Norway's Crown Prince Haakon said he will marry his girlfriend, Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, a single mother who has a son from a former relationship. "We have decided that we will get married on Aug. 25, 2001," Haakon, 27, with his fiancee, also 27, beside him, announced in Oslo. Their romance has been controversial: The prince irked conservatives and some bishops in the state Protestant Church in September with his decision to live with Tjessem Hoiby.
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Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married a former wild child and single mother Saturday, elevating Scandinavia's notoriously liberal lifestyle to the royal palace.
Norwegians welcomed Harald V as their new king. The monarch, 53, succeeded immediately upon the death of his father, King Olav, who died last week at 87.
Crown Prince Haakon of Norway married a former wild child and single mother Saturday, elevating Scandinavia's notoriously liberal lifestyle to the royal palace. In nationally televised nuptials at Oslo Cathedral that seemed to undermine every mother's warning about the costs of a bad reputation, Haakon and Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby, both 28, held their country spellbound as they exchanged rings and vows, the groom radiant and the bride in tears.
Norwegians welcomed Harald V as their new king. The monarch, 53, succeeded immediately upon the death of his father, King Olav, who died last week at 87.