Talk:Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway

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Does her son have a last name? Was she married to his father? Who is his father? RickK 01:19 13 Jul 2003

Like many modern day people, HRH The Crown Princess was not married to her older son's father, Morten Borg. Her son is named Marius Hoiby-Borg. Hope that answers your querry.

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Contents 1 Courtesy title 2 first name 3 External links 4 need citations

[edit] Courtesy title

I do not believe that it is correct that Mette-Marit's HKH (Hennes Kongelige Høyhet/Her Royal Highness) is a mere courtesy title. She will become Her Majesty Queen Mette-Marit when her husband accedes to the throne, and I believe that her title is "Crown Princess," while "HRH" is how to address her. --Leifern 14:35, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

• I don't believe that it is a courtesy title either. She did receive it upon her marriage, as other consorts have, the title and the style HRH The Crown Princess, is dependant upon her married status, as we saw with Diana, Princess of Wales. But thankfully, so far their marriage looks happy and hopefully they will remained married, and Mette-Marit will become Queen.Prsgoddess187 00:04, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

This article includes too much gossip, and it has a standard far below what should be expected from an article in an encyclopedia.

Which parts of the article do you consider gossip? All of the information included seems pretty legitimate to me. Yes, it is not a reserved article, but she has readily admitted to all of her past.Prsgoddess187 13:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

You write ”she has readily admitted to all of her past”. That is not a correct statement. She has admitted to the real past of which details are not really known by any outsiders. This article has mainly taken its text from the official WebPages of the Royal House and then mixed it with a mixture of negative information collected from a variety of sources about variety of incidents melted down into just a mishmash which therefore of course becomes untrue gossip. The article can also be criticized because it seams to highlight issues of the past which was debated before the wedding, but have really neither been a public issue nor been debated in public in Norway since the wedding celebrations. The second half of the article’s introduction (untrue or not) is therefore totally out of date regarding to what have been the issues for the last four years. It is also strange that a biographical article in an encyclopedia can focus so much on people around the person and connect this to the person’s personal integrity, as what is the case in this article. This illustrates the problems with this kind of forums where individuals with some emotional involvement in the case, comes up with grumpy comments which is out of proportions and makes the article so visibly unbalanced as in this case. The editing history of the article clearly shows that this is a continuous problem here.

You are utterly mistaken. She is still very much a controversial figure in the royal family. The press in Norway is known to be soft on the royals, in spite of this, it was a lengthy tirade about her lavish spending and unwelcome building plans in the locla press of her birthplace. I believe that even though there is not much negativity in the media, I can hardly imagine anyone talking about her without some sort of contempt. I find this article VERY soft.

[edit] first name

Has she a given name? --Melaen 18:36, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

How is Mette-Marit not a given name? -- Jao 22:35, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] External links

Isn't it better to link to the orignal news source rather than a homemade page? I'll make that change, if there are any objections, please state them here. Delta Tango | Talk 19:04, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] need citations

This article desperately needs proper sourcing, especially for a living person. Renee 15:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC)