Norway's Princess Martha Louise has announced that she and her husband Ari Behn plan to move to New York this Autumn, just months after their first-born's birth around Easter. Having spent their honeymoon in the American city, the two say the Big Apple is the perfect place for their growing family.
"I have never seen so many baby carriages anywhere," said Martha Louise, speaking to Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten. "In Manhattan a child is not a hindrance, there is hardly a place in the world where babies can have such a sophisticated life as on the upper East side with a view to Central Park."
With Crown Prince Haakon and his wife Mette-Marit studying in London, the move means that both of King Harald and Queen Sonja's children will be living abroad.
In the meantime, Ari, who releases a new novel in the coming months, is adjusting to the idea of being a dad. "I always thought the pregnancy would be miraculous, and it is, while at the same time being so natural," he says, adding: "But it is good that it takes some time, even if I feel ready to become a father."
Though waiting for a new arrival brings its share of unknowns, there's one thing that has been decided. The baby will be a Behn, because, as Martha Louise points out: "I don't have a surname."
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