Princess Mette-Marit of Norway’s son was arrested after an incident

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway’s son was arrested after a serious incident on Sunday night. 

Marius Borg Høiby, 27, has spent more than 30 hours in custody after an incident in an apartment in Frogner, Oslo – where a woman in her 20s called the police.

According to Se og Hør, Mette-Marit’s eldest son, whose father is Morten Borgan step-father is heir to the Norwegian throne  Crown Prince Haakon, allegedly attacked the woman ‘psychologically and physically’. 

She was taken to hospital where she was diagnosed with a concussion before being released in the early hours of Monday morning.   

The Norwegian publication reported Borg Høiby was put in solitary confinement and a blood test was taken to find out if he was under the influence of drugs.

Marius Borg Høiby is the eldest child of Mette-Marit, who was a single mother when she met Crown Prince Haakon through mutual friends in 1999. 

Police told Se og Hør: ‘A person was arrested and charged with assault and later released from custody.’ 

The apartment where the incident took place question appeared to have been destroyed, according to Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet.

The 27-year-old is now said to be at the royal Skaugum estate with his 50-year-old mother.

Mette-Marit was supposed to be attending the men’s 1500-metre final at the Paris Olympics last night, however Crown Prince Haakon appeared in the stands alone.

The Norwegian Palace has confirmed to local media that the Crown Princess has decided to ‘temporarily postpone’ her trip.

‘The Crown Princess has temporarily postponed her departure and hopes to travel down later’, the Palace’s communications chief wrote in a text message to Se og Hør.

Øyvind Bratlien, who has expertise in high-profile criminal cases, has been hired by Marius Borg Høiby as his defense lawyer. 

In a statement to Se og Hør, Bratlien said: ‘The charge concerns assault, which under the law is the least severe form of violence. Neither my client nor I have been informed of the full details of the case, and he has not yet given a statement, on my advice.’

The police’s security service (PST), which is responsible for the security of the royal family, confirmed to Nettavisen that they are aware of the incident. 

‘We can confirm that PST was informed shortly after the incident. But we do not want to comment on the case further and we refer the Oslo police district for statements’, said Martin Bernsen, senior adviser in PST, to the newspaper. 

Femail has contacted the Norwegian royal palace for comment.

The incident threatens to overshadow what should be a happy time for the Norwegian royal family as Princess Martha Louise, Crown Prince Haakon’s older sister, is set to marry her husband, ‘Shaman’ Durek Verrett, on August 31.

The couple’s relationship has not been without controversy itself, as the Norwegian royal, who had been the heir to the throne following stepped down as a working member of the royal family following backlash over her partner’s controversial views.

In November 2022, Martha Louise announced she would no longer be a working royal after the American shamanic healer’s previous assertions came to light.

Among his deeply controversial and pseudoscientific opinions, published in a book called ‘Spirit Hacking’, were claims that children ‘can get cancer from being unhappy’. 

Durek has also claimed he once came back from the dead, recovering from a month-long coma, by letting his soul ‘burn’ and he has also spoken of having to undergo a kidney transplant from his sister as a child. 

It is unclear why he needed the kidney or how he became wheelchair bound, as he has described. The illness which sent him into a coma is also undisclosed.

Princess Martha, whose first husband Ari Behn took his own life in December 2019, also claims to hold spiritual powers, and has previously recalled having what she says were ‘psychic premonitions’ when she was a child.

Speaking to the BBC last year, she said: ‘When I was little I would see things in you. If you were sad or if you were happy… if you had a pain in your shoulder I would get a pain in my shoulder.

‘And I understood that that’s a talent and, you know, I could help other people. And that’s when the whole ball started rolling.’

She also revealed she had decided to step down as a working royal so she could earn her own money; something she has since pursued through a podcast and touring the nation giving spiritual talks and holding workshops.

She added that, in Norway, spiritual beliefs like the ones she holds are ‘taboo’.

After giving up her position in the royal family, the Princess revealed she has had to deal with ‘lots of scrutiny’ – particularly when she takes on new roles.

‘Everything you do that’s a first, that goes out of the box that you’re put in,’ she said, adding that press scrutiny has ‘continued’.

Marius is Mette-Marit’s son from a brief relationship before she met the heir to the Norwegian throne.

At the time of her wedding to the Crown Prince in 2001, Crown Princess Mette-Marit was a single parent to a four-year-old son, Marius.

Growing up, he made public appearances with his mother, stepfather and half sister Ingrid Alexandra (who is the future queen of Norway) and half brother Prince Sverre Magnus on occasions such as national day.

However, when he turned 20 the royal court announced he was stepping away from public life and his profile was removed from the family’s official website.

‘Høiby will not conduct any official activities on the Royal Family’s behalf,’ a statement said, ‘on the basis of his wish to live outside the public eye.’

His mother Crown Princess Mette-Marit wrote also published an open letter on the court website, saying: ‘Marius is, and will continue to be, a vital member of our family.’

‘He has always had a public role that has been very difficult to define.’

‘Unlike his siblings, he has no official duties. He won’t have a public role and is not a public person.’

‘Marius became a symbol for the unusual choice we made when we married.’

Marius was previously linked to heiress Linn Helena Nilsen, but the couple split in July 2017.