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The Danish royal title controversy is not the first time! Because he was not crowned king, he refused to be buried with the queen after his death

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The Danish royal title controversy is not the first time! Because he was not crowned king, he refused to be buried with the queen after his death

Queen Margaret II of Denmark (left) announces the removal of the titles of prince and princess of 4 of the 8 kings' grandchildren.

Queen Margrethe II, the longest-reigning monarch in Europe, issued a statement on the 28th announcing that 4 of the 8 kings and grandchildren would be removed from the titles of princes and princesses, and could no longer be honored as His Highness, on the grounds that they hoped to give 4 grandchildren, remove their royal status, have more room to live a normal life, which is to imitate the practice of other European royal families to streamline the monarchy, and suddenly removed the title, it is reported that the queen's grandchildren feel "angry" and in a very bad mood. In fact, this is not the first time that the Danish royal title has erupted into controversy, in the past, the queen's late husband-in-law Prince Henrik announced that he would not be buried with the queen after his death because he had not been crowned the title of king for a long time.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Danish Queen removed the titles of "prince" and "princess" of the four children of her second son, Prince Joachim, namely Prince Nikolai, 23, and Prince Felix, 20, born to her ex-wife Countess Alexandra; In 2008 Prince Eugene remarried Princess Marie, giving birth to 13-year-old Prince Henrik and 10-year-old Princess Athena.

"From 1 January 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Euakin will be able to use only the titles of Count and Countess of Monpezat, and the titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark will cease to exist," the statement said. At the same time, it was pointed out that "Her Majesty the Queen hopes that through this decision, the four kings and grandchildren will be given more space to create their own way of life, without being restricted and bound by the special considerations and obligations brought about by the royal status." However, the mother of Prince Nicholas and Prince Felix, who were stripped of their titles, was shocked by the decision made by the queen rather puzzling, and confessed that the princes were in a bad mood and felt that they were "excluded".

The Danish royal title controversy is not the first time! Because he was not crowned king, he refused to be buried with the queen after his death

Queen Margaret II of Denmark and her late husband Prince Henrik.

In the past, the Queen's husband, Prince Henrik, had been known as the "Prince Consort" and had not been crowned king for a long time, and in August 2017, he announced that he would not be buried with the Queen in the official mausoleum for the Danish monarch, Roskilde Cathedral, breaking the 459-year tradition. His father, Prince Henrique of France, lived in Vietnam and studied law and politics at the University of Paris, where he also studied Chinese and Vietnamese, and attended universities in Hong Kong and Saigon. He met Margaret II as France's ambassador to the United Kingdom, and in 1967 he consummated his marriage, moved to Denmark and bore him two sons.

Once the queen had a broken rib and could not receive foreign guests, the royal family arranged for Crown Prince Federek to receive him without finding Prince Henrik, and also let him be angry, and ran directly back to France, and finally the queen personally went to France to pick him up. Prince Henrik stated that he was the prince and his wife was the queen, and since he was not on an equal footing and should not be buried together after death, the queen respected his idea. He retired in 2016, was diagnosed with dementia in 2017 and died on 13 February 2018 at the age of 83.

The Danish royal title controversy is not the first time! Because he was not crowned king, he refused to be buried with the queen after his death

Prince Henrik was crowned king because of his dissatisfaction with the throne, and announced that he would not be buried with the queen after his death.

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