Marius Borg Hoiby, the 29-year-old stepson of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and given four years in prison after a seven-week trial that has further dented the royal family's once picture-perfect image.

Marius Borg Høiby has been sentenced to four years in prison. He was found guilty of two of the four rape charges he was facing and acquitted of the other two.

Marius Borg Hoiby has been sentenced in the high-profile scandal that has rocked the monarchy.