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Poor Mette-Marit!! No matter what good she does, her family is there to drag her down--no wonder she had the problems she did!!
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06-02-2004, 10:55 AM
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Poor Mette-Marit!! No matter what good she does, her family is there to drag her down--no wonder she had the problems she did!!
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It's terrible what he does to her, and she tries so hard to do a good job as a royal. I just hope no one thinks less of her because of his actions. I think she's doing a great job. :flower:
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06-02-2004, 01:24 PM
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Originally posted by Angel S.+Jun 2nd, 2004 - 9:55 am--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Angel S. @ Jun 2nd, 2004 - 9:55 am)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-tiaraprin@Jun 2nd, 2004 - 1:29 am
Poor Mette-Marit!! No matter what good she does, her family is there to drag her down--no wonder she had the problems she did!!
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"It's terrible what he does to her, and she tries so hard to do a good job as a royal. I just hope no one thinks less of her because of his actions. I think she's doing a great job. :flower: [/b]"
mm she is not one of my favourite royals, but what her father does to her is quite dissapointing. she is having lots of difficulties to addapt to her new life and her father is doing that job even difficultier. too bad for mr. hoiby... it seems he doesn't really care for her daughter.
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06-04-2004, 12:27 PM
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Poor Mette-Marit!! No matter what good she does, her family is there to drag her down--no wonder she had the problems she did!!
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It's terrible what he does to her, and she tries so hard to do a good job as a royal. I just hope no one thinks less of her because of his actions. I think she's doing a great job. :flower:
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mm is not one of my favourite royals, but what her father does to her is quite dissapointing. she is having lots of difficulties to addapt to her new life and her father is doing that job even difficultier. too bad for mr. hoiby... it seems she doesn't really care for her daughter. [/b][/quote]
To paraphrase an old American expression: "With family like that, who needs enemies!!! 
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07-02-2004, 07:34 PM
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Wow. At least he seems to be enjoying himself...
Why does it look like he's signing autographs or something?
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08-22-2004, 11:14 AM
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Embarassing Sven O. Hoiby
It seems that Mette-Marit's father is coming up with yet another way to embarass her and to get himself in the spotlight. Honestly, I think this many must lay awake at night coming up with ways to embarass his daughter.
Sven O. Hoiby and Knut 'Sputnik' Storbukaas - 20040820 only by colourpress.com Bostrak, Norway - Sven O. Hoiby, The Crown Princess' father, and Knut 'Sputnik' Storbukaas perform together in a new Elvis-show. Photo: Tom Hansen
But at least he's got a Norwegian flag in his hands ...
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08-22-2004, 11:23 AM
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Poor Mette-Marit.
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08-22-2004, 01:06 PM
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We feel so sorry for Mette-Marit that her dad screws up like this all the time! She isn't very popular, and we don't think that her dad's stupid behaviour will add any points!
Though we think it's stupid, we have to ask if anybody has any pictures of Sven O.'s girlfriend Cowboy-Laila???
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08-22-2004, 03:58 PM
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I wonder what makes him do these things?
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08-22-2004, 04:19 PM
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Umm may I ask what these pictures are for? What is he doing?
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08-22-2004, 05:33 PM
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mette marit is not one of my favourite princesses as you may know, but this must be totally embarrasing and annoying. poor girl, this is too much.
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01-21-2005, 03:10 PM
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Mette-Marits new stepmother was a striptease-dancer
Mette-Marits new stepmother is a striptease-dancer  Sven O. Høiby, Crown Princess Mette-Marits father, is serious about his new relationship with striptease-dancer Renate Barsgaard: In the latest issue of norwegian weekly Se & Hør Sven O. Høiby announced today, that he intends to marry the striptease-dancer in the near future. http://www.colourpress.com/index.cfm...reSerieNo=3949
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01-21-2005, 03:23 PM
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It should be noted that she is not Mette-Marit's step-mother yet.
Is it just me or does anyone else find Sven O. Høiby to be a major attention seeker? Of all the days he could pick to make this little fact known that he is in a serious relationship and wants to marry this woman, he had to pick his granddaughter Ingrid Alexandra's first birthday?
He couldn't wait to make this announcement next week? I guess today it has the full impact what with everyone in good spirits about Ingrid Alexandra turning one and hey! her maternal grandfather is also planning on getting married!
I can see why Mette-Marit has distanced herself from her father all these years. I can't say I blame her.
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01-21-2005, 03:42 PM
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Yes, he´s a pure spoil sport. No reason to do this today at all. Just seeks media attention. Boo to him.
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01-21-2005, 04:20 PM
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It seems to me that he goes out of his way to do things that would embarrass Mette-Marit and the royal family. It's like it's some sort of game and he finds it funny. He is like one of those people who get a thrill out of shocking others. You would think that he would care enough about his dauther and grand-daughter to allow the day to be about Ingrid Alexandra. But instead, he has to come out with a little bit of a shocking and potentially embarrassing story. It's selfish and a bit silly if you ask me.
I can't blame Mette-Marit from distancing herself from him either.
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01-21-2005, 04:20 PM
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It should be noted that she is not Mette-Marit's step-mother yet.
Is it just me or does anyone else find Sven O. Høiby to be a major attention seeker? Of all the days he could pick to make this little fact known that he is in a serious relationship and wants to marry this woman, he had to pick his granddaughter Ingrid Alexandra's first birthday?
He couldn't wait to make this announcement next week? I guess today it has the full impact what with everyone in good spirits about Ingrid Alexandra turning one and hey! her maternal grandfather is also planning on getting married!
I can see why Mette-Marit has distanced herself from her father all these years. I can't say I blame her.
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He is kind of a laughing stock in Norway, actually! Nobody takes him seriously what so ever, and most people feel sorry for and imbarrased on behalf of CP Mette-Marit that have to struggle with such an immature father. He plays all kinds of silly stunts to get in the paper/magazines (at least I think so).
Needless to say he isn't particularly popular! He ought to see that he is in a very special situation due to his daughters position, and keep himself in the background and be a support for her instead of disrespecting her so much by his behavior. Her mother have done that (and I can understand why she divorced him!!), and is a tremendous help and support for CP Mette-Marit. At least that is what I think!
And for that marriage, I won't believe it until I see it!!
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01-21-2005, 04:22 PM
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Oh no, he's at it again. I wonder if MM cringe everytime she opens to paper to find her father involved in his latest shenanigan. If I was her, I would just die.
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KikkiB is right. Few in Norway take him seriously, and fewer will take him seriously if he indeed does marry her and makes a public spetacle out of it. I think I would have taken him far more seriously myself if he had married her quietly without much hoopla in the press beforehand. I get that the man is a journalist by trade, but really there is such a thing as too much press.
The perfect in-law of a royal is someone you don't see a lot of, or who doesn't make much of herself/himself. Mette-Marit's mother is one of them. I think breaking tradition to ask her to be the one non-royal godparent for the new heir to the throne is a good evidence of how good she is at it. She seems to have been there for Mette-Marit and Marius all the time, and also in recent years for Haakon and Ingrid Alexandra. They call her in to babysit when they go on longer journeys. I very much doubt they would call Svein O. in to do that.
He had the perfect opportunity after the wedding to redeem himself in his daughter's eyes, by not speaking out in the press which might've helped their relationship... I'm sure there are lots more behind that relationship that we will never know, but his attentionseeking has to be a big part of it.
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01-22-2005, 08:28 AM
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This is disgusting! M-M's father is so selfish. Cant he understand that he is messing things up for her when he always make a fool out of himself in the media! No wonder why she doesnt want to talk to him! And that marriage; She is 34 years younger than him! After a year it will be over! Someone needs to make that man shut up!!
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