{"id":333950,"date":"2026-08-31T16:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333950\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:50:53","slug":"norways-queens-son-convicted-of-rape-allowed-out-for-kings-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/333950\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway&#8217;s queen&#8217;s son, convicted of rape, allowed out for king&#8217;s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit. (AFP Photo)<\/p>\n<p>\n                    August 31, 2026 06:34 PM GMT+03:00\n                <\/p>\n<p>Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway&#8217;s queen, will be permitted to leave his house arrest, imposed following a rape conviction, in order to attend the funeral of King Harald V, police said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Hoiby, born from a relationship before Queen Mette-Marit&#8217;s marriage to Harald&#8217;s son, King Haakon, was sentenced in June to four years in prison for two rapes, a conviction he is appealing.<\/p>\n<p>He is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting his appeals trial and was previously granted dispensation to visit Harald in the hospital before the late king&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"newspicture\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1280\/853;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/norways-queens-son-convicted-of-rape-allowed-out-for-kings-funeral-3227185_202608311713_202608311713.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman taking picture of the Royal Palace behind a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to King Harald V of Norway. (AFP Photo)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-width=\"5807\" data-height=\"3871\" meta-alt=\"A woman takes a picture of the Royal Palace behind a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to King Harald V of Norway who passed away, at the Royal Palace square in Oslo on August 30, 2026. King Harald V of Norway, who died on August 28, 2026 aged 89, remained a unifying figure in his country until the very end, a pillar of stability amid a string of family scandals that tarnished the final years of his reign. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN \/ AFP)\"\/><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkiyetoday.com\/s\/i\/i-fotobuyut.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Woman taking picture of the Royal Palace behind a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to King Harald V of Norway. (AFP Photo)\n                <\/p>\n<p>            Norway mourns its longest-serving monarch<\/p>\n<p>King Harald V died on Friday, Aug. 28, at the age of 89, after a prolonged decline in his health that had led to repeated hospital stays in recent years. He had reigned since 1991, making him one of Europe&#8217;s longest-serving monarchs, and was immediately succeeded by his son, who has become King Haakon VIII.<\/p>\n<p>Since his death, Norway has entered an official period of mourning. Tens of thousands of people gathered over the weekend at churches and memorials across the country, including outside the Royal Palace in Oslo, to lay flowers and pay tribute.<\/p>\n<p>The royal family attended a memorial service at Asker Church, near the royal estate of Skaugum. King Harald&#8217;s funeral will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 1:00 p.m. local time (12:00 p.m. GMT) at Oslo Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The public prosecutor deemed that there were grounds to grant the requests for leave submitted by Hoiby in connection with the death,&#8221; police prosecutor Oda Karterud stated. &#8220;Leave has been granted&#8230; for the funeral on Sept. 9,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Hoiby, 29, was also given permission to attend the transfer of the king&#8217;s remains to the palace chapel on Monday evening. Besides the two counts of rape, Hoiby was also convicted of 32 other charges, including violence toward a former partner. He was acquitted of two other rapes.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkiyetoday.com\/s\/i\/i-share.svg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>August 31, 2026 06:34 PM GMT+03:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo of Marius Borg H\u00f8iby, son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit. 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