Oslo, Feb 5, 2026 (AFP) - Son of Norway's crown princess denies drugging anyone

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2026-02-05

The son of Norway's future queen on Thursday denied that he had ever drugged anyone, after a woman he is accused of raping said she had "probably ingested something". Marius Borg Hoiby, Crown Princess Mette-Marit's 29-year-old son from a relationship before her 2001 marriage to heir apparent Crown Prince Haakon, is on trial at a court in Oslo on 38 charges, including four rapes and assaults. He has pleaded not guilty to the most serious offences.......

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