Norwegian Royal Family's 'black sheep' Marius Borg Hoiby is excluded from their annual Christmas photo shoot at the Palace amid rape charges
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The Norwegian Royal Family has released their annual Christmas photograph - and there is one family member notably absent. Former mechanic Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, who is often referred to as the 'black sheep' of Norway's Household, wasn't included in the holiday snap.
![[Former mechanic Marius Borg Hoiby, 27, who is often referred to as the 'black sheep' of Norway's Household, wasn't included in the holiday snap]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/13/92952359-14224351-Marius_Borg_Hoiby_often_referred_to_as_the_black_sheep_of_the_ro-m-19_1735048201069.jpg)
Instead, King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja were joined by their son Crown Prince Haakon, his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and their 20-year-old daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra. But Prince Sverre Magnus, 18, and Borg Hoiby, Mette-Marit's son from a previous relationship, weren't included in the festive photograph, where the five beaming royals posed up a storm next to a Christmas tree.
![[Instead, King Harald V of Norway and Queen Sonja were joined by their son Crown Prince Haakon, his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit , and their 20-year-old daughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/13/93457005-14224351-image-m-23_1735048297839.jpg)
Sverre Magnus now lives in Trondheim, rather than Oslo with the Royal Family, and wasn't there when the picture was taken, Head of Communications at the Palace, Guri Varpe, revealed to Dagbladet. But while he has always featured in the Christmas photo shoot, Borg Hoiby is rarely included in official family snaps. He was raised by the royal couple alongside his siblings. However, unlike them, he has no official public role.
![[Prince Sverre Magnus, Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and Marius Borg Høiby pictured in 2019 in Oslo]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/11/27/11/92540057-14131801-image-a-6_1732707609599.jpg)
Yet his absence from the image was made even more likely after news broke that the future Queen of Norway's son is reportedly being investigated for a fourth sexual offence. Borg Hoiby is currently awaiting trial on charges of rape and domestic violence.
![[The future Queen of Norway's son is reportedly being investigated for a fourth sexual offense after it emerged Marius Borg Hoiby had violated his restraining order]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/11/93076645-14185491-image-a-1_1734002175304.jpg)
The Norwegian Royal Family has released their annual Christmas photograph - and there is one family member notably absent. Norwegian magazine Se Og Hor reported earlier this month that Borg Hoiby is under investigation for a new offence believed to have occurred 'a few hundred metres away' from the Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit's Skaugum Estate.
![[Norwegian media on Wednesday reported that Hoiby is under investigation for a new offense believed to have occurred 'a few hundred metres away' from the Crown Prince Haakon and Princess Mette-Marit 's Skaugum Estate]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/12/11/93076633-14185491-image-a-2_1734002185822.jpg)
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