"The book contains a number of untruths, undocumented claims and insinuations, partly from anonymous sources”, writes the Norwegian royal court's communications manager Guri Varpe in an email to newspaper VG.
The book is titled ”Hvite striper, sorte får” (”White stripes, black sheep”) and the cover is a photograph of Marius Borg Høiby where he gives the finger, with the title underlined by lines of white powder.
”This is a book that would not have been possible to sell without Marius' picture on the cover. It is boring and contains a number of rumors and half-truths”, say Høiby's lawyers in a statement to the news agency NTB.
The book claims, among other things, that the police have observed Høiby selling cocaine without intervening, which his lawyers deny. Høiby has admitted to using cocaine, but he has not been charged with any narcotics offense.
The police department's press office also denies that they have seen the prince selling narcotics, reports NRK.
The authors, former Dagbladet journalists Torgeir Krokfjord and Øistein Monsen, say that they are confident in the information they have received.
Marius Borg Høiby is the son of Norway's crown princess Mette-Marit from a previous relationship. He is charged with 32 crimes, including assault and four cases of rape. He has admitted to some of the crimes, but denied the rape allegations.
The trial is expected to begin in January.
