Ultimately, this change had huge consequences for Ingrid.
Never mind that her younger brother, Prince Sverre Magnus, would join the family just one year later.
The new rules meant that Ingrid would have to prepare to be the next queen of Norway.
The good news, though, is that the princess seems up for the challenge.
Upper crust pedigree aside, however, Ingrid also has extremely common roots.
Critics apparently thought that the class differences between the two lovebirds could lead to disaster.
More than two decades later, though, Haakon and Mette-Marit’s marriage remains strong.
As Mette-Marit explained in an interview withNRK, Haakon has been known for showing others how to be proper.
Meanwhile, Mette-Marit teaches her family how to be soft.
In fact, Ingrid is an athlete with extraordinary ability at both surfing and downhill skiing.
As she shared in an interview withNRK TV: “I have many girlfriends who go skiing with me.
We have fun together and come up with all sorts of strange things.
We have gone on surfing trips and ski collections.
We compete occasionally abroad and so on.
That community is a lot of fun.”
Interestingly, though, these sports are more than just fun and games to the princess.
Over the years, Ingrid has also been known to bring home a trophy or two.
“We were at surf camp, which I received as a graduation present.
We thought it was great fun … And then I won.
It was a little bigger, better than what I might have thought.”
While winning this competition was clearly a big deal for Ingrid, the princess remained humble about her achievement.
“Nice to be alone for a bit,” she marveled.
Maybe be able to travel alone, drive a car, etc."
She went on to share: “I will travel a lot, I have plans to …
I want to visit Japan.
Skiing in Japan, I think, is cool.”
Of course, there is a lot more to growing up than gaining liberties.
But, luckily, Ingrid seems to know this.
“It is a very nice opportunity.
I am grateful for the opportunity we have.”
“You wonder … you might dream away.
What would another life have been like?
But it is hard to imagine not to be in the role I am now.”
In her NRK TV interview, the princess expressed this sentiment.
“I have a lot of love for Norway.
We are the best country, definitely.”
This was especially true when Ingrid realized that she was over-using TikTok.
In her interview with NRK TV, the princess recalled: “I was at school …
I looked at my screen time.
I had been at school all day and had been on TikTok for an hour already.”
This experience motivated Ingrid to take a step back from this particular platform.
As she herself explained: “It was time to take a break.”
Her Snapchat handle, for example, is a secret.
Indeed, most princes and princesses are involved in some kind of philanthropic endeavors.
Throughout high school, she was known to have an interest in a wide variety of disciplines.
It is more fun this year since we have chosen our subjects ourselves.
I like social geography, chemistry, and English.
I enjoy many of the subjects."
The writing about people and demographics … That part is very exciting."
It was very inspiring.
I made a little book about different digilutes …
I drew all the digilutes and wrote a bit about each [one]."
One of the areas that perhaps inevitably caught Ingrid’s eye was video-making.
Interestingly, Ingrid will not be the first queen to have dabbled in the arts before beginning her reign.
Like Ingrid, Elizabeth did not perform for the general public.
However, she did seem to have a grand time with this creative work.
That being said, Princess Ingrid has made a point of avoiding many of those stereotypes.
Speaking with NRK TV, Ingrid admitted that this job changed her.
It was quite strange."
In the end, she really enjoyed working.
“I worked [bussing tables] together with my girlfriend.
In Norway, the job of a “monarch” entails being the head of the country’s military.
Reflecting on this experience in her conversation with NRK TV, Ingrid shared: “It was pretty cool.
I learned extremely a lot about the military on my trips.
[These were] my first official assignments alone.
Both visits were absolutely fantastic.”
“I met many nice people.
“They welcomed me so well and were just absolutely gorgeous.”
“There are a lot of peers [who are] heirs to the throne in Europe now.
I hope we can use each other [for advice],” Ingrid admitted.
