The scandals involving Marius Borgthe eldest son of Mette-Marit from Norway, have also caused the focus to be placed on everyone around him who, in one way or another, may be affected. Likewise, it has also revived the controversial past of the future queen consort and, more specifically, the disputed figure embodied by the young man’s father.
© GTRESMorten Borg is the man on whom many have now put the magnifying glass, not only because he is Marius’s father but because of the criminal record he has behind him. It is true that we are talking about events punishable by law that occurred more than three decades ago, although there are many who see that their child is therefore repeating certain patterns of behavior that, be that as it may, in no way excuse him.
Criminal record for drug trafficking
The princess’s former boyfriend was arrested for drug trafficking in the 90s, according to the Nordic media. B.T.where it is claimed that Morten was imprisoned twice for possession, purchase and sale of cocaine. It should be remembered that the half-brother of princes Ingrid Alexandra and Sverre Magnus recognized last October in a statement to be a consumer of said narcotic substance, for which he said he was already being treated in the hands of professionals.
The charges against Marius’s father do not end there, since other violent attitudes and drunk driving are also attributed to him, which would have led to serious problems with the police during his youth. All of this during the period in which he worked as a DJ in electronic music venues and was living the night in Oslo with abandon, when he met Mette-Marit.
© Getty ImagesFrom there arose a brief romance between the two, from which Marius would later be born, but when they had already separated their paths since the now princess decided to have her son unmarried in January 1997. When the baby came into the world, Morten did not ignore him and He spent time with the boy every other weekend while living in an apartment in the Norwegian capital. When the little boy turned two years old, Mette-Marit would meet Haakon, the heir to the Scandinavian throne, and her story would change forever.
From the beginning and until today, according to the country’s press, the relationship between the royal couple and Morten Borg is quite cordial. In fact, the latter went to the couple’s royal wedding in August 2001, and there are also images in which the three are seen together and in harmony taking Marius to school when he was little. Of course, as he grew up, Mette-Marit was in custody, who integrated her first-born son as one of the royal family (although he did not receive any title).
© mortenborgsDivorced from a model and father of another child
Currently, Morten Borg is 54 years old, he is a businessman and works as a financial analyst, leading a very quiet life that has nothing to do with his turbulent past. He always stayed out of the palace echoes and avoided any type of public exposure, not giving any reason for his ex’s image to be tarnished or exposing any dirty laundry. Sentimentally, he rebuilt his life with the model Celine Maktabi, daughter of a well-known Lebanese Persian carpet merchant in Oslo.
After getting engaged during a trip to the Egyptian city of Hurghada, They married in September 2004 in the church of Bygdøy, and Marius was one of the great protagonists of the wedding. He distributed the ceremony program to the 100 guests and made way for the bride and groom through the interior of the church. “Congratulations, dad!” the little boy shouted as he jumped behind the car that took the newlyweds.
© GTRESThis was a marriage that lasted 15 years and from which another child was born, Lucas, Marius’s half-brother on his father’s side. Before marrying Morten, Celine also had a son from a previous relationship named Emmanuelle. Following in his mother’s footsteps, he is a very attractive boy who works as a model and is the same age as Mette-Marit’s son, with whom she maintains a close relationship.