In a statement released Monday, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II spoke for the first time after deciding on September 28 to officially strip four of her grandchildren of their title, the sons and daughters of her youngest son Joachim. A decision that was very badly received by the main stakeholders. Prince Nikolai, Joachim’s eldest son, said he was “sad, shocked and bewildered”.
This Monday, the sovereign returned to her gesture: “I made my decision as Queen, mother and grandmother, but, as a mother and grandmother, I underestimated how much it could affect my youngest son and his family. It caused a lot of commotion.” And I’m sorry about that.”
A decision for the future of the monarchy
But despite this clarification, Margrethe II did not express any desire to reconsider her decision. On September 28, the queen assured that her decision had been made in order to free her grandchildren from the chains of the monarchy. An argument that she wielded again on Monday.
“Carrying a royal title includes a series of commitments and responsibilities that, in the future, will affect fewer members of the royal family. This adjustment, which I consider necessary for the future of the monarchy, I want to do from my own leader.” ,” She continued.
Before Queen Margaret II, other royal families took similar steps. In Sweden, King Carl XVI Gustaf had deprived the children of his son, Prince Carl Philip, as well as those of his daughter, Princess Madeleine, of his title.
Source: BFM TV
