Prince Christian of Denmark is the heir to the heir – the eldest son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, and grandson of Queen Margrethe. Prince Christian will turn 18 years old in October, and I kind of forgot that he’s so old. After Christian, Mary and Frederick welcomed Princess Isabella, who just turned 16 in April. Their youngest children are 12-year-old twins Vincent and Josephine. So, Christian is getting ready for his big coming-of-age birthday in October, and he has some thoughts. Thoughts about money, and how he’s not going to take the allowance the government will offer him on his birthday:
Prince Christian of Denmark won’t be accepting a royal allowance just yet. On Monday, the Danish Royal House announced that the future king will not be taking the government funding he is entitled to by law when he turns 18 in October. Instead, the eldest son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will continue to focus on his studies, and the issue will be revisited when he turns 21 or if there is a change of throne. Christian’s grandmother Queen Margrethe is currently Denmark’s reigning sovereign.
“His Royal Highness Prince Christian turns 18 on 15 October 2023,” courtiers said in a statement on Instagram Monday, posting the prince’s cypher. “Prince Christian’s main priority in the coming year will be the completion of the Prince’s upper secondary education. In continuation of this, the Royal Palace will provide information on Prince Christian’s further youth and education courses when the time is right.”
“It has thus been agreed with the Prime Minister’s Office that support will only be sought in the Folketing [Danish Parliament] for a law on annuities when the Prince turns 21 or upon a possible change of throne, if it takes place before that,” the update from the Danish Royal House continued. “Only after this is the expectation that His Royal Highness will participate to a greater extent in official contexts. However, it depends on where the Prince is at this point in his education. Until then, just like today, Prince Christian will only participate in official contexts to a limited extent.”
While Christian has stepped out with his parents and siblings Princess Isabella, 15, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, both 12, for royal events like the Royal Run in Copenhagen and Queen Margrethe’s birthday celebrations, he is not yet a full-time working royal. The prince follows his father Frederik, 54, as second in the line of succession and currently attends the Ordrup Gymnasium school.
[From People]
The Netherlands’ Princess Catharina-Amalia did the same thing two years ago, ahead of her 18th birthday – she turned down the $2 million royal allowance she was entitled to as heir. I suspected, at the time, that she turned down the money because she wanted to have a few more years of just being a young adult, traveling and going to university. I suspect that’s part of the reason why Christian has turned down the allowance too – he’s not ready to participate in the quid-pro-quo of what the allowance means in the larger sense, that the Danish people might feel like he should do more or be seen more. It’s also interesting to me that there’s so much transparency with “royal allowances” outside of the UK.
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2019-11-03 COPENHAGEN DENMARK Crownprincess Mary of Denmark. Crown Princess Mary handles the award of Crown Princess Marys honorary award in connection with the Huberus hunting in Dyrehaven north from Copenhagen. The Hubertus hunt is a continuation of the old parforce hunts that Dyrehaven was originally built for. The hunt is 11 kilometers long with 32 obstacles along the way and, with a few exceptions, has been held every year since 1900. In connection with the Hubertus hunt, the Crown Princess will award Crown Princess Marys honorary prize for the winner of the hunt. Picture shows:Princess Mary with children Prince Christian and Princess Josephine attend Hubertus-hunt in Dyrehaven. COPYRIGHT STELLA PICTURES,Image: 540738290, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: UK, USA and AUS ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: Stefan Lindblom / Stella Pictures / Avalon
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2019-11-03 COPENHAGEN DENMARK Crownprincess Mary of Denmark. Crown Princess Mary handles the award of Crown Princess Marys honorary award in connection with the Huberus hunting in Dyrehaven north from Copenhagen. The Hubertus hunt is a continuation of the old parforce hunts that Dyrehaven was originally built for. The hunt is 11 kilometers long with 32 obstacles along the way and, with a few exceptions, has been held every year since 1900. In connection with the Hubertus hunt, the Crown Princess will award Crown Princess Marys honorary prize for the winner of the hunt. Picture shows:Princess Mary with children Prince Christian and Princess Josephine attend Hubertus-hunt in Dyrehaven. COPYRIGHT STELLA PICTURES,Image: 540738370, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: UK, USA and AUS ONLY – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, Model Release: no, Credit line: Stefan Lindblom / Stella Pictures / Avalon
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark celebrates her 50th birthday
Featuring: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark with Crown Prince Frederik, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine
Where: Copenhagen, Denmark
When: 06 Feb 2022
Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images
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Queen Margrethe II celebrates her 83rd birthday at Christian VII Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Denmark
Featuring: Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark with Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent, Princess Josephine
Where: Copenhagen, Denmark
When: 16 Apr 2023
Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images
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Confirmation of Count Henrik at the Danish Church in Paris
Featuring: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark with Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine
Where: Paris, France
When: 18 May 2023
Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images
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Confirmation of Count Henrik at the Danish Church in Paris
Featuring: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark with Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine
Where: Paris, France
When: 18 May 2023
Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images
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These royal families are deferring salaries because of the fear of angering the public. I think it’s a sign that all monarchies are under the constant threat of the abolition and they make these gestures to keep the public on their side.
Agree, Amy. They are reading the room and making decisions based on the temperature of the country.
At least they can read the room, unlike the Windsors
I agree. The Danish royal family recognizes the need to do this and to make it public. They are not trying to anger the public or anger them further. They even stated what that exact allowance was and the fact they won’t be taking it even though it’s his “by law to take”.
Can you imagine Prince Willy turning any money “owed” to him down? No. Way.
I like that the government provides him his own allowance rather than making him dependent on his father like the UK royals.
Yeah that seems like a much healthier idea in the long run, doesn’t it? Imagine if William and Harry had both had annual allowances instead of being completely dependent on Charles. If they moved everyone but the direct heir to the sovereign grant (all working royals that is) – wonder how that would change the family dynamics.
I came here to say the same. Grown people should have control over their own income (when they can), and not be dependent on the whims of relatives.
Sweet pic of him hugging his mom in the thumbnails.
Good. If he’s not receiving a direct salary his expectations should be lower. Looks like any talk of Isabella getting money is out of the door as well and it may never happen depending on how long Daisy lives and when Christian gets married.
this makes sense to me. He doesnt want to be a working royal yet (who can blame him consideirng his age and that his grandmother and father and mother are active working royals) so he’s turning down the money. The transparency around this is refreshing considering how the UK royals cling to their grant money etc regardless of working schedules.
I’m sure someone in the Danish royal family is taking the temperature of the public on this one so I don’t think this is just because Prince Christian is such a better person than other royals (I mean maybe he is, I don’t know, lol), but this is still interesting.
I guess one way the BRF gets around this is the duchy of cornwall, so the heir does not get an allowance, bc the duchy funds him. And then the heir uses the duchy money to fund his family.
Yes, the Duchy of Cornwall funds the heir, but once Prince William and Prince Harry became full-time working royals, they should have been funded by the Sovereign Grant instead of waiting for handouts from Charles.
They always look like a normal happy family. None of the preening, jaw clenching and one-up-manship we get from the Wails.
Agree. What a refreshing, beautiful family. I’m shocked, no shorts for the boys- no peter pan collars or 1800 century cosplaying? Take note Kate…
Totally–the modernity of most of the other European royal houses makes the Windsors look terribly old-fashioned. You can see the contrast most in the youngest generation, but there’s also a huge difference between, say, poor Edward and his old-fashioned suits vs. the way Fred and Joachim and the other 50-something royal princes dress and behave.
A number of the other royal families’ “younger” generations look like they actually care about their spouses and children and want a healthy family unit. Victoria and Daniel in Sweden. Felipe and Letizia in Spain. WA and Maxima in the Netherlands. etc. The trash Windsors stick out like sore thumbs in a number of ways.
Yeah, there’s quite a few of photos of Mette Marit and Haakon holding hands, hugging and kissing as well. Some of it might be cultural differences at play, because the UK still has a lot of stiff upper lip aristos the RF surround themselves with. AFAIK non of the other European monarchies has lords of houses where the aristos has formal power. Norway doesn’t have aristos at all, Sweden and Denmark have some, but I don’t think they appoint new ones outside the RF. In some ways the UK’s society is more old fashioned than the other European countries, and I think that reflects on their RF as well.
I agree, I was just thinking that they look like a normal, happy family. It’s nice.
What did you do the web viewer CB? I usually read this on the treadmill but the font is so small and messed up I can’t today
Saaaaame!
Just to be clear—abolish all monarchies. The other monarchies of Europe seem more in touch than the train wreck which is the British monarchy. Yet, it’s the 21st century and young people are being pressured to plan their entire lives around an elitist, out dated institution which embodies privilege and inequality. Get rid of it!
That’s a choice the people in these monarchies have the right to take. Not foreigners with different state forms.
My advice is free. They can take it or leave it. But I don’t like to see young people unable to make their own life decisions. It’s abusive which is everyone’s business.
ITA. The concept of royalty is disgusting. People should be valued by their merits, not who their ancestors are.
I don’t know enough about any of the other European royals to know if this is truly the case, but I’m always struck by just how normal and at-ease most of them look in comparison to the BRF. The BRF often looks like the actively hate each other (which is probably not far from the truth, really). Even in photos with their own children, there doesn’t seem to be much warmth. The Danish Crown Princely family, on the other hand, just look like any other affluent family.
Fashion sidenote: You don’t often see girls Isabella’s age wearing pantsuits, but I think it works for her! With the sleek ponytail and natural makeup, she looks chic beyond her years, but not TOO grown-up.
I like the mainland European royal families a lot – they seem to have the best interests of their children at the forefront, of ensuring happy lives for them when they are growing up. They don’t seem to be props for their parents – because their parents actually seem to get out and work and don’t need to use their kids to prop themselves up, as in you-know-who.
Comments are spot on.
Good for him for delaying the allowance and royal duties, I hope he can stall until he is 25.
Nice looking family and their photo on the balcony is very good. Really does show the BRF as old fashioned and out of date.
I love that they’re hanging out on the balcony in puffy coats. So much less pretentious!
I lived a year in Denmark as an exchange student and will always admire its people and its government.