Not really, because in fact what was actually "harsh" is the situation that the late Harald V left his wife in - erased and invisible. Revenge and a belated payback by M-M for the years of being "only" Kronprinsessin and having to grind her teeth when Sonja said publicly "M-M will have to prove herself..."? So it seems to me at least. Look at this way also: that family and house is only four generations on that throne, so it's easy enough to understand that if the original occupant made "house rules" that automatically stripped styles from some princes and some former consorts, then either Harald V or Haakon VIII could easily have changed those rules to allow the continuation of that style ("HRH" or "HM") as needed. The monarch is master in his own house - even in Norway. Either the responsibility for that shameful outcome lies with those two kings or as I also suggested, with a scheming ex-drug-user consort who played her final card against her mother-in-law. Either way, not a good look. Maybe Norway should just become a republic or choose another dynasty - then they wouldn't be stuck with such a disreputable and despicable family which the current one clearly is.