– Out of respect for all those involved, including Marius, I ask for your understanding that I do not wish to comment on the matter at this time, said Crown Princess Mette-Marit. A large press corps had taken their seats in front of the crown prince couple. It was the first time the crown princess met the press after the charges against her son. When she was asked how she felt as a mother during this process, she replied: – I can start from how I feel now: I think it is very nice to be allowed to be here and to be on a county tour. It’s something we’ve been looking forward to for a long time. – This is one of the trips we look forward to most of the year, to get out and meet people where they live, see how people create good local communities. It means a lot to us. So this is a good day for me. Thank you very much for all your consideration, but I am not going to answer anything more about exactly what you asked. The Crown Prince couple took their time with the flower children when they arrived in Selbu. Photo: Kristi Marie Skrede / news Selbu municipality in Trøndelag was the first stop on the crown prince couple’s three-day county tour. When the crown prince spoke to young people and children in Selbu this morning, he pointed out that youth can be a vulnerable phase. – Both you who are young people yourself, and we who are parents, know that adolescence can be a very exciting, but also vulnerable phase in life, said Crown Prince Haakon. – Then it is important that we see each other, that we try to be there for each other. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit completed this year’s county trip as planned and posed for photographs in Selbu. Photo: Lise Aaserud / NTB The Crown Prince Couple undertakes a county tour every year, and this year it has been extended to Trøndelag, where four municipalities will receive a royal visit. Photo: Lise Aaserud / NTB Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Photo: Lise Aaserud / NTB Charges and ban on visitors This year’s county trip comes at a time when there is a storm around the royals and the family. Last week, it became known that Marius Borg Høiby had a restraining order imposed on the offended woman in the case where Høiby is charged with bodily harm, damage and threats. He is also being investigated for several matters. Marius Borg Høiby participated with the rest of the family when little sister Princess Ingrid Alexandra’s 18th birthday was celebrated in 2022. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Høiby has in a public written statement himself admitted the use of violence while intoxicated with alcohol and cocaine. Then he also said that he has several mental disorders, and that he has struggled with substance abuse for a long time. When Crown Prince Haakon visited Stavanger a couple of weeks ago, he was asked, among other things, what the Crown Prince couple knew and did to deal with that situation. – We are very close. So we have known about what Marius has told us, and have known about some of these problem complexes, but I do not want to go into the details of that, said the crown prince. The police had a preventive conversation with Høiby Oslo police district has today confirmed that they had a preventive conversation with Marius Borg Høiby last year. – The police regularly hold preventive talks with individuals who may be/are in a criminal environment. The talks are an early preventive measure, says unit leader in the Oslo police district, Frode Larsen, to news. The police considered that it was appropriate to conduct such a conversation with Høiby, he says. – It was also deemed necessary because the police have an extended responsibility for the security of the Royal House and members of the royal family. The police do not want to go into specific assessments about the reason for the conversation or its content, he says. Aftenposten was the first to confirm this information. Had contact with the victim Høiby was arrested at Jansløkka school in Asker, right by Skaugum where the crown prince’s family lives, on Sunday 4 August. After the charge against Høiby became known, two other ex-boyfriends have also accused him of violence. Both have the status of offended, and their cases are being investigated as violence in close relationships. It is already known that Crown Princess Mette-Marit has had contact with the offended woman to whom Høiby has admitted physical abuse. The Crown Prince did not want to go into detail about this contact when he was asked about it two weeks ago. – We have confirmed that contact has taken place, but I do not want to go into further detail on that, he said. Published 10.09.2024, at 13.14 Updated 10.09.2024, at 13.37
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