Love Island contestant dating member of the royal family – details

The couple went official on Instagram this week


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On 7 November 2022

A former contestant on Love Island Norway has found love, with none other than the son of a Princess, it has been revealed.

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Nora Haukland, who took part in Season 2 of the popular show and went on to win alongside Johannes Klemp, is dating Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway's son, Marius Borg Hoiby.

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A picture was posted on Nora's Instagram, which is currently set to private, showing the couple at a Halloween party dressed head to toe in denim, copying Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears' iconic look from the 2001 American Music Awards.

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It seems the couple have not been dating for long.

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Marius posing alongside his family ahead of Princess Ingrid Alexandra's birthday dinner

Nora and Johannes won Love Island together and dated for two years. The 25-year-old former estate broker announced their split in December last year.

Taking to Instagram with a photo of the pair alongside their dog, Luka, Nora wrote: "I write this with a very heavy heart. Johannes and I have chosen to separate. It has been two wonderful and memorable years for which I am very grateful."

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Nora Haukland won Love Island Norway's Season 2

She added: "I only wish Johannes well and have so much love for him and his family. Will always look back on this chapter of my life with a smile and a heavy heart."

Marius, 25, meanwhile, previously dated Playboy model Juliane Snekkestad. The couple began dating in 2018, but in March, Juliane revealed they had separated.

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Marius has a good relationship with the Norwegian royal family

"Marius and I separated. And I feel much better now," she told Nettavisen, a Norwegian online newspaper.

Marius is son to Crown Princess Mette-Marit from her previous relationship with advertising executive Morten Borg. His two half-siblings, sister Ingrid Alexandra, 18, and brother Sverre Magnus, 16, whose dad is Prince Haakon, are the next heirs to the Norwegian throne.

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