A year and a half after Marius Borg Høiby was arrested by police over a violent episode at a woman’s flat’s in Oslo, the son of Norway’s crown princess has gone on trial, in the biggest case to come to court here for years.
Høiby pleaded not guilty to four charges of rape, as the public prosecutor read out the 38 charges against him.
The seven-week trial opened at Oslo district court against a backdrop of almost daily revelations surrounding him and his mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit.
The crown princess is facing increasing criticism after it emerged that she was cited in hundreds of emails showing extensive contacts with the late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.