A decision which, however, does not please the main concerned: at the end of last week, Prince Joachim, youngest son of the sovereign, had regretted, with tears in his eyes, that his mother “punish this way“his four children (Nikolai, 23 and Felix, 20, born from a first union, as well as Henrik and Athena, 13 and 10, born from his marriage to Princess Marie).
strained relationships
The couple, who live most of the year in France, then gave an interview to the Danish channel BT, in which they explained that their children had not understood why they were wronged and that they were already “bothered at school“, especially the youngest in the family. Explaining that they had been made aware of the situation only”5 days before it was announced“, they had lamented that neither the Queen nor Crown Prince Frederik have contacted them since.
Especially since Princess Mary, their sister-in-law, had added fuel to the fire in another interview with a Danish tabloid, in which she explained that it was not because the decision was difficult that it was not. was “not the good one“. It must be said that the two couples would have, according to Princess Marie, “complicated relationships“.
No doubt wanting to ease the tensions, Queen Margrethe then wanted to address her youngest son: “I made my decision, as queen, mother and grandmother, but as a mother and grandmother, i underestimated how much my youngest son and his family would feel. This created a difficult moment, and for this, I’m sorry“, she explains before closing the subject: “No one should doubt that my children, my daughters-in-law and my grandchildren are my greatest joy and all my pride. I now hope that our family will find peace in this situation.“.
As a reminder, in addition to young Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena, Queen Margrethe is also the grandmother of four other children: Crown Prince Christian (16), Princess Isabella (15) and twins Josephine and Vincent ( 11 years old) who are not affected by his decision.