The popularity of norwegian royal familyaffected by the scandalshas plummeted, according to a survey published on Saturday by public television NRK.
The popularity of norwegian royal familyaffected by the scandalshas plummeted, according to a survey published on Saturday by public television NRK.
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60% of the Norwegian population supports the monarchy, ten points less than a month before, a level “that has never been so low,” the channel stated.
The Norwegian royal family is going through a turbulent period.
The princess Mette-Maritwho married the crown prince Haakon in 2001, appears many times among the millions of pages released by the US Department of Justice, which reveal an unsuspected complicity between her and the American sexual criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
On a scale of 1 to 10, its rating dropped by half, going from 7.4 to 3.7.
At the end of January, in another opinion poll published by the TV2 network, 47.6% of the people questioned stated that she should not become queen, and only 28.9% responded otherwise.
Added to the scandal related to Epstein is that his son Marius Borg Hoibyborn from a brief relationship prior to her marriage to Haakon, is being tried on 38 charges of crimes, including four rapes.
Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is charged with 38 counts. (Photo: LISE ASERUD/NTB/AFP)
The 29-year-old, who is not a member of the royal family, denies the most serious allegations.
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He king haraldwho turns 89 on Saturday, is the most popular member of the royal family, with a rating of 9.2, well ahead of his son, who scores 7.9.
The survey was carried out by the Norstat institute with a sample of more than 1,000 people.
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