At the end of the summer, Norwegians thought they had hit rock bottom. First, on August 4, they were shocked to learn that Marius Borg Hoiby, son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend. Then, on August 31, they were stunned by the controversial wedding of Princess Märtha Louise, eldest daughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, to the American Durek Verrett, a self-proclaimed shaman suspected of quackery. The worst, however, was yet to come. […]
Norway's royal family reels under the weight of scandal – Le Monde