Princess Martha Louise shares snaps of her partying after winning business woman of the year for her clothing brand at Elle Norway Gala – while influencer daughter Leah Behn picks up prize for her Tiktok videos

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Princess Martha Louise of Norway partied the night away this weekend after winning an award for her clothing brand.

The only daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, 52,  picked up the ‘Business of the Year’ award for her clothing brand Hest, which was made in honour of her late best friend.

It was a family affair for Martha, as her influencer daughter Leah Behn, 18, also picked up a prize for ‘creator of the year’. 

Looking gorgeous in a white and gold dress, the royal shared clips of herself dancing the night away with her business partners after picking up the prize.

The royal also joked she was ‘resting her legs’ before dinner and posted snaps sitting in a bed with Norwegian TV presenters Harlem Alexander and Jan Thomas, all dressed to the nines.

Princess Martha Louise of Norway partied the night away this weekend after winning an award for her clothing brand. The royal also joked she was ‘resting her legs’ before dinner and posted snaps sitting in a bed with Norwegian TV presenters Harlem Alexander and Jan Thomas, all dressed to the nines

The only daughter of King Harald and Queen Sonja, 52, picked up the ‘Business of the Year’ award for her clothing brand Hest, which was made in honour of her late best friend

Clearly enjoying the party, she also posted a photo of a faded ‘Elle’ stamp on her hand

Clearly enjoying the party, she also posted a photo of a faded ‘Elle’ stamp on her hand.

Taking to Instagram after picking up the gong, she revealed that the award was in honour of her ‘best friend’ Esben Johannessen, who she founded the business for.

‘Thank you @ellenorge for awarding Hést ‘Business of the Year’! We are beyond proud and thankful. Hést means more to us than just a brand,’ she wrote on Instagram.

‘My best friend, Esben Johannessen, died suddenly from pancreatic cancer in 2019. 

‘His wife Anne-Kari Bohagen and him had run the business together for years at the time of his death. 

‘He was a horse trainer, one of the best in Norway, and when he died, Anne-Kari was left with two children, a farm, horses, dogs, no income and didn’t know where to turn.

‘In her despair, she confided in her friend Monica Utne who had had a dream since childhood of starting a fashion brand and suggested they start one together. 

‘Although none of them had experience in the field, Anne-Kari said that it couldn’t get any worse than what it already was, let’s do it! They renamed Esben’s company and, to honour his legacy, called the brand Hést (hest means horse in Norwegian).

Meanwhile, stylish daughter Leah also won a prize, and shared several snaps looking stylish

The 18-year-old, who is untitled and sixth in line to the throne, is the daughter of Princess Martha Louise and her late husband Ari Behn

Over the past few years, Leah has racked up tens of millions of views across her TikTok , YouTube and Instagram pages where she share insights into her jetset lifestyle

‘As I was involved in Hést from the start supporting Anne-Kari through the loss of her husband, I partnered up with the two wonderful ladies after a while.

‘We are proud to be a women lead company who focuses on inclusion, equality and intuition. We hope that Hést can inspire others to dare dream big and put dreams into action however hard life may be.

‘We thank everyone who has supported us and believed in us through the process. Thank you to our wonderful team at Hést. 

‘You are worth your weight in gold! Each and everyone of you are so special and are a big reason why Hést is such a success.

‘Thank you to all the retailers (94 in Norway and 100 abroad) who have taken the chance on an unknown brand and made Hést who we are today. 

‘And last but not least, thank you to all of you who love our brand, who wear our sweaters and clothes, who support us and share your love with us.

‘Esben, this one is to you!’.

Meanwhile, stylish daughter Leah also won a prize. 

Princess Martha Louise of Norway is set to tie the knot to her American businessman partner Durek Verrett (left) in her home country next August

The 18-year-old, who is untitled and sixth in line to the throne, is the daughter of Princess Martha Louise and her late husband Ari Behn.

 Over the past few years, Leah has racked up tens of millions of views across her TikTok, YouTube and Instagram pages where she share insights into her jetset lifestyle.

And it seems to have paid off, with the influencer picking up a gong for creator of the year. 

‘What an absolutely fantastic evening!

‘Thank you to @tiktoknordics and @ellenorge for the honor of winning creator of the year! I am in complete shock. 

‘I will never stop talking about how important mental health is, and how better we have to become as a society to help those that need it. Talk about the difficult part! You never know who it can help.

‘Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me, you have no idea how much it means to me <3

‘Thanks to the loveliest @rikkeboee who managed to sew my dream dress. You are absolutely amazing!’.

Princess Martha Louise with fiancé ‘Durek Verrett; earlier this year, she announced she would step down from royal duties, in a move that was nicknamed ‘Norway’s Megxit’ 

The princess was previously married to Ari Behn, who she wed in 2002 . They split in 2016, and Ari took his own life on Christmas Day in 2019

Leah often talks about her late father Ari Behn’s struggle with mental health, after he tragically killed himself on Christmas Day in 2019.

Martha Louise is now set to tie the knot to her American businessman partner in her home country next August.

The royal, 52, who describes herself as ‘spiritual’ and claims to be a clairvoyant, will wed Durek Verrett, who calls himself a ‘shaman’ at the Union Hotel in Geiranger on August 31.

The announcement comes after several years of difficulty for the Norwegian royals which culminated in Princess Martha’s decision to step down as a working member of the family – which she revealed has been filled with ‘turmoil’ (in a move labelled ‘Norway’s Megxit’).

Eyebrows were raised when the Princess first began dating Verrett, who holds some controversial and pseudoscientific views, including that cancer in children can be caused by ‘being unhappy’.

In an interview with the BBC earlier this year, she praised her parents, King Harald an Queen Sonja, for keeping the dialogue open while she made her decision and they worked out the details about how the arrangements would work.

The princess was previously married to Ari Behn, who she wed in 2002 and had three children together Maud Angelica, Leah Isadora,and Emma Tallulah. 

Ari had battled to marry Princess Martha after the pair faced heavy criticism because Mr Behn, a self-styled Bohemian author and artist, was not a traditional partner for a royal. 

They married in a lavish ceremony at the historic Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim in 2002 but chose to flee to London ten years later following sustained scrutiny of their married life. 

They began divorce proceedings in 2016 because, as Princess Martha said, they had ‘grown apart from one another’ and ‘no longer meet like we did before’.

‘We have tried everything over a long period of time, and when we still can’t meet where we did before, it’s impossible for us to continue,’ she said reports Norway’s News in English.

In an interview with the BBC this year Martha spoke about her first husband and the ‘cristicism’ he faced. 

She said: ‘His mental health depended a lot on him getting criticism in the media.

‘But I am not saying it was anyone’s fault. It is always how you handle criticism. The press took self-criticism after he died, that they were perhaps a little harsh towards him, and that he only received criticism and was actually a very nice person.’

After the divorce Mr Behn wrote a book Inferno, which critics described as ‘oozing with despair and sadness’ and describes his struggles with mental health, headaches, hallucinations and difficulty breathing.

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