Future Queen of Norway Princess Ingrid Alexandra set to relocate to Australia
A glamorous young royal, who will one day become queen of her country, is set to call Australia home in the coming months.
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A glamorous, young royal is set to call Australia home for the next three years.
The future Queen of Norway, Princess Ingrid Alexandra, will relocate to Sydney in August to study at the University of Sydney.
“Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra will begin her studies at the University of Sydney in August, enrolling in a Bachelor of Arts program,” it was announced in a press release shared by The Royal House of Norway on the weekend.
“She has chosen a three-year degree with a focus on international relations and political economy.”
According to the press release, Princess Ingrid will study full-time and live on campus at the Camperdown/Darlington student residences.
“Her Royal Highness looks forward to dedicating herself to her studies in the years to come,” the statement concluded.
The 21-year-old is the eldest child of Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit, and is one of the grandchildren of King Harald V. She is second in line to the Norwegian throne after her 51-year-old father.
Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit share another child together, Prince Sverre Magnus, 19. Crown Princess Mette-Marit also has a son from her previous marriage, Marius Borg Hoiby, 28.
Princess Ingrid’s move Down Under comes after her stepbrother Marius was arrested multiple times in the past year following a string of allegations for various crimes, including rape and violating a restraining order by allegedly contacting his ex. He has denied all the allegations.
Scandal hit the family again in February this year when the 28-year-old was accused of abusing a TV presenter at a basement party at their family’s Skaugum Castle residence back in 2018.
It was reported that Marius’s stepfather, Crown Prince Haakon, and his two step-siblings, Princess Ingrid and Prince Sverre Magnus, slept upstairs during the time.
Marius has yet to publicly comment on these claims.
Princess Ingrid is not the first royal to have relocated to Australia to broaden their studies in the last couple of years.
In 2023, the nephew of Queen Mary of Denmark, Count Nikolai of Monpezat, called our shores home for one semester while he studied at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).
The 23-year-old – who is sixth in line to the Danish throne – and his glamorous Danish girlfriend, Benedikte Thoustru, were working on their master’s degree at the Copenhagen Business School at the time and UTS is an exchange partner for its study abroad program.
The royal couple were seen on many occasions out and about near the UTS campus in Ultimo, often grabbing coffee with friends in the neighbourhood.
Sydney is a place his uncle, King Frederik of Denmark, holds dear as it was where he met his wife, now-Queen Mary, who was known as Mary Donaldson at the time.
Count Nikolai is the grandson of the Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. His father is the Queen’s son, Prince Joachim, who is the younger brother of Prince Frederik.
Originally published as Future Queen of Norway Princess Ingrid Alexandra set to relocate to Australia
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