The new
crown princess of
Norway, Hoiby married
Norway's
Crown Prince Haakon on
August 25, 2001. She was not herself
royalty, making the
marriage something of a
Cinderella story. Interestingly, the
princess had a four-year-old son, Marius, at the time of the
wedding. Her son's
father, to whom she was never
married, has been convicted of
drug possession, and the new princess herself has admitted to a
wild, partying past.
Haakon lived with Hoiby for some time before the marriage, and the couple’s relationship stirred heated debate -- cohabitation and children out of wedlock are commonplace, but Norwegians generally have negative views about narcotics.