In the biggest scandal to rock Norway’s monarchy, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit goes on trial next week accused of raping four women, as well as drug and assault offences.
Marius Borg Hoiby, Mette-Marit’s 29-year-old son from a relationship before she married Crown Prince Haakon, has been charged with a total of 38 counts, some of which date back to 2018.
He faces up to 16 years in prison if the Oslo district court finds him guilty. The trial, scheduled to last until 19 March, is expected to attract intense media coverage.
“When it comes to the Norwegian royal family, it is without a doubt the biggest scandal” in its 120-year history, Trond Noren Isaksen, a historian and expert on Norway’s monarchy, told AFP. “There have been controversies surrounding the choice of spouses, about renovations of the palace and these kinds of things, but never any real scandals involving criminal offences, let alone so many,” he said.
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