Absent a chorus of members of parliament calling for a response, I'd bet they aren't going to say anything either. No reason to if she's not guilty of doing anything illegal. Just inaccurate reporting. And what could they say if she did do something illegal?
Yeah, it looks pretty dire, eh?
The Norwegian politicians have been remarkably silent in all this.
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She may retire from public life entirely, but I suppose M-M would still be Queen when Haakon became King, because that is the title of the King’s wife. They would have to divorce for her to cease being the Queen.The Constitution does not provide an official role for the monarch's spouse, and the monarchy has functioned in the past without having a monarch's consort performing duties (King Olav V was unmarried over the course of his reign from 1957 to 1991). So there would be no particular constitutional issues if, hypothetically, Mette-Marit retired permanently (and indeed, that possibility must have been in everyone's minds since her diagnosis of pulmonary fibrosis was announced).
She has to go to school and do what she needs to to be an effective monarch herself. It’s not 1957 anymore. As Tatiana Maria pointed out, not only is a consort not required but there hasn’t been one for a good chunk of the post-1905 monarchy.
No, unless she broke the law while doing so — which we really don’t know that she did. There’s got to be something more than speculation to condemn her.
Haakon this evening:
- I understand that there are many questions about this. It is a demanding situation. There is an ongoing police investigation, and I don't think it is right to say so much about individual elements. As a family, we try to look after each other, and in addition to that, we are keen to do our job.
- Vi prøver å ta vare på hverandre
Kronprins Haakon snakket om den vanskelige familiesituasjonen.
Magnus is even younger and he is not destined to be a monarch. - And to be cynical, Magnus would look terrible in a dress and wearing a tiara.
Well, there's the answer. They won't be making any actual statements. And, really, what could he say anyway?
That was my thought too… There is really not constitutionally neccessary to have someone showing up in any of the tiaras as long as the monarch is not a female… And for incoming state visits and the annual parliament dinner, even a studying Ingrid Alexandra can attend the these banquets if neccessary…
The press will now try to milk anything they can out of him… Every word he says, every facial move, every movement of his eyes etc will be analyzed… But he knows that answering one question about Marius during a press conference about something else, would be like opening a can of worms with questions… The NRF doesn’t have much luck at the moment, but one luck they do have is that Haakon have nerves of steel and can handle media pressure…
The question that was asked was :"would you mind sharing some of your thoughts about the difficult situation the family is in"
I have no idea if Marius have a personality disorder but the problems with him right now fall squarely under the responsibility of the Royal House.
There is definitely not the Scandinavian or Norwegian way to "thinking it will all work out in the end without doing the hard work". Sorry, but that feels like insult. We are working as hard as everybody else.
I don't expect Ingrid to work full-time.
Well, ask yourself this: If you did what MM (seemingly) did and ended up in court, that's probably what your defense attorney will say. But do you think you would be acquitted?
