Shaman to the stars Durek Verrett and his fiancée, Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, have been dating for a 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 . In their current physical manifestation, the couple are set to tie the knot next month, and although even ’s perspicacious gaze can’t quite see back to the time of sphinxes and sarcophagi, we’ve got the inside 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 as a five year old, growing up in late 70s Sacramento. It was during a routine trip to the dentist that the one-day royal his shamanic powers. His mother, Veruschka, turned around and noticed her young son was missing.
No, not transported to a past life in Mesopotamia, but off hugging an elderly woman on a bench, overwhelmed with empathy for her apparent pain and suffering. In another interview, he said he was as young as two when he learnt what it meant to be imbued with such intergenerational gifts. As Veruschka played drums and explained the undisclosed ‘mysteries of plants’, Durek fell into a trance and met with his ancestors, including his great grandmother, a fellow shaman, who introduced herself as �.