When Princess Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett are to marry in Geiranger on 31 August, a flight ban has been introduced. But the police have given news and TV 2 permission to fly with a drone and thus film from the air, in exchange for them sharing video and images with other media houses. The management of the bride and groom are critical of this, it appears in a letter to the police. “This has major consequences for us on several levels. I have great difficulty understanding how Møre og Romsdal police district can enter into media agreements without involving us in any way. We are the ones who are organizing the wedding and I would claim and expect that we have something to do with this,” writes Carina Scheele Carlsen in a letter to the police. Carlsen is Märtha Louise’s manager and emphasizes in the letter that the wedding is not public, as it was when the princess married Ari Behn in 2002. The bride and groom have sold the photo rights for the wedding to the British celebrity magazine Hello Magazine. The TV channels must be linked to Netflix, several sources inform news. Can’t prevent the media The police applied to introduce restrictions on the air during the wedding weekend when they received the preliminary guest list. In that way, they could ensure the safety of guests who have a claim to protection. Afterwards, news and TV 2 were exempted from the air restrictions in some limited areas. The police specify that they only have permission to ensure safety, not to prevent the media: “If we have control over security, we do not have the option of refusing the press to film/take photos from the air. Measures beyond this must come from the organiser.”, replies communications director Iselin Nevstad Øvrelid in Møre og Romsdal police district in the reply letter. To news, Øvrelid says this: – It is not part of the police’s mission to lay down guidelines for the press beyond what concerns safety, and we have been clear about that in our communication with the organiser. She says that the collaboration with the organizer is good. News manager at TV 2 Fredrik Kirkevold says that it is obvious that they will cover the wedding celebration, and that they have applied for a drone license together with news in order to get the best possible coverage based on the conditions they have been given. – We have applied to film with a drone because Princess Märtha is getting married. She is part of the royal family, is in the line of succession and this is a huge news event that has great public interest, he says. No drama Simon Eriksen Valvik is engaged as press and communications manager and has taken over communications responsibility for the bride and groom. He says that there is no drama in this for them. Simon Eriksen Valvik is the press officer for the bride and groom and says that they have no problem with the fact that permission has been given to film with a drone. Photo: Tom Nicolai Kolstad / news – We are not experts on the legal aspects of the police’s work. As a private organizing group, we can only express our needs. Then it is up to the police to navigate and decide. In the e-mail exchange between the organizers and the police, it appears that they are surprised that the police have given drone permission. But Valvik says that they have now received a clarifying answer from the police, and that they therefore have no problem understanding that they have given permission to film the wedding weekend with a drone. – The dialogue with the police was good all the way, and they will always help to clear up any misunderstandings. They have also done that in this case, without me wanting to go into the case itself. So there is no drama in this, he says. Published 22.08.2024, at 17.01 Updated 22.08.2024, at 17.25
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The management of Märtha Louise and Durek would prevent drone flights in Geiranger – news Møre og Romsdal – Local news, TV and radio
