Posted on 09/29/2022 6:00:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Only four of eight grandchildren will retain their royal titles.
Royalty in Europe is declining ever further as princes and princesses across the continent are losing their official statuses.
In a bid to protect the youngest royals from the pressures of public life, the Queen of Denmark has stripped four of her grandchildren of their royal titles.
Queen Magrethe, now Europe’s only reigning Queen and longest-serving monarch, has decided that the children of her youngest son, Prince Joachim, should be able to “shape their own existence” instead of having to perform the official duties required of them if they kept the titles.
Instead, Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena, aged between 10 and 23, will only be known as counts and countesses from next year.
“As of January 1 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim will only be able to use their titles of Count and Countess of Monpezat, their previous titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark ceasing to exist,” the palace said in a statement.
“With her decision, Her Majesty the Queen wants to create a framework for the four grandchildren, to a much greater degree, to be able to shape their own existence without being limited by the special considerations and obligations that a formal affiliation with the Royal House as an institution implies.”
Meanwhile, the Queen’s other four grandchildren—the children of Crown Prince Frederik—will retain their titles, although they won’t maintain all of the benefits of royalty; only the the eldest (and future king) Prince Christian will receive an appanage (a grant of land or revenue) when they come of age.
“The children feel excluded”
Not everyone is happy about it. The mother of Prince Joachim’s two eldest sons told Danish newspaper the Daily BT that she was “shocked” by the decision.
“This came out of the blue. The children feel excluded,” she said. “They can’t understand why their identity is being taken from them.”
“My children are sad. My kids don’t know which leg to stand on,” Prince Joachim told BT. “Why should their identity be removed? Why must they be punished in that way?”
It follows a trend of European royals seeking to slim down their monarchies; in 2019 the king of Sweden removed titles from five of his grandchildren, meaning that they did not have to perform official duties but would still be part of the royal family.
“The queen’s decision is in line with similar changes that other royal houses have carried out in recent years in different ways,” the Danish palace’s statement confirmed.
It is also widely reported that King Charles is expected to present a “slimmed down” monarchy in the near future with a potential plan for only seven working royals to remain.
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Same thing should be done to Harry and Meghan.
Methinks the lady doth protest... too much.
Your heritage is part of your existence.
Monarchy is so 19th Century. Time to dismantle the institution.
Good!
Agree and won’t that cause a row if it happens!
I’d prefer a visit from Mr. Blonde from Reservoir Dogs…
In other words, Get A Job!
Yeah, DC is way better and so enlightened.
Denmark doesn't have much land to give out, but it does seem like shabby treatment, like Queen Meg or whatever her name is is trying to ease the country out of monarchy.
Why shouldn't this be done to Charles, William, and Andrew?
For those that have been pregnant..perhaps you can tell us if you were able to squat like Markle did here, get back up with no help... and then have her pregnant belly pop out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XaippuOQc
If those children were born by surrogate they are not legally entitled to a Prince and Princess title.
Lots of rumor mill right now about a Super Injunction on the press over this topic. I had no idea such a thing existed in the UK. Elton John got one over some story.
As for the Denmark kids..lots of scandal over that father of those children that have been denied the title.
I have seen women 8 months pregnant dance an entire ballet on pointe so I dont doubt someone athletic and fit could squat and get back up in heels.
So I know that the belly can change day to day based on what you eat and how the baby moves, etc. But can you explain the way that baby bump popped out after she stood up.
The noise comes from her putting her foot down on the heel. I didn’t notice anything about bigness because of the coat and don’t know how many months pregnant she was or wasn’t. I don’t know if she could bend down or not, but I’m skeptical of all the internet rumors going round.
It is quite possible that noise is from her foot or something else going on. It’s not the noise..its that way they belly pops out..it coincides with the noise but the noise is probably not relevant. If you look closely you can see it pop out
btw, here is one things that is not a rumor. One of these is not like the other...and I am pretty sure that if she used a surrogate then her kids not only can’t have a Prince and Princess title but they also can’t be in the line of succession.
https://twitter.com/HeidiDundas_/status/1575259938611351552
The fact that not one single reporter in the UK has questioned this....even now with everything else they are questioning leads one to guess there might be a Super Injunction. And yes, that is a real thing in the UK. They are not even allowed to indicate there is a Super Injunction if there is one. The ones that can break it are the MPs during Parliament
IOW. Get a job
Yup exactly what I said
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