March 1, 2026

"The Wheel of Violence" - The Week in Norwegian Royal News with Mark Francis

"The Wheel of Violence" - The Week in Norwegian Royal News with Mark Francis
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Trial week 4 focuses on Nora Haukland domestic abuse charge. Police officer Mina Bankerud explains "wheel of violence": tension, conflict, honeymoon phase. Messages show cycle: apologies ("I'm sorry for being an idiot") followed by conflict. "Pose photo" controversy: Haukland holding white powder. Høiby: "PR strategy from end to end. It's Norway's biggest influencer." Emotional about Crown Prince/Princess portrayal: "I can't f---ing understand it. Mum and Haakon haven't done anything other than be the world's kindest."

Høiby admits anger problem: "I've had it since I was little." Lost 95% of friends: "No one wants to be seen with me." Describes pushing Haukland, spitting in her face, Palmesus festival "felt trapped." Danby Choi: "very good at arguing." Anniken Jørgensen emotional testimony, left in tears after conflict with Høiby. Ida Broen saw him grab Haukland hard. Haukland's mother: "She became very withdrawn."

King Harald hospitalized in Tenerife (infection/dehydration). If dies, Haakon becomes king instantly, Mette-Marit queen consort. 31,000+ articles globally, 15,000+ Germany. NRK comedy sketch controversy. Thorbjørn Jagland hospitalized after Epstein corruption charges. Monarchy support drops 70% to 60%. Mette-Marit rating halves 7.4 to 3.7. Märtha Louise lowest 3.1. Harald highest 9.2.

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Ah Calorogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Crown and

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Controversy Norway. I'm your Palace Intrigue host Mark Francis. This

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is the episode where we recap the week's events. If

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you'd like more detail, please go back and check out

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the daily edition of Crown and Controversy Norway. Here's what

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happened last week. The fourth week of the trial of

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Marius borg Hoibi moved into a new phase as the

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court focused on the charge of domestic abuse connected to

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his former partner Norah Haukland. Hoeby is charged with thirty

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eight offenses involving seven alleged victims. He denies the most

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serious allegations and is presumed innocent and less proven guilty.

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Under Norwegian law, a conviction for domestic abuse requires more

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than isolated incidents. Prosecution must demonstrate what it described as

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a regime of violence or intimidation and over time, making

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the communication between the couple central evidence. The court has

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set aside extensive time to go through a very large

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volume of messages between Hoybi and haucland police officer Meaner

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banken Rude read aloud from extensive message exchanges. Material the

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prosecution says illustrates what they describe as a cycle of tension, conflict,

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and reconciliation often seen in violent relationships. Explaining the wheel

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of violence, Beckenrud told the court that such relationships can

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move through three repeating phases, a period of rising tension

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and acute conflict, and then the honeymoon phase, when expressions

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of love and regret create hope that things will change.

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In one exchange, after a night in which Hauckland accused

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Hoebi of being with a former partner, he wrote, I

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just want to say I'm sorry for being an idiot.

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I regret what I did very much. I understand that

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you feel humiliated and small. That was never my intention.

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I love you and I hope one day we can

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move past this. The Poe's photo became a focus of

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the trial. The image, posted by influencer Sophie Elise Isaacson,

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showed Halkland holding a small bag with white powder. Halklin

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has said it was an accident. Waby told the court

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he believes the opposite. What can I say? This was

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pr strategy from end to end. I know that this

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in no way was an accident. It's Norway's biggest influencer.

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He described the photo as a crisis for him and

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his family. For me and my family, this was it

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was a crisis. He told the court. He worked to

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get Halkland's face blurred, even contacting TV two's news editor.

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He also described the feeling cut out of the pr handling.

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I thought that was a betrayal. I had stood there

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and worked so effing hard to help her and get

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her through this because she was crushed. Oaby became emotional

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speaking about his family. Regarding Halclan's portrayal of the Crown

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Prince and Crown Princess, he told the court through tears,

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I can't definitely understand it. Mum and Hearken haven't done

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anything other than be the world's kind both to Nora

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and to me, and they have helped me in every

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possible way. And the way she describes them, I get

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so angry. I really don't have words. He described a

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knight as escalating when he became properly drunk. He said

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he pushed Haukland against a wall and spat in her

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faces an attempt to initiate sex, telling the court he

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misread the moment. It was obviously misinterpreted because she started

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to cry. I apologized and said sorry, sorry, sorry. On

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the Pamesa's Festival confrontation, Wyby said the situation had been

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blown out of proportion, claiming he felt surrounded by her

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friends after denying he had sold drugs. I felt trapped,

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he told the court. Television personality Dan By Choi, a

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friend of both parties, told the court the early period

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was very much in love with little to criticize. He

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confirmed witnessing frequent arguments, but said he did not see

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physical violence. They were very good at arguing. The whole

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room becomes part of it. They shout, and it is

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quite shameless. At the same time, he acknowledged Toibe could

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be controlling us. Whether he believed Halkland could have been afraid,

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Choe replied he had not personally experienced that, but added

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she had every reason to be afraid of Marius. In

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a heated argument considering his size. Influencer Anakin Jorgensen gave

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one of the most emotional testimonies. She described seeing messages

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that she called insanely ugly after Haucklan posted photographs of

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herself and told the court her friend eventually collapsed and

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said she did not have it good in the relationship

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and that he had hit her. Her testimony ended in

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open conflict with the defendant. When Oibe challenged her account

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of their past friendship, she responded, from the witness stand,

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I do not understand that it is allowed to sit

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there and lie, before leaving the court room in tears.

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More crown and controversy. In just a moment, influencer Ida

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Browne said she seen a confrontation in which Halcland put

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her finger in Hoeby's nose to check for drug use,

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and he reacted by grabbing her hand and pushing her backwards.

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What had stayed with me is that it became such

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a big scene and that he took her so hard.

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If it had been my boyfriend, that is not how

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you solved the conflict. Hal Clann's mother told the court

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she had initially found Hoiby likable, but later noticed a

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change in her daughter. She became very withdrawn and did

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not seem so happy, adding it had been terrible to

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hear her daughter's account of violence. Her stepfather described damage

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in both their home in Altar and the couple's apartment

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in Oslo. Under questioning Hoiby acknowledged what he called an

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anger problem. Asked directly if he has a temper problem,

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he answered, yes, I do. I've had it since I

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was little. Asked whether he has done anything to address it,

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he replied, I don't want to say anything about that.

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He also became visibly emotional when describing the period after

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the case became public. I sat isolated in a house

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completely alone for months, without doing a single thing, completely alone.

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People think I don't care. I have no words for

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how difficult that period has been. He described losing almost

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his entire circle of friends. Of those I considered my closest,

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I have contact with ninety five percent of them. No longer.

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No one wants to be associated with me. No one

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wants to be seen with me. They were afraid even

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to go to a restaurant with me. Police confirmed that

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Hoyby will not be released from pre trial detention when

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the current custody period expires, and that the restraining order

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concerning the Frognent complainant has been extended for six months.

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The court confirmed the schedule for next week has been

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expanded because the case is running behind time. On Wednesday,

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the Frogner complainant will begin her testimony, with Hoibi scheduled

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to respond later in the week. A psychiatric expert is

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expected to present an assessment on Friday. King Harold of

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Norway has been admitted to hospital while on holiday in

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tenor Reef. The Palace confirmed the eighty nine year old

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monarch was taken ill on Tuesday evening. His Majesty the

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King was admitted this evening to Hospital Universitario Hospitant Sir

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in Tenereeve for the statement read the King's being treated

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for an infection and dehydration and his condition is under

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the circumstances good. Under the Norwegian Constitution, the throne would

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pass instantly and automatically to his son, Crown Prince Harkean,

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with no in terranum. Hearken would become king at the

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very moment of his father's death and would be formally

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proclaimed at a meeting of the Council of State. He

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would be expected to reign as King Hearken the eighth

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and Princess Ingrid Alexandra would immediately become Crown Princess Meta

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Marie's position would change the optics of the new reign.

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She would immediately become Queen Consort and her past and

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present public standing would therefore become part of the institution

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at the very moment of transition. A separate debate is

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unfolding in Norway about media coverage. In an interview with

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Media twenty four, afton, Poston's news editor defended the paper's

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decision to publish a photograph of Hoebi taking the day

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the indictment became public. She said the timing matter because

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it represented a very large development in a serious criminal case.

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The numbers underlying how this has become an international media event.

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According to the interview, the cases generated more than ten

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thousand articles in Norway alone over the past year. In Germany,

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the figure is more than fifteen thousand. Globally, coverage has

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now passed thirty one thousand articles across more than one

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hundred countries. Norway's public broadcaster NRK is facing criticism after

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the Hoybe case was referenced in a primetime comedy sketch.

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The controversy centers on the weekly satire program, where viewers

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noticed a specially designed Monster Energy drink can with a

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manipulated image of Hoybe. Hoiby's devents, lawyer Allen Holliger and

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Danaeus declined to comment, saying they would not spend time

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responding to satire. Former Prime Minister Thorbion Yagland has been

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admitted to hospital just two weeks after being charged with

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aggravated corruption following disclosures in the Epstein files. Jagland's lawyer

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said the seventy five year old was hospitalized due to

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this strain arising in the wake of this case. Jagland

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is alleged to have stayed at Jeffrey Epstein's properties in

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Paris at York Palm Beach during its time leading the

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Council of Europe. The Council has lifted the immunity Jagland held,

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allowing the corruption investigation to proceed. A new opinion poll

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suggests the controversy surrounding the Crown Princess Bena Marita is

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having a measurable impact on public confidence. Figures published by

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NRK show support for the monarchy has fallen from seventy

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to sixty percent in the space of a single month.

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The poll also points out a significant fall in Meta

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Mariite's personal standing. Eighteen months ago, she scored seven point

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four out of ten in public approval. In the new survey,

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that figure has dropped to three point seven, effectively harving

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her rating. Despite the setback, the survey show's continued support

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for other senior members. King Harold tops the list with

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a rating of nine point two, followed by Queen Sonya

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on eight point six, Ground Prince Harkins scores nine, and

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Princess Ingrid Alexandra seven three. Meta Marit is not the

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least popular royal. That position remains with Princess Martin Luise,

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who records a score of three point one. More crown

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and controversy in just a moment, This is the weekly

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will of violence was explained in court. We Hoebe said

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the Poe's photo was pr strategy from end to end

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the week. He described feeling trapped at Paul Misa's festival,

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Dan be choice and very good at arguing. Anakin Jorgensen

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left in tears after conflict with Hoyby. Eida Brown saw

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him grab halcluand hard Halquin's mother. She became very withdrawn.

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Hoiby was emotional about Crown, Prince and Princess. I can't

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if you understand it, acknowledged anger problem that had its

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so as little lost ninety five percent of friends. No

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one wants to be seen with me. King Harold was

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hospitalized in tenor reffection and dehydration. If he dies, Hearken

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becomes the king instantly, Meta Marie becomes Queen Consort. Thirty

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one thousand plus articles globally NK comedy sketch controversy Forborn

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Jaglin hospitalized after Epstein corruption charges. Monarchy support drops seventy

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to sixty percent. Metamora rating halves from seven four to

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three seven maryl. Luise lowest to three to one. Harald

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tops at nine to two and somewhere between the will

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of violence and a hospitalized king. Nor may watch as

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its royal family navigate twin crises, one playing out in

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the court room, one measured in polling numbers that drop

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with each new headline. Portions of this program were assembled

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with the assistance of AI, including help with translations, summarizations,

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and news gathering from publicly available sources. Listeners should treat

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this as an informational overview, not of abetam court record.

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Nothing in this program should be considered a factual finding

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or legal determination, and they have it. If you like

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