaman Durek, who is Princess Martha’s boyfriend, pictured giving a lecture at the Clarion hotel in Stavanger, Norway
Shaman Durek Verrett, 44, claims to be a 6th generation shaman and ‘spiritual healer’ and offers £300-an-hour classes to A-list clients including singer LeAnn Rimes and actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
Based in Los Angeles, he claims to be able to act as a ‘bridge’ between the ‘spiritual and physical planes’, on his website, and to be able to help people find ‘success, happiness and healing’.
He also sways he is a ‘gifted guest speaker’ and inspirational teacher, who has worked with a diverse array of public organisations and in areas of conflict.
The jet-setter also has a tour taking in 12 major cities including New York, Dubai, Ibiza, Moscow and London.
His clients include Hollywood celebrities, TV stars, CEOs of US companies, European royalty and housewives.
To prepare for an appointment, his website recommends wearing ‘light colours’ or ‘all white’ and not to eat meat, smoke or drink for 24 hours beforehand.
He told The Times that his appointments offer people ‘their true self’ and said they are about ‘using and building the power inside you’.
He added that the British have a particular problem because they ‘don’t communicate their real feelings’ which makes them ‘become passive-aggressive and take it out on other people’.