Princess has some aflutter

OSLO, Norway – A leading Norwegian newspaper called on Princess Martha Louise to renounce her royal title Monday after she said she communicates with angels.

The 35-year-old princess, who is fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, has come under intense media scrutiny for her involvement in an alternative school that aims to teach people how to get in touch with angels.

Some observers have questioned whether her work for the private institute, dubbed “the angel school” in Norwegian media, can be combined with her royal family duties.

“As princess and theoretical heir to the throne Martha Louise must … operate within a certain framework,” the Bergens Tidende daily said in its editorial Monday.

“If she feels that this would clip her wings, so to speak, … the solution is clear and actually not dramatic: Drop the princess title and her place in the line of succession, (and) choose to live life in her own way.”

Martha Louise wrote on the Web site of the Astarte Education School that she had learned how to communicate with horses and talk to angels.

In an interview Saturday, Martha Louise tried to explain her view on angels, saying they were not physical beings.

“Some feel them; others see them. Everyone experiences them from their own standpoint. For me, they are beings of light, like a feeling of a powerful presence, a strong sense of love,” she said.