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Monday, December 3, 2012

What a sweet story

about Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/norways-crown-princess-mistaken-for-nanny-while-minding-couples-surrogate-children-in-india/2012/12/03/72976692-3d45-11e2-8a5c-473797be602c_story.html
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