July 3, 2025

Meghan Markle’s Apricot Photo Sparks Fury

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Meghan Markle’s weekend post with a ripe apricot triggered an online roasting. Now her apricot spread has sold out, refunds are flying, and fans are split between love and frustration. Meanwhile, Harry’s heartfelt speech about online bullying was overshadowed by Meghan’s product launch—on Princess Diana’s birthday, no less. Plus: William cuts ties with a scandal-plagued donor, surprises the Lionesses with a visit, and Norway’s royal family faces serious allegations.
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Caloroga Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intrey. I

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am your host, Mark Francis. Meghan Michael is once again

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the center of attention, and this time it's over an apricot.

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Over the weekend, the Duchess of Sussex, she had a

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photo on the official Instagram account of her lifestyle brand

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as Ever, the image showed Meghan picking a perfectly ripe

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apricot from a tree, dressed in a white linen shirt

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and a monogrammed Fordora, her hair styled in a relaxed bun.

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The caption read simply weekend plans, pick, snack, Repeat. But

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some Royal watchers we're quick to accuse the Dudchess of

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staging the shop, pointing out that the fruit's holding appears

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to be the only ripe apricot on a tree otherwise

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full of green ones, the suggestion the image had been

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carefully curated or even manipulated for effect. One social media

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user wrote, so, Meghan Michael just happened to find the

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only ripe apricot on the entire tree when none of

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them are even remotely ripe, got it? Another said that

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particular apricot just happened to ripe and write on cue.

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Perfect for her photo shoot, So genuine, so authentic, almost

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like nature itself is on her pr team and yet

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another added and she's holding it upside down. That's why

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it's the only ripe one, because it grew upside down.

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It's miraculous. Royal fans have gone from jam packed excitement

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excuse me legally fruit spread packed excitement, to empty handed

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disappointment after Meghan mark was apricot spread over sold in minutes,

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leaving many customers without their order and demanding answers. Meghan

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Markups new apricot spread was snapped up almost immediately following

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its release at nine dollars a jar or fourteen dollars

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and keepsake packaging. But for some customers the only thing

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they've been served is a refund and a promise in

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the emails sent to Bias, as ever explained, due to

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high demand, we are unable to fulfill your order of

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this apricot spread at this time. We are refunding the

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purchase of the zide and by the end of this week.

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To soften the blow, customers were told they receive a

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complimentary jar when the spread is in stock. Still not

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everyone found that palatable. One customer joked it's war tomorrow

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after learning they'd be getting a refund instead of a jar,

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lamenting that they only had half of their Raspberry spread left.

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Another wrote, not a good customer experience, even though the

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customer service is good after the fact. Still, Megan's most

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devoted fans, dubbed the Sussex Squad, have been quick to

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defend her. I don't even want my refund, wanted my

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rip posted. I just generally want Meghan to know she

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is so loved. Another added, I know it'll be sent

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out once available, and yes, I'm so happy for Meghan.

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Until now, there had been speculation over just where the

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Duchess's fruit spreads are made. It's now understood that the

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product is manufactured by the Republic of Tea, the California

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based company that also produces Meghan's herbal teas and twenty

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eight dollars orange Blossom honey. The firm's factory is located

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in Illinois, some two thousand miles from the Montestita garden

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seen in the Instagram post I saw. As close to

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Meghan explained that the spreads were inspired by the recipe

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Meghan crafted in her home kitchen, and that they started

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with the version Meghan makes It Home and worked to

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develop a version of that that could be produced scale.

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For now, the Apricot spread remains listed as coming soon

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on the as Ever website, and fans eagerly await restocks

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and perhaps a little less drama in the next batch.

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On gb News, host Ben Leo said the rosie is

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really important to her because it's got a high profit margin.

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She's seen people like George Cloning and Brad Pitt make

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hundreds of millions of dollars from their alcohol brands, and

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she's hoping to make a lot of money and unlike

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the jams, the rose can be made. I think it's

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ninety bottles every minute. Prince Harry is once again opening

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up about the toll the online world has taken on

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his family, revealing that he believes Meghan Markel was at

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one point the most trolled person in the world. Speaking

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at the Nexus Global Summit in New York last week,

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the Duke of Sussex addressed an audience of more than

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three hundred and fifty philanthropists and innovators. As detailed on

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the Archwall Foundation's website. In a conversation with Nexus co

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founder Rachel Gerrel. Harry explained why he and Megan launched

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their foundation with a focus community and mental health, both

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online and off. Harry said, it wasn't something that was sexy,

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It wasn't something that we were necessarily passionate about, but

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it became very clear to us very quickly, speaking to

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a lot of experts that for all the work we

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are collectively doing and all the progress we are achieving,

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if the digital world is not done responsibly, it's going

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to turn back that progress, and we can see that

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with climate change. Referring to the scrutiny Megan endured after

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joining the Royal family, Harry said, one of the reasons

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why the digital world was so important to us because

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my wife in twenty eighteen was the most trolled person

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in the world. There was a lived experience, but at

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no point did we suddenly think, okay, well, let's take

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this industry on. We would have told you about Harry's

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message earlier, but his wife decided to post apricot photos

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and then release on wine on Diana's birthday, and Chase

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has out of the news cycle and we aren't the

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only ones who feel that way. Daily Express Royal reporter

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Pandora Forsynyth pointed out, if you think back to a

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few years ago, if Harry was appearing in New York,

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it would be sort of like front page headlines. But

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he does so many of these conferences and appearances now

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it sort of seeps into the background. He is trying

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as best as he can to link back to actually

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quite a noble cause, which his children, who have unfortunately

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and very tragically committed suicide. Part of the reasons because

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of online trolling, but this was in twenty eighteen, and

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if he keeps on linking it back to this, then

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I sort of think it takes away from the really

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important matter at hand. And now the headline is actually

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Megan and not that Prince William has cut tires with

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a charity donor after she allegedly attempted to sell access

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to him from up to twenty thousand pounds. Minerva Steyana,

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a Philippina Swiss millionaire and art galleryona, was previously linked

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to the Prince through her galleries sponsorship of his annual

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charitable polo match, but the relationship was abruptly ended when

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it came to light that Mondaha Steiner had allegedly offered

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wealthy clients from a luxury concierge service the chance to

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attend the polo match or even meet the Prince himself,

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in exchange for large donations to her own philanthropic foundation.

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In an email marked strictly private seen by The Times,

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patrons were told, as a patron of the Mondaha Foundation,

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you are invited to support the philanthropic work through a

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charitable donation, in return for which you will be welcomed

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to this prestigious occasion. Patron contributions six thousand pounds. Admission

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for one patron twenty thousand pounds, includes full access plus

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a private audience with Prince William and Princess Catherine. Recipients

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were also cautioned not to share the invitation publicly. A

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separate document reportedly offered advertises the opportunity to buy exposure

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in a magazine distributed at the match, including a double

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page spread and VIP tickets with access to the royals,

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or for fifty thousand pounds. A Kensington Palace source was

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clear on the matter, stating that Prince William did not

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condone the behavior. The Prince, who is said to have

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been unaware of the scheme, has since distanced himself from

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Mondaha Steiner and her foundation. Prince William fed the media

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with an unannounced visit to Saint George's Park, surprising the

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England Lionesses as they prepared for their YUIFA Women's Euros. William,

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who became patron of the Football Association last year after

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nearly two decades as its president, dropped by the National

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Football Center in Burton upon Trent to wish the squad

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well ahead of the tournament's start in Switzerland. William joined

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head coach Serena Wegman for a briefing on the team's

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preparations and then took part in a made for This

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Game session with a junior girls team. William's appearance follows

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reports that he plans to travel to Switzerland to support

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the team in person as they defend their title. England

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kicks off Group D play against France and Zurich on

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July fifth, before facing the Netherlands on July and ninth

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and Wales on July thirteenth. The Prince of Lifelong Aston

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Villa supporter, has often shared his family's love for the game.

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Last year, he told the Lionesses, she wants me to

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tell you She's really good in goal, referring to Princess

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Charlotte's budding interest in football. Please be advised of a

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content warning for the story after the break. If you're

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listening with children, now's a good time to hit stop.

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We're back in a moment. One story we'll be keeping

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an eye on involves the Norwegian royal family. Content warning

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for this next story. Oslo police have formally charged Marius

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borg Oweibi, the son of Crown Princess met Marite and

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stepson of Crown Prince Hakan, with multiple serious offenses, including rape,

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sexual assault and bodily harm. Police attorney Andreas Kreuzsky confirmed

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the charges followed a months long investigation involving what he

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described as a double digit number of alleged victims. Among

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the charges are one count of rape involving intercourse, two

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counts of rape without intercourse, four counts of sexual assault,

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two counts of bodily harm. Authority say Hoibi twenty eight,

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has been cooperative during questioning. The case reportedly draws on

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evidence including text messages, police searchers and witness testimony. Defense

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attorney Peter Secalik so that while Hoibi is taking the

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accusations seriously, he denies wrongdoing in most instances, particularly those

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concerning sexual abuse and violence. In a brief statement, the

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Royal Palace said, the case is proceeding through the legal

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system and is following normal procedures. We have nothing further

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to add. The matter has dominated headlines in Norway, where

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the royal family remain broadly popular. Weiby, often referred to

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in his youth as Little Marius, grew up in the

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royal household alongside Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Princes fair Magnus.

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Though not in the line of succession, he has long

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lived in proximity to the royal family. He now resides

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in a separate home. Hoibi remains free while legal proceedings continue,

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and is entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise.

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His biological father, Morton Borg, has previously served time in

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prison for drug related and violent offenses. Hoeby himself has

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acknowledged past cocaine user and addiction. Princess met Marie drew

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both public interest and criticism when she married Crown Prince

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Harkon in two thousand and one, in part due to

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her background as a single mother and former partner's criminal record.

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