Last Wednesday, Margaret announced that Prince Joachim’s four children would no longer be called princes from January 1
Her decision to strip the princely titles of her grandchildren, the children of her second son, caused an uproar in the Danish royal family: today, Queen Margaret expressed her “regret” for the turn of events.
“As a mother and grandmother, I underestimated how much my second son and his family would be affected. (The decision) had a big impact and I regret it,” she said in a statement released by the palace.
Last Wednesday Margarita announced that his four children Prince Joachim, 23-year-old Nikolai and 20-year-old Felix (from his first marriage), 13-year-old Henrik and 10-year-old Athena will no longer be called princes, as of January 1. They will only keep the title of “Comte de Montbessa”, named after their French-born grandfather, royal husband Henrik, who six months before his death caused a scandal by declaring that he did not want to be buried with the Queen.
THE Henrikwho at the end of his life was suffering from dementia, had expressed his displeasure many times because Margaret did not give him the title of king.
“It is my duty and my desire to see to it that the monarchy is always in step with its times. This sometimes means that difficult decisions have to be made and it will always be difficult to find the right moment.”continues the announcement of Margaret, who recently completed half a century on the throne.
According to the palace, the removal of the titles from the Queen’s grandchildren was done to give them more freedom to carve out their lives as they wish.
“It’s not funny at all to see your children treated like this”, Prince Joachim reacted last week. In an interview he gave to the newspaper B.T. on Saturday he even said that “unfortunately” he has no news from his mother, nor from his brother, Crown Prince Frederick.
“I hope that now as a family we will find a way to overcome this situation”the Queen said today.
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