Crown Princess Mary of Denmark Reacts to Queen's Decision to Remove Some Royal Titles
03.10.2022 - 19:21
/ etonline.com
). «Change can be difficult and can really hurt. But this does not mean that the decision is not the right one.»The princess added, «We will also look at our children's titles when the time comes.
Today we do not know what the royal house will look like in Christian's time, or when Christian's time begins to approach.»Prince Joachim of Denmark also spoke out about his four children having their royal titles removed. The prince has two kids with his ex-wife, Alexandria, Countess of Frederiksborg, and two other children, Henrik and Athena, with his current wife, Princess Marie, whom he married in 2008. Last week, the 53-year-old royal spoke with Danish publication outside of the Danish Embassy.«We are all very sad. It's never fun to see your children being mistreated like that,» he said, via translation.
«They themselves find themselves in a situation they do not understand.»Additionally, Prince Joachim's ex, Alexandria, spoke out about the change, noting that her children feel “ostracized” by the queen’s decision. In a statement to, her translated message said, “We are all confused by the decision. We are saddened and in shock," adding, “This comes like a bolt from the blue. The children feel ostracized.
They cannot understand why their identity is being taken away from them.” Queen Margrethe II announced last Wednesday that four of her grandchildren’s royal titles will change. In a statement via the Danish Royal Director of Communications, Joachim's kids — Prince Nikolai, 23, Prince Felix, 20, Prince Henrik, 13, and Princess Athena, 10 — and their descendants will go now by Count and Countess of Monpezat. Their prince and princess titles will be «discontinued» at the start of 2023. “In April 2008, Her Majesty The Queen
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