Within the greatest scandal to rock Norway’s monarchy, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit goes on trial Tuesday accused of raping four women, in addition to drug and assault offenses.
Marius Borg Hoiby, Mette-Marit’s 29-year-old son from a relationship earlier than she married Crown Prince Haakon, has been charged with a complete of 38 counts, a few of which date again to 2018.
He faces as much as 16 years in jail if the Oslo district courtroom finds him responsible. The trial, scheduled to final till March 19, is anticipated to draw intense media protection.
“On the subject of the Norwegian royal household, it’s certainly the largest scandal” in its 120-year historical past, Trond Noren Isaksen, a historian and knowledgeable on Norway’s monarchy, instructed AFP.
Hakon Mosvold Larsen/NTB/AFP by way of Getty Photographs 
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