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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If they want to have it in United Kingdom, more power to them. It's a big moneymaker anyway. Tourism.
But I want none of that crap here in the States. This isn't Camelot.
They do have this rule. It is the law. I don’t think Charles can change it. Has to be done by parliament going back to the presumptive heir Sophie back in the 1700s. Also I think parents still must be married to be in line of succession for the Crown. Probably applies to Titles as well.
So they has surrogacy technology and IVF in the U.K. back then? I find that hard to believe.
It's pretty simple to me. Meghan is an American. She wants to remain an American. The Royal Family should have given Harry their blessing. But that he will have to retire from the Royal Family once he marries Meghan. Unless Meghan decide to renounce American citizenship. We know that she will never do that.
King Edward VIII abdicated his throne to marry Wallis Simpson. He was in love with her so he moved to America. He knew the rules.
I could do what she did very easily, even in the third trimester. But, every woman is different, and so is every pregnancy, so other women might've had a different experience.
I'm not a fan of MM, but I see nothing concerning in that video. If they really did fake her pregnancy, that video isn't evidence of it.
She is a wonderful Queen whom I sure made this decision very thoughtfully.
It used to be that someone official actually had to be in attendance when a royal child was born, to verify.
I think they gave that up quite a while ago...
I’m a longtime fan of Queen Margrethe. I’m sure she had good reasons.
I’ve wondered when the last time was that Harry and Meghan visited Sussex...
It doesn’t matter what was available. It is the current law. Parliament would have to change the law.
Since you seem to have a problem grasping the concept...new technology doesn’t trump peerage law
https://www.tatler.com/article/surrogacy-and-peerages-legal-issues-family-law-marchioness-of-bath
It may well be the everyone involved in Archie’s titles puts it on a back burner until such time as everyone in Williams family dies in a plane crash and suddenly Archie could be King.
But he is still not yet a Prince...Charles is holding off..perhaps as blackmail to get Harry to straighten up
In trying to think of a way to get you to understand this try the following example
William freezes his sperm or takes Kate’s eggs and creates a frozen embryo. Then his entire family gets wiped out by a plague or car crash etc.
Now can Charles go create a new heir with Williams sperm. no.
If Kate is still alive but William and children are dead can she create a new heir with his sperm. No...could they do something hinky and secretly impregnate her with her claiming she was already pregnant..sure but..if nothing underhanded happens..
Harry is the new King when Charles dies
When Harry dies with no children born of the body..assuming that happened..can Archie be King.
Not if he was born from a surrogate.
Will all the rules change in the future..it’s possible. They changed the rule about the first born daughter being eligible to rule .but as it stands today..the law is the law.
Born of a surrogate means no King and no peerage
What makes you think Harry & MM faked her pregnancy and Archie was born from a surrogate?
Are you the same woman who posts endlessly about Meghan’s stomach on Twitter?
I think King Chuck placed them at the low end of the royal list Harry is thinking of editing the program he and the gold digger made for release next year.
If you study history, the British royalty and the Hanovers have done much worse.
No, he actually tried to remain king and marry her, but he was rebuffed. And, he didn't, "move to America." He moved to France, from when he visited Hitler. Then he was forced to move to Spain, then he moved to Portugal, where he lived in the villa of a suspected German spy. He only moved to the Bahamas when Churchill threatened to court martial him.
Besides that, Queen Elizabeth bestowed the OBE and KCSG on Jimmy Saville. He was a friend and advisor to Prince Charles, and his advice extended to Queen Elizabeth. And they were privy to all kinds of rumors about him.
As the monarch and royal family of the U.K., they had absolutely no interest in protecting the children of the U.K.
So, whatever Megan Markle did, she is light years better than the royal family.
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