At the nuptials, which were exclusively covered by HELLO! magazine, Märtha Louise, 52, and Durek, 49, celebrated their love in a ceremony officiated by Märtha's close friend, parish priest Margit Louise Holte.
You can watch the emotional moment they exchanged vows below…
The personal vows
His voice breaking with emotion, Durek said: "I promise to always listen to your wisdom. I promise to always hold space for you and your daughters and listen to them as well. I promise to love you with my last breath."
The bride wiped away tears during her emotional vows
Fighting back tears, Märtha, who is the proud mother to her daughters Maud, 21, Leah, 19, and Emma, 16 , said: "I promise to love you with all my heart. I promise to take responsibility for my emotions. I promise to love you because I know you know that my girls come first.
"And I promise I will walk with you to the best of my ability because we are always changed although we are always the same. Because we are always the past, the present and the future in one."
The wedding rings
After the newlyweds slipped their beautiful wedding rings on each other's fingers and kissed, Norwegian stoicism gave way to smiles, applause, and tears of happiness all round.
"I had our wedding bands made in the old Viking way," Durek told HELLO! of the rose-gold and diamond rings. "The runes engraved in the gold mean 'love's flame' so when two flames come together we create love's fire."
"I promise to love you with my last breath," Durek said in his vows
The ceremony also included words of wisdom about love and marriage by Michael B Beckwith, Bible readings from Märtha's brother Crown Prince Haakon and Durek's sister Angelina Verrett-Byrne, and emotional hymns including Amazing Grace and Ave Maria .
Märtha and Durek walked back down the aisle to the sound of Stevie Wonder's hit song As , sung by the gospel choir HIM and delighted their guests by dancing to the uplifting beats.
The congregation stood up to dance and clap too, including the bride's parents, King Harald and Queen Sonja.
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