Résumé
Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Mette-Marit of Norway, is accused of assault.
Since he was little, the young man has been a celebrity in his country.
Crown Prince Haakon finds himself in a nasty situation.
Summary
Marius Borg Høiby, the son of the Norwegian princess and son-in-law of the current heir to the Norwegian throne, Haakon, is suspected of violence against a womanThe information coming to us straight from the Kingdom of Norway is causing a scandal in the media landscape.
Marius Borg Høiby was arrested over the weekend on suspicion of hitting a woman and causing her bodily harm and damagelocal police announced. Norway’s most influential media outlets, including theAftenpostenare already talking about a “serious business”.
Marius, a celebrity in his country since his young age
Marius Borg Høiby was born in 1997, from a previous relationship of Mette-Marit who later married the future King of Norway, Crown Prince Haakon, in 2001. Young Marius was therefore raised by Mette-Marit, alongside his half-sister, Princess Ingrid Alexandraas well as his half-brother, Prince Sverre Magnus. The 27-year-old is a celebrity in Norway since childhood.
However, Marius has no official public rolehe had in this sense wanted to maintain his independence and had found an occupation as mechanic in a garage. According to the police, it seems that the victim of the attack had “a relationship” with Marius Borg. A relationship, probably romantic. However, the authorities did not want to reveal the identity of the young woman.
The royal family has not yet expressed
Crown Prince Haakon, staying in Paris on the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games preferred to remain silent, or at least remained evasive. Norwegian mediadispatched to the French capital for the event, took the opportunity to question Crown Prince Haakon: “It’s a serious matter when the police are involved in this way “he said, according to the TV2 website.
The scandal has just broken and Norwegian police is giving information tentatively. For the moment, these are only suspicions and the police have specified that they have no information indicating that the victim had suffered serious injuriesCrown Prince Haakon also prefers to remain vague: “At the same time, it would not be good for me to comment on this at this time.” he says. This affair is likely to cause a lot of noise on the web in the coming weeks. The royal family should, logically, publish an official statement to try to put out the fire. Let us recall that, for the moment, the young man’s guilt has not been proven.
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