After the death of the Queen of England, the only female monarch to reign was the Queen of Denmark. At the age of 82, she recently did something that shook the royal circle:
Stripped of 4 grandchildren of royal titles. From January 1 next year, they will no longer be princes and princesses ↓↓
The reasons for the statement are very good, hoping that the children will "not be bound by the royal family and build their own lives". ↓↓
Stripped of the title are the 4 children of the Queen's second son, Prince Joachim, and the 4 children of the eldest son (the Crown Prince) are currently unaffected. According to the report, the second prince was only notified of this major decision 5 days in advance.
The second prince's ex-wife, Princess Wen Yali, issued a statement expressing her anger: a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
This wave of royal layoffs is too fierce! Is it economic pressure, the queen's eccentricity, or the result of internal tears?
1. Streamline the royal family
Friends have speculated about what stimulated the 82-year-old Queen Margaret, after all, she just attended the funeral of Elizabeth II, then diagnosed with the new crown, the retreat appeared for a few days, looking radiant, may have experienced a major earthquake psychologically.
But she said: "It's something I've been thinking about for a long time and I think it's good for their future." ”
Queen Margaret of Denmark and the Crown Prince attend the state funeral of the Queen of England
Don't look at Denmark as a small country, a European royal family. The Queen of Denmark is a cousin of King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and the second cousin of King Harald V of Norway. She is also a distant relative of the Queen of England and has a close relationship with Prince Philip.
The official statement said there were "examples to follow" to downsizing the royal family. It refers to the Swedish king who has a similar practice, retaining only the titles of the children of the crown prince and canceling the titles of the descendants of the second prince and the third princess.
The statement also implied that the decision echoed King Charles' wishes for the British and other European royal families.
What does it mean? After Charles became king, he had not yet given Prince Harry a title, and Meghan met with Charles to talk about his future status, responding that the Harrys must make the royal family "trustworthy (first look at performance)".
The Danish Queen's decisions affect the future direction of the royal circle and, on the one hand, the freedom to live.
If you think about it in other ways, all kinds of speculation is flying. Some melons believe that the queen seems to be eccentric to the crown prince, the expenses of the crown princess Mary are extremely large, the titles and treatment of the descendants of the second prince are deprived, and the royal family expenditure can be reduced by a part.
The Queen of Denmark has two sons, each with 4 children.
Dongdong and Sisi have written that the Danish royal family is a poor household in Europe, only the queen, the crown prince and the second prince Joachim have an annuity, and the royal husband Henrik never enjoyed an allowance a few years ago (click here to review).
Queen Margaret's allowance is considerable, 800813 pounds per month, equivalent to £9.6 million a year. Of course, it is also spent a lot and is used to manage the extended family, including activities, employees and administration.
She also writes books and paintings, which is quite profitable, and her cash assets alone are about 300 million yuan (palaces and so on are owned by the state).
Illustrate the Danish version of The Lord of the Rings
The crown prince and his wife are the heirs to the throne, the largest amount of official business, the crown prince's annuity is about 13 million yuan, of which 10% is given to his wife Princess Mary as a stipend, and the rest is used as expenses, including the expenses of 4 children ↓↓
The second son, Prince Joachim, had an annuity of about 508,000 euros (4 million yuan) and had to support two princesses and four children. The royal family has long made it clear that his children do not enjoy allowances when they grow up.
He and his ex-wife Wen Yali had two sons: Nikolai and Felix; With the current little Princess Mary has a son and a daughter ↓↓
Wen Yali (second from left) is in the same frame as the second prince's current princess, Little Mary
The 4 children did not account for the extra expenses, that is, they only had the vacant titles and activity benefits of princes and princesses.
Now the empty title is gone, the most tragic is Wen Yali's two sons, after all, they have no mother and no status in the royal family, basically no reliance ↓↓
2, pro-mom air frying
Wen Yali blew up the same day, and the statement said, "We are all confused, sad and shocked by this decision." It's like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. The children felt excluded. They don't understand why identity is being stripped away. ”
Dongdong and Sisi have written that Wen Yali is a former princess with high emotional intelligence, and she remarries after divorce, and she can still retain the title of princess and the Countess of Frederiksburg, and her relationship with the queen is very strong
She returned to being single again, and almost became a family with the second prince and the current princess, Little Mary.
Attending the graduation ceremony of the eldest son Nikolai, the mother and the stepmother arrived, and the second prince stood on the side ↓↓
She kissed and hugged the current princess, a pair of good sisters painting style (harmony is full of embarrassment) ↓↓
At the graduation ceremony of her youngest son, she posed with the second prince, and the current princess simply escaped ↓↓
A large family on vacation in France, by the way to her young son's birthday, another good picture, you do not believe it ↓↓↓
Just in September this year, she was also invited to attend the 50th anniversary celebration of Queen Margaret's accession to the throne, wearing a crown and dress, and her sense of existence was extremely strong ↓↓
She carefully defended the status of her two sons, who were tall and handsome and self-sufficient.
East and West wrote about Nikolai, the eldest son of 23, who graduated from high school as a model while studying at Copenhagen Business School, and was named the world's most noteworthy bachelor.
Noble and high-cold style, very popular with big names, for Dior catwalk ↓↓↓
Dengfeng Vogue Scandinavian version ↓↓
Felix, 20, followed in his brother's footsteps and also became a model. Shooting an ad for jeweler Georg Jensen, the style is melancholy ↓↓
The brothers' looks captivated a large wave of fans. They grew up in the royal palace in Copenhagen, vacationed in European castles, and the privileges brought by titles opened their doors in the fashion world and networking resources.
With the title of prince to walk the show, receive endorsements, and decent and honorable, this identity is gone, the brothers' future road has a lot of trouble, no wonder the Wen Yali, who has a high emotional intelligence, also has to blow up.
3. Long-term "infighting"?
Wen Yali pointed out that "children are excluded", the second prince also expressed "sadness", and Gua You interpreted it as a discord between the crown prince and the second prince.
The Crown Prince (left) with the second prince Joachim
According to the royal statement, the second prince, Joachim, was informed of the decision to strip him of his title in May and personally "participated" in the entire process.
Joachim completely denied the claim, "In May, I received a plan that titles would change when the children were each 25 years old. Now I am only 5 days ahead of the outside world about the new decision, the plan is completely different (all the children are stripped of their titles), and my youngest daughter will only turn 11 early next year. ”
There have long been rumors that the crown prince and his wife pushed the marginalization of their brother's family and even "pushed them out" to France.
In 2019, Prince Joachim announced his move to Paris on the grounds of receiving military training from the Paris Military Academy. In fact, like Harry Meghan in Britain, they are equivalent to running away from the royal family, but maintaining a superficial harmony and often returning to China to attend events.
Prince Joachim and his wife attended the event of the French President's wife
At that time, power struggles within the royal family became a hot topic.
The second prince was particularly close to his father, Henrique, who was a count of France, and the current princess, Marie Jr., was also the daughter of a friend introduced by his father, and his ties to France were even closer than those of Denmark.
After his father's death, the second prince was at odds with his older brother, Crown Prince Frederick, and had opinions about his mother, and relations with Denmark were even more uncertain.
Joachim's family moved to Paris, causing even more controversy. Because he was still receiving an annuity and the number of times he performed official duties was very small, he only returned to China to fight soy sauce, and the parliament found the handle of the spraying royal family.
In order to break the rumors of discord, the Danish crown prince and his wife have visited France to arrange activities with their brother's family and pose for intimate poses
The reunion of the brothers is more affectionate than before, and the crown princess and the second princess are also elated ↓↓↓
The Royal Central website reported that Prince Joachim told reporters: "I am here (France) to represent Denmark. Then, I would also like to say that it was the Queen who encouraged me to move to France. These words became the mother's eccentric brother's fierce material, and the queen was happy to hear it.
After a long period of "infighting" rumors, the queen's new decision this time made the second prince directly tear up.
Prince Joachim stood outside the door of the Danish embassy in Paris, claiming that the grandmothers of the four children had only given 5 days' notice, stripping them of their titles, and that "it is not at all interesting to watch the children get hurt." ”
Wen Yali's spokesperson made matters worse, claiming that Queen Margaret had not spoken to her son or grandchildren beforehand, and that Joachim had received news through his royal assistant, was this not a cold "layoff notice"?
The family has a difficult scripture, and it seems that the big family with flowers has many years of cracks behind it. In contrast, the Queen of England has not stripped her offspring of titles for 70 years, and the Queen of Denmark is the first ruthless person.
Next, see how the new King Charles decides that the descendants of Harry Megan in the United States will be laid off?