I should have been paying more attention to the Danish royals because MY GOD are they petty. In 1967, then-Princess Margarethe married a Frenchman named Henrik de Laborde de Monpezat. In 1971, Margarethe became the queen of Denmark, and per custom, Henry became her prince-consort. Not king! Which is what happens with most – if not all? – European monarchs, if they happen to be women. When you’re a lady and you ascend to the throne, your spouse does not become king, they become prince-consort. Queen Elizabeth gave Prince Philip the somewhat gaudy title of HRH Duke of Edinburgh, but let’s be clear: he was never king. Philip seemed fine with it in the end. Prince Henrik has never been fine with it, and he’s going to take his pettiness with him to the grave (literally).
Prince Henrik of Denmark is taking his bitterness to the grave. Today, a representative for the Danish royal family announced that Queen Margarethe’s husband, 83, has elected not to be buried next to her when his time comes, in a designed-just-for-them sarcophagus at Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark. The Danish royal has long been salty about the fact that he never got the title of “king” when his wife ascended the throne. Instead, he’s a prince consort (the traditional title for a man in his position), and he says the fact that he has a lesser title is a form of gender discrimination.
“It makes me angry that I am subjected to discrimination,” he said told the French newspaper Le Figaro. “Denmark, which is otherwise known as an avid defender of gender equality, is apparently willing to consider husbands as worth less than their wives.”
You’d think 45 years — the length of Margrethe’s reign thus far — would be enough to, well, get over it. Apparently not.
“It is no secret that the prince for many years has been unhappy with his role and the title he has been awarded in the Danish monarchy,” the family’s director of communications told B.T., a Danish newspaper. “For the prince, the decision not to be buried beside the queen is the natural consequence of not having been treated equally to his spouse — by not having the title and role he has desired.”
Henrik, who said in February 2015 that he will “never accept” the fact that he doesn’t get to be king, retired from royal duties in January 2016, at the age of 81, after 40 years of service. And though he clearly has some animosity towards the title the Danes were willing to give him, the representative for the family says he still wants to be buried in Denmark, not his native France. (Just not next to his wife.) It seems that for this royal couple, at death they will part.
To be fair, he is King. King of Petty. There’s nothing quite like old-man crotchety bitterness. There’s nothing quite like a white dude squawking about reverse discrimination either. I mean, discrimination? RLY? Male fragility, I’ll tell you. I mean, I can see how a man would take issue with this situation, and I’m not slamming Henrik for grumbling about it in interviews. But to have this kind of angst about it to the point where he’s refusing to buried with his wife? No. The Queen should just shrug and say “fine, I want a divorce.” I’m sure she’s sick of his bulls–t too.
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Boo-fucking-hoo. His wife didn’t keep the title away from him, Denmark did; apparently he cares more about a title than his spouse of 50 years. And you can’t tell me he didn’t know before the marriage what his title would be; did he think Denmark was going to break the rules for him?
Good for Margarethe, though. At least she won’t be stuck next to a total prick for the rest of eternity.
It’s good that she won’t be stuck next to him for an eternity but she shouldn’t have put up with his pettiness this long. He should have been stripped of all of the perks of being Prince-Consort. Plus she should have created a Prince-Consort stamp, tea cups….
The stupidest thing is that he’s absolutely right that it’s a case of gender discrimination, but NOT AGAINST HIM. Kings can make their wives Queens because they’re automatically assumed to be better or more superior. Queens can’t make their husbands Kings because the implication is that THEIR HUSBANDS THEN BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEM. It’s literally the opposite of what he’s saying. It’s not that Denmark is “willing to consider husbands as worth less than their wives”, it’s that it’s automatically assumed that they’re worth MORE.
That exactly, K. He’s right that there’s gender discrimination in it, but it goes in the opposite direction of what he’s saying. It’s because kings are seen to outrank queens that he can’t be king to her queen. How out of touch is he that he doesn’t understand that?
Exactly! And he would rather leave his mark throughout history that he wasn’t buried next to his wife. What a moron. He doesn’t deserve to be treated any better and his actions prove it. And Denmark is saying: thank you idiot. You proved our point.
Dumba$$
Alix: Amen to that. He’s disgusting. Can you possibly be a bigger prick than Henrik?? And he’s coming across incredibly dumb also.
Queen of Denmark: Henrik, I order you to STFU.
There. Solved it for her.
The Qn of Denmark is a lovely dressing monarch.
Here is why you aren’t King, you a-hole- because you were not born a member of the Danish royal house. Your WIFE is! She is Queen of the Danes because of her lineage. You just married in. Get over it.
I think, technically (and I may be wrong), a king has more power than a queen and even if he was a lower member of the Danish royal house (let’s say a duke) and he married her, he still wouldn’t get the title of king.
She’s actually Queen because the people voted for a change of the line of succession to make Margrethe her father’s heir. It happened in a national referendum in 1953. Before that King Frederik IX’s heir was his brother, the Hereditary Prince Knud.
There are no royal ducal titles in Denmark. In fact, I’m don’t think there are any ducal titles in Denmark at all. Not a 100 percent sure though.
This man does not love his wife. Would he have ever had the opportunity to be king of anything, if any circumstance were different?
Queen Elizabeth didn’t give Prince Philip the title Duke of Edinburgh. Her father did before their marriage. It was a bit of compensation for Philip renouncing all his Danish and Greek titles. I also wouldn’t consider it gaudy. There have been other Dukes of Edinburgh and it’s an important city historically for Scotland and Great Britain as a whole.
As for Henrik, I think Queen Margarethe deserves better. The guy has had so many tantrums over the years, it must be exhausting having to deal with him. I often wonder if she wishes she could have kicked him to the curb years ago. He really wouldn’t be anyone without her – even the title he was born with is only vaguely legitimate. Seriously, to be this irritated about it after all these years is just pathetic. Take a page from Prince Philip and enjoy the position for what it is.
I was wondering what she meant by saying it’s a gaudy title.
As someone who has lived in Edinburgh for decades, I think it is ridiculous that Phil the Greek was given the “Dukedom” of a city he probably couldn’t find on a map at the time. This story is just another reason why all this royalty nonsense should end. Pathetic.
I doubt that he didn’t know where Edinburgh was. He was mostly raised in Britain and most of his relatives on his mother’s side were British. He also served Britain in WWII. He is, thoroughly, British. There isn’t anything particularly Greek about him. There are good reason to not like royalty, but this really isn’t one of them.
Only that he went to school in Scotland, so hopefully he was able to find Edinburgh on a map.
yep, was just going to say i saw a documentary the other day on netflix about the duke, he was educated for quite a while at gordonstoun in northern scotland, charles went there also. philip seems to have had quite a tumultuous and lonely childhood.
Um, Prince Philip went to Gordonstoun (a top boarding school in Scotland; Charles went there as well). It’s not in the same part of Scotland as Edinburgh but I highly doubt that he was unaware that Edinburgh, Scotland’s major city, existed.
And that’s not to mention the fact that Prince Philip was in the Royal Navy throughout the duration of WWII. I am highly skeptical that anyone serving in the Navy is unfamiliar with geography. And Edinburgh is situated very close to the coast – about a ten minute drive to Queensferry and Leith (both ports). I’d be shocked if a highly capable naval officer – which Philip really was*, credit where its due – could have got by without knowing the UK’s coastal geography.
*He served in about half a dozen major naval battles, mostly in the Mediterranean. Read up on Wikipedia, if you’re curious.
And just so we’re clear, Philip had PLENTY of issues with his status (or lack thereof).
My understanding was that he accepted the fact that his wife would always be his political superior, but that no one else would be. It was that second point that he struggled with (Mother-in-Law problems, gray men, etc). He also thought that his children should bear his name, as every other man with legitimate issue expected at that time. He fussed a bit on that point at the time but settled down soon enough and eventually, his wife added his name to the dynastic moniker. Just in time for his daughter to register as Mountbatten-Windsor for her wedding.
Compared to Henrik, Phillip’s a true prince.
Gray matters, Prince Philip was a Prince of Greece. When he was a baby, his family was thrown out of Greece. Being called Prince Philip or HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh, is in reality what he’s been his whole life; Prince Philip of Somewhere. Prince Henrik is a complete slob, sexist commoner. He should be stripped of his titles. They were given to him, and thus can be taken back. His doppelgänger in looks and attitude is the King of Sweden.
I’m don’t doubt that it was difficult for Philip to adapt to being his wife’s subordinate/inferior. This was a different age – even today, many men would probably beunhappy with being accorded a lower rank than their wives. That said, Philip kept his mouth shut and certainly never said this kind of bilge to a newspaper. That’s just in unbelievably poor taste.
Like the other commenters have explained, in fact, Philip is every bit as royal as Queen Elizabeth. They are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria. His mother was Princess Alice, who, like George VI, Elizabeth’s father, was a great grandchild of Queen Victoria.
Also, there’s a rather petty argument (but valid) to make that Prince Philip is more blue blooded than his wife. Queen Elizabeth’s mother was not royalty; she wasn’t an ordinary person (her father was an Earl) but Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was not ‘of the blood’.
Prince Philip’s father was briefly the the King of Greece but was actually Danish royalty. (House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg according to Google). That makes him more ‘blue blooded’ than Elizabeth, whose mother was considered a commoner.
Fun fact: Philip and Elizabeth are cousins twice over – first through Queen Victoria and, second, through King Christian IX of Denmark. Third cousins in the first instance, second cousins once removed in the latter. Their marriage is probably the last of the ‘royal’ marriages between European royal houses that we’ll see.
Margrethe wanted the cute Frenchman, so she married him. She and Henrik were near-obsessed with each other for years. Their sons have alluded to this, that they felt ignored by their parents because they were too busy with each other.
My favorite Phil story is that he calls Liz “Cabbage.”
Sausage.
Betty
The title of this article got my click. Could not care less about any monarchy but this was worth a look. Pray for the poor, discriminated against wealthy white man everyone! 😏
While he’s ridiculous of course, there is an actual element of sexism here, just not what he thinks. I actually agree that yes he should be “king” but I also agree he cannot be because in the societies these monarchies spawned from a “king” trumps “queen”, even though technically it should be the same level. A wife was expected to be subservient to her husband, so a queen would be subservient to a king in their minds. So bizarrely it IS sexist not to have the man become a king, but I do not trust that we are at the point yet where looking at a king and a queen the people would properly and instantly recognize that the queen is “in charge”.
In his own bitterness and selfishness he missed a legit point.
Exactly what I was thinking. It IS sexist, but not for the reasons he thinks it is. If everything was equal, he would be King consort and everyone would understand that was a lower title than Queen (just as Queen consort is lower than King). He would get to be “King”, but he would STILL have a lower title than his wife.
That’s what I was thinking. What should happen is that the male spouse either gets Prince Consort or King Consort. Female spouse would be Princess Consort or Queen Consort. Instead, the male spouse gets Prince Consort but a female spouse (CP Mary) will still end up as Queen Consort, which isn’t equal. In the Netherlands some suggested Maxima be Princess Consort not Queen Consort, but they were mostly shouted down.
“Equal” being a strange concept to discuss in a system that is all about inequality…
So… Just a thought… why can’t the titles be asexual? Like, King Elizabeth or King Margarethe? I know many European languages still use gendered nouns, but surely there could be a work around. And King would still outrank Queen so the petty man could still get his regal title, Queen Henrik!
It’s sexist in that the title of King is always expected to outrank the title of queen. That’s why there is no “king consort”.
That has always bothered me. The title of King or Queen should be reserved for the one that inherits the actual throne, the spouse (no matter the gender) should be called something else.
@jetlagged Completely agree.
Wow. Is it also discrimination when the husband of a doctor doesn’t get the title of doctor as well? His job is “husband of the ruler” and that is “prince consort”. King would only be his title if he himself had the job as the ruler. He doesn’t. He never has. He never will. He should get over it.
Likewise the wife of a king is “queen consort” and not “queen”. Where’s the discrimination?
The discrimination is that Queen is considered less than King. His pettiness is disguising the issue, when the real inequality is how female rulers are still considered less than a male ruler. His DIL will become Queen Consort, not Princess Consort. So in fairness, he should either be King Consort or she should become Princess Consort when the time comes.
The problem is that King Consort indicates that it is a King Regnant married to a Queen Regnant, two monarchs married to each other a la Isabelle of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon as well as Mary I Tudor of England and Philip II of Spain. The title King has always been reserved for the sovereign. The title Queen was originally the same as Consort – hence the need to specifiy Queen Regnant (for a queen who is the monarch) and Qeen regent (a queen who is the regent for a monarch who is a minor).
These things are hard to redefine because there’s a ton of historical connotation and social mores associated with these titles.
Bottomline: He’s being petty and it is embarrassing to behold.
This is like saying it’s discrimination that the wives of presidents are the First Ladies and not the mrs. president. I think he’s upset he’s lower in rank than a woman.
Unsurprising. Royals are overwhelmingly self indulgent pieces of s–t. By the way my undestanding is that Phillip more than made up for the “subservient” royal title by being tyrannical in their family life especially with the children.
You wife is Queen Regent, you are worth less, deal with it. Prissy white old man.
what has the colour of his skin got to do with it?
If he was less of a titty baby he would be in the pink. 😉
Plus, isn’t she the one who illustrated an edition of the LOTR trilogy and Tolkien loved it? She’s cool, he’s childish.
Appalling and totally disrespectful towards his wife of 50 YEARS!
Even though anyone who has paid attention to the Danish Royal Family in the past decade or so would not be stranger to his frequent ‘tantrums’, this is taking it to the new level – an extremely low one. He really cares about his title and power so much that he refuses to be buried with his wife. Jeez.
And before anyone wants to suggest a religious/cultural/sentimental reason behind it, there really is none. Even the court officials have given up on hiding/glossing over his intent. If I were a Dane, I’d call for the parliament to strip him of his (loathed) title and income altogether and go back to France.
Have I mentioned that in any popularity survey of the DRF, he’s always the bottom one? If he had been outstanding in his tenure as the Prince Consort, maybe the public would have given him more leeway with the title issue. Now he’s just the least favourite child who throws tantrums a lot.
I haven’t followed the family, what are some of the tantrums he has had? It is totally disrespectful to his wife not be buried next to her. People will only think what a jerk he was when they see his separate tombstone.
ITA all the way. And yes, I’d like to know more of the tantrums if anyone would care to share. My Danish is below basic.
He did have a public tantrum about him being below his son in rank as well. It is old-school paternalism, which isn’t surprising considering his generation and nationality. He’s not the top dog in the family and he resents that. His wife is the monarch and his son is the heir – and they both outrank him, hence his saltiness.
More than a decade ago, he went back to France to his vineyard and castle (even though I think Margrethe paid for it after they got married) because his eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik was made regent when the Queen was ill (or out of the country), and not him. He said something like ‘I’ve already been No.2, now I’ve been demoted to No.3???’
(No married-in royals are ever regent, only the born ones. The order goes from Queen > Queen’s elder son > Queen’s younger son > Queen’s younger sister)
In the end I think Margrethe went to France herself to get him back.
He also used a press interview about an upcoming state visit from the Netherlands to complain about not being King Consort. It was totally embarrassing and the Queen could only remain awkwardly silent in front of the cameras.
Not to mention the numerous interviews he’s given to different domestic and foreign medias on this issue.
I think when he finally keels over, Denmark should just air drop his body on the French border. Thanks no thanks.
A) How has their marriage functioned over all these years??
B) How is this 77 year old woman dressed more edgy than Kate?
Separate bedrooms. His is a very grand one – her’s is a cosy boudouir under the attic. It kid you not. A friend of mine has worked on the restoration of their Copenhagen residence – he’s seen their bedrooms.
He can be called “”First of his name, Holder of grudges, Panties in tight twist, King of the A-holes”.
Prick of the Litter!
King Consort because He Whined
The Prince of Mens Rights
Prince Pisspot Weenbag
And the Queen should tell him they couldn’t make him King because they would have to redo all the crowns for his GIANT HEAD.
THIS.
OMG, crying laughing here.
BTW, have any of you seen the latest on RoyalCentral?
Prince Henrik vs Prince Laurent – a battle to discredit constitutional monarchy
http://royalcentral.co.uk/blogs/prince-henrik-vs-prince-laurent-a-battle-to-discredit-constitutional-monarchy-86591
What a crop of petulant, feckless idiot manbabies. :eyeroll:
No being given the title of King is discrimination?? First world problems indeed.
What an awful, petty man. How has the Queen put up with him for so long?
The reason for this title is for gender parity. The title King, in our patriartical society, assumes ruler. As he is the consort, the “lesser” title Prince is given for pure clarity. This tradition dates back a long time, but the bias still holds up in today’s society… if you hear King and Queen – the King is assumed to be power of the thrown.
Mrs = Mistress but i don’t get upset when people use it. Quit eatting your sour grapes Henrik, King of Pettiness.
Did he not know this before they married. I’m not even European and I I know that royals by marriage get the consort title or Prince so they don’t outrank the queen.
So it IS gender discrimination just not the way you think.
Also if I were the queen I would order his body to be buried next to mine with a tiny marker. Cause I’m petty
There’s on big shining example in Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Rich, upperclass, old white guy problems.
The very definition are they not?
He’s quite the mental gymnast. Since the reason he cannot be named King is steeped in sexism (Queens are ranked lower), yet he is crying seixms because he cannot be king.
Try this my Royal friend, revamp the royal system to remove the sexist underpinnings and then we can discuss making him King Consort.
I see his point. He is right about the gender equality thing. The Scandinavians are obsessed with it. When a woman marries a King, she becomes a Queen, so why wouldn’t he become a King? Because historically when that happened, the King would have all the power because he is a MAN. So he is very shortsighted and as stated ego-driven. Also he looks like he is a lush, which may account for the bitterness.
Because King > Queen. This is how it works. This is why Queen Elizabeth was The Queen Consort, not The Queen.
Even if everyone in Denmark knew and understood that Magrethe was the actual Monarch, making him King would outrank her, THE QUEEN. He is a simpleton with a made up birth title (she actually made it real and bestowed it on all his legitimate descendants).
Elizabeth II is queen regnant; her mother Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was Queen by marriage and thus queen consort.
Yes, I was talking about The Queen Mother, not the actual Monarch.
That’s the point, cee. Not the point he’s making, but he’s highlighting the gender inequality here. Queen shouldn’t be less than King. Either he should be King Consort, or the female spouse of the future king should be Princess Consort not Queen Consort.
There is a stubborn rumor here in Denmark, that she had an affair with a well known actress. I sincerely hope so, at least she got some quality loving. The majority loves our Queen, she is regal but not pretentious, and she is inclusive and open, just a great person. Her husband, however, most people despise, for obvious reasons.
She looks like so much FUN.
Wow! An American or Danish actress? That’s interesting. There are a lot of rumors of Henrik sleeping with men and women in his younger years; there are rumors about Fred as well but rumors are rumors.
Yes, lets hope she has had some quality loving along the way. Thanks for the tea.
I don’t know anything about her really, but from the photos I’ve seen I get that as well. She’s artistic too if I remember Art Historian talking about her. I hope she’s happy; what a dick wad she married.
She was happily obsessed with him for the first 20 years of their marriage, to the point of completely ignoring their two children. Now he turns out to be a problem, well, she had no problem putting him above everything else for 20 years.
Really. She was dickmatized? That’s sort of funny. But she is the one in charge, right? I still think she should tell him to GTFO and not let the door hit. But then I can be rather petty when other people start.
The Queen didn’t make Philip Duke of Edinburgh, her father did when they married. She made him Prince (in his own right)i think around 5 years after she became Queen. He was of course born a Prince but had to give up that title when he became a British citizen, which is when he took up the surname Mountbatten.
As for Henrik- I mean hes not wrong, its stupid that he doesn’t become King. It wouldn’t make him the heir to the throne over his wife. Its just a stupid antiquated rule. Hes just going about it in such a petty childish way.
I don’t think it’s news that he’s a douchecanoe. His son has publicly talked about his often unhappy upbringing which wasn’t solely his father’s fault but … that man was an ass.
And frankly, if someone is so hellbent on the title, you wonder how long it would’ve taken until the Queen had an “accident.”. Morbid? Yes. But listen to this man! Ugh.
Margrethe and Henrik were obsessed with each other, to the point of ignoring their children for 20 years. The unhappy upbringing was a result of that, not Henrik alone.
Margrethe having an accident wouldn’t have solved this issue for Henrik; his son would automatically become King and Henrik would have been put out to pasture.
Depends on how old Frederik would’ve been.
No, it wasn’t just his father’s fault, like I said. But he did single him out publicly. That’s not a great sign.
I think it may be similar to Charles vs. Anne; perceived differently by the individuals involved. Charles had problems with the way he perceived they were brought up, Anne didn’t and publicly smacked him down about it. Plus heir vs. spare mentality and treatment.
World’s tiniest violin.
Following the Danes, she’s so awesome and he’s so not. Hopefully he just goes off into retirement now and stays there
I’m a big fan of the DRF (the Queen, Mary & Fred & kids, and Joachim’s kids) so I’m amused at this getting international press. Henrik is such a cry baby and I’m glad everyone gets to see what a petty brat he is. I still think the Queen should abdicate just so Henrik can see Mary and Fred become Queen and King and really get ticked off (but she won’t).
Same! Back when I followed royalty more closely, I also liked Joachim’s first wife Alexandra aka Diana of the North
I miss Alexandra’s completely over the top princess gowns. It was a different era, even though it was only 15-20 years ago.
She had Jørgen Bender as a couturier – he made gowns for Queen Ingrid, Queen Margrethe and Queen Silvia. I think he died before Mary became a member of the family. His work is exquisite. Have seen some of his creations for Margrethe in person.
I would also like to see his face when he’s not only ranked behind his wife, but also his son, daughter-in-law and 4 grandchildren as well. Imagine that.
Okay, I Googled: young Henrik of Denmark and I can see why she married him. He was quite dashing in his youth, but boy is he is jerk now. I wouldn’t want to be buried next to him either.
I’ve googled him and he was gorgeous and ueber sexy and confident! That was what the pic spoke to me. So was Margrethe! Thanks, H!
Arguably, Henrik has a small point: it’s sexist that consorts are styled differently depending on their sex. But he’s laughably wrong to claim that Queens Consort are equal to their husbands — of course they are not, it’s implicit in the title. Petty dude is super petty.
The easiest solution is to get rid of Queen Consort and style all spouses of a monarch Prince/Princess consort — as Charles claimed Camilla would be — or Duke, if it would make someone feel better. There are going to be a bunch of female rulers going forward now that primogeniture is mostly abolished so why not head future Henriks off at the pass. Not that there’s a single rule in Europe on this stuff, so I don’t see them all agreeing together.
Queen traditionally means Consort of the King and is in Staus below the King or eqivalent to Prince Consort. Thats the reason why the Titel Queen Regnant exist, to show that she is Queen in her own right.
He has the same rang as a Queen (consort) but wanted to have the same rank as his wife, Queen Regnant = King.
Henrik’s a total jerk, no question — and the way he complains about not stepping in for his wife because he’s not her equal tires me. That is the deal when you marry royalty.
I’m just arguing that it’s a bit silly for Mary of Demmark to be Queen when Daniel of Sweden will presumably be duke or prince. The title of the consort shouldn’t vary depending on whether the ruler is a man or woman. But all consorts rank below their regnant spouses, no matter what.
But if the others are given the title Queen Consort, not Queen? He has a point.
They floated the idea of Maxima being Princess Consort not Queen Consort as a nod to equality, but too many people shouted the idea down.
Then I think we should call Henrik Queen Consort and he can been Queen Consort Henrik. Problem solved!
Few things are as pathetic as a rich, white, heterosexual man who believes he has been discriminated against. Their sense of entitlement blocks the sun. I dated one and oh, the things I “learned.” He told me that “rape culture” and “misogyny” are examples of hate speech towards men. He believes that we now live in a misandrist society. He despises feminists (I’m a feminist). He believes that he doesn’t have 50-50 custody of his kids after the divorce because the courts discriminated against him. I later learned it was, in part, because he was arrested for a domestic assault of his ex-wife. He says that in 99.9% of domestic assault cases, both parties assault each other but only the husband gets arrested. Note: when a man says his ex was crazy, it’s usually because she would not accept his shit and moved on and his injured ego compels him to assassinate her character. Needless to say I cut off contact with him entirely.
I have dealt with men who are in the men’s movement and think they were treated unfairly and it’s amazing the percentage who were arrested for domestic assault. As an example, my ex boyfriend’s sister was married to one of those guys and he beat the crap out of her until she was finally able to leave him.
Interesting! Yeah, he was disturbingly dismissive of any story of abuse and when I found out about his arrest (of course framed as a lie by his ex-wife although he conceded that he shoved her and she ended up on the ground) it all made sense. I’m really worried about his daughter and the awful sexist and misogynistic things he undoubtedly says around her. When I ended it with him (calmly and rationally) he bombed me with texts like, “Typical hysterical female!!!!” until I blocked him. He comes across as super charming, happy, and adorable when you first meet him but the moment you disagree with him? Bitter, angry, woman-hating dude shows up.
I remember a few years ago the Queen was sick and CrownPrince Frederik took on his mothers duties as Regent for that time. He had some military/greeting/something ceremony and Henrik had to walk and stand behind his son. The horror!
Hendrik threw a tantrum. He abandoned his duties and wife to move to France for almost a year!
Right-and then said he wasn’t angry with his wife or son-but the system itself. But of course vanishing to France seemed to point to his being upset with his family. Jerk.
Then mon cher, consider yourself lucky to be part of the RF in Denmark. We know what happened to the French counterparts.
From what I understand, Henrik could never be named Regent in Denmark. If I understand it, he should! Note, in Denmark they use it more in an Out of the Office, Staff in Charge kind of way. Whenever Queen Margrethe is out of the country or temporarily incapacitated, someone else is temporarily named Regent/Staff in charge. That person always has to be someone who is in line to the throne (Fred, Joachim, her sister Benedikte), never Henrik.
There has only been one consort that has been named regent in Denmark before and that was Queen Ingrid, the mother of Queen Margrethe – and she was deeply loved and respected. However, that was completely unprecedented and only done because of the respect she engendered.
As a joking aside, I wouldn’t want to be buried in the glass coffin either. Margrethe, who is admitted a talented artist, has designed a clear glass coffin/pod on a pedestal so people can see her for centuries to come.
He’s the one who should be buried in a glass coffin… with a pacifier in his mouth, a rattle in ine hand and a baby bottle in the other. For all to see for eternity. Idiot.
Hey that’s Orangino’s European twin!
Imagine being so petty that you’d choose not to be buried next to the person you’ve spent your life with, the person you built a family with… all out of spite. That’s wild.
Rich old man problems. I’m not broken up about it. He can cry it out while touching his millions and his jewelry.
@ Holly Hobby:
Lol….Boo-f*cking-Hoo……As Chandler says: “My wallet is too small for my fifties and my diamond shoes are too tight “
I think these two passionate people sometimes devolve into a public tit-for-tat. After he missed her birthday celebration and went to Venice? There came a royal announcement about how the operations at his winery were being leased out to another company. It seemed like a lashing out from Margrethe. “Retire on me? Fine. I’m taking away your vanity vineyard.” It was spun differently by tabloids, but it came too close on the heels of him ditching her for me to think she didn’t have a say in the decision.
Boohoo what he’s gonna do? Cry in his Rolls Royce?
Visit Versailles and thank his lucky star.
You know, he was incredibly handsome when they got married. I’ve seen footage of the engagement and wedding stuff (it was an “extra” with a DVD I managed to get of Mary and Frederik’s wedding), and she said she was so in love with him that on their honeymoon she could barely eat. How things change, eh?!
It’s customary for a woman marrying an heir to the throne to step up to Queen Consort, but it’s not customary for a man marrying a female heir to the throne to step up to King. These are constitutional monarchies, it’s not up to Queen Margrethe to hand over that status without constitutional approval and a very clear understanding of the title’s limits.
I think Britain used to have something called the Crown Matrimonial (Sixer or LAK about to comment on that?) for men marrying Queens Regnant, but I don’t think it’s in common practice any longer, not least because it could bestow too much power on a male consort who has no right to it except by marriage. If I remember my history, that was one of the issues in Mary Queen of Scots’ marriage to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. He wanted the Crown Matrimonial and she wouldn’t give it to him, afraid of what he might do with it. From what I remember of him, Mary was very likely right.
Henrik is a former diplomat and hardly stupid. I can’t imagine that he didn’t know all this before he went through with it.
Of course he did know.
I would give any person over 80 some leverage whatever they say. Let them. They have lived their life and done their responsibilities and raised their children and paid their taxes and so on.
There were rumours that Henrik and his wife, the Queen, had been living apart / not living much together. So whatever.
Perhaps the tabloids reported things wrongly?
I allow an 81 y.o. person (be s/he black or white, prince or farmer) to say silly stuff sometimes. He has been not the worst husband/father/prince.
Meh. Old man yells at clouds.
I hate the fact that we have a royal family, (im danish), like why am i paying these ppl extravagant amounts of money (over the taxes) to live a lavish lifestyle for which they hardly qualify?
that being said Henrik is one of the worst ones of them all.
The husband of the Queen can never be a King-Consort because a King outranks a Queen. So if QE2 gave Prince Phillip the title of King, Phillip would be the one in charge not her.
Think Elizabeth I worrying if she married and her husband were a full king that he would usurp her because the misogynists of the time prefer male rulers. That is the reason for the prince consirt title. This guy needs to chill and count his blessings.
Oh get a grip.
The man is over 80. So forgive him his spleens. Allegedly they were living apart for quite a while or often or whatever.
Just another man who cannot handle a powerful woman…why any woman is attracted to this type of fool is so beyond me.
I find this whole situation hilarious.
What a petulant tosser. It’s not just old age, he’s been behaving badly well before he had that sort of excuse.
But he has earned himself a royal rank: Drama Queen.