Norway

Courtroom cameras banned as Norway’s high-profile royal-linked rape trial set to begin

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2nd February 2026
When Marius Borg Høiby enters Courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court on Tuesday morning, it will be one of the most watched appearances in modern Norwegian legal history – but also one of the least seen. For the next seven weeks, the public will be denied any images of the 29-year-old defendant, both inside the courtroom and outside its doors. Judges have imposed a sweeping ban on photography…
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European Royals

Prime minister breaks convention with unprecedented criticism of princess

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2nd February 2026
Norway’s prime minister has crossed a line rarely even approached in the country’s modern political history, openly commenting on the conduct of a senior member of the royal family and in doing so exposing the fragility of an unwritten constitutional convention. Jonas Gahr Støre said this week that Crown Princess Mette-Marit had shown “poor judgment” in her past contacts with Jeffrey…
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British Royals

Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace offering “lots of privacy”, documents show

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30th January 2026
Newly released US court documents claim that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to Buckingham Palace, offering “lots of privacy”, according to emails disclosed by the Department of Justice. The correspondence appears in a fresh tranche of millions of pages and thousands of videos made public on Friday as part of ongoing releases linked to…
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British Royals

Woman who sent hoax bomb threat during Buckingham Palace garden party sentenced

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30th January 2026
A 63-year-old woman who sent a hoax message to police claiming she was carrying explosives to Buckingham Palace has been placed under a two-year supervision order. Diane Durham, from Pudsey in West Yorkshire, sent the tweet to the Metropolitan Police on 17 May 2024 under a pseudonym. Officers were able to trace the communication to her home address. At the time, the Princess Royal was hosting a…
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