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Norway’s King Harald V, 87, spoke of a challenging year for the royal family in his speech at a banquet for Norwegian parliamentarians at Oslo Palace on Thursday evening. “Sometimes life is just very hard; anyone can experience that, even our family,” Harald said. Recently, there has been much commotion surrounding the Norwegian royal family because Marius Borg Høiby, 27, the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit, 51, was arrested twice. He is being investigated for, among other things, assault and damage to property. Høiby’s lawyer, Øyvind Bratlien, said that his client denies the allegati…

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