Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s public apology after making the decision to strip her grandchildren of their royal titles suggests there is a ‘huge conflict’ and she is frightened of appearing like an ‘ice queen’, royal experts have claimed

Queen Margrethe of Denmark’s public apology after making the decision to strip her grandchildren of their royal titles suggests there is a ‘huge conflict’ and Link Slot Gacor Hari Ini she is frightened of appearing like an ‘ice queen’, royal experts have claimed.

Amid apparent turmoil within the Danish royal family, the Queen, 82, took the unprecedented step of issuing a public statement explaining her decision to remove prince and princess titles from Prince Joachim’s four children, in which she said sorry for making the ‘difficult decision’ — but insisted it was the right choice.

And according to Danish royal commentators, the public statement is ‘completely unusual’ and shows how serious the conflict within the family has become.

Speaking to Danish publication , royal house expert Lars Hovbakke Sørensen said: ‘It is a completely unusual situation, it is historic, and it shows something about the seriousness that the Queen feels called to make such a personal announcement in a press release. 

‘It is quite unusual and she has never done this before. It shows that there is a huge conflict.’

Mr Sørensen added the Queen’s statement was a way of ‘trying to close this conflict’ and draw a line under it, following several days of turbulence between the monarch and her youngest son.

Last Thursday Prince Joachim told Ekstra Bladet his children, Prince Nikolai, 23, Prince Felix, 20, Prince Henrik, 13, and Princess Athena, 10, had been ‘hurt’ by their grandmother’s decision to remove their princely titles and make them counts and countesses as of 1 January 2023, adding he had only had a few days to break the news to them before it was announced publicly.

He also admitted his relationship with his brother Crown Prince Frederik is ‘complicated’ — and that he hadn’t heard from his mother Queen Margrethe II after she stripped his children of their royal titles. 

However, according to Mr Sørensen: ‘You cannot have members or former members of the royal house constantly speaking in the press about the Queen’s decision and discussing back and forth with each other in full public view.’

He added Queen Margrethe ‘had to say something’ following Prince Joachim’s public comments.

In a statement last night, the monarch admitted she had ‘underestimated’ the impact of her actions but said was ‘a long time coming’ and it had been made as ‘a Queen, mother and grandmother.’ 

Another royal expert, Jacob Heinel Jensen, agreed the Queen felt ‘compelled’ to issue a public statement about the reported animosity and told

He added it is likely she did not want to make a public apology about her decision, but that Prince Joachim’s public comments left her with no choice but to address the accusations.

Mr Heinel Jensen said: ‘Queen Margrethe has felt compelled to [issue a statement], and it is because the Royal House is of course afraid that she will appear like an ice queen, which she has become in the past week. This is of course an attempt to say that she is not, she also feels it and is upset about the situation.’ 

He added he thought the Queen’s decision was the right one — although he was unsure if it would calm Prince Joachim’s strong feelings about his mother’s decision.

The Queen’s statement read: ‘In recent days, there have been strong reactions to my decision on the future use of titles for Prince Joachim’s four children. It obviously affects me.

‘My decision has been a long time coming. With my 50 years on the throne, it is natural both to look back and to look forward.

‘It is my duty and my wish as Queen to ensure that the monarchy continues to shape itself in keeping with the times.

‘It sometimes requires difficult decisions to be made, and it will always be difficult to find the right moment.

‘Carrying a royal title entails a number of obligations and duties, which will in future be the responsibility of fewer members of the royal family. 

‘This adaptation, which I see as a necessary safeguard for the future of the monarchy, I want to make in my time.’

She continued: ‘I have made my decision as Queen, mother and grandmother, but as a mother and grandmother I have underestimated how much my youngest son and his family feel affected. It makes a big impression, and I’m sorry for that.

‘No one should be in doubt that my children, children-in-law and grandchildren are my great joy and pride. 

‘I now hope that we as a family can find the peace to find our way through this situation ourselves.’

Meanwhile she signed off the note; ‘MARGRETHE R.’

According to Mr Sørensen, the incredibly personal statement, which includes the Queen’s admission she had ‘underestimated’ how seriously her grandchildren would be affected by the change, shows how serious the conflict within the family is. 

The statement was released after it emerged Prince Frederik has spent the last week in St Tropez taking part in a sailing competition — while his brother expressed his sadness that his children were to be stripped of theit titles.

Prince Frederik joined friends to defend the prestigious BMW Trophy, which they also won in 2021. 

In a photograph from the event which was taken on Friday, the royal can be seen posing on a boat topless in the sunshine.

The Crown Prince appeared to recline on the boat as he chatted with friends during his seven day visit to the country last week. 

The news comes after Frederik’s brother  Joachim and his second wife Marie admitted their relationship is ‘complicated’.

Speaking to

During the interview, B.T reported that a French woman approached the royal couple and told them their children will ‘always be princes and princesses to her’, apparently leaving Marie and Joachim in tears. 

Elsewhere, Marie, the mother of Joachim’s two youngest children, told the Danish news outlet that her daughter Athena is being bullied at school after the decision was publicly announced earlier this week.

‘They come and say (to Athena): Is it you who is no longer a princess?,’ she said, adding that her children were put under the public spotlight and so she feels the need to defend them.

Last week, Joachim hit out at his mother Margrethe’s decision, saying it ‘punished’ his children, as well as claiming he had only been told the news five days before it was made public — despite the Royal Household insisting the move ‘has been a long time coming’.

Meanwhile, Princess Mary came out in public support of her mother-in-law’s move while speaking in an interview with  in Copenhagen on Friday, saying that while ‘change can be extremely difficult and can really hurt…this does not mean that the decision is not the right one’.

The oldest son of Australian-born Princess Mary, 50, and Frederik is Prince Christian, 16, who is second-in-line to the throne.  

Frederick and Mary’s four children — Prince Christian, 16, Princess Isabella, 15, and twins Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent, 11 — remain unaffected by the monarch’s decision as they are direct descendants of the future King. 

However Princess Mary suggested that might not always be the case, saying they will ‘also look at [their] children’s titles when the time comes’. 

Speaking about the monarch’s intention to slim down the Danish royal family, Joachim said: ‘The reality must still be: whether you modernize or slim down, it must be done in a proper way.It’s about children. Orderliness and children. It is a very heavy matter.’

Commenting on Princess Mary’s point that her children may too lose titles in the future, Joachim said: ‘I don’t know how they feel if they have to think it through.Now is preparation time. We didn’t have that.’

Last week, commenting on his children’s reaction to the move to 

The prince, who is Margrethe’s youngest son, said: ‘I can say that my children are sad. My kids don’t know which leg to stand on. What they should believe. Why should their identity be removed? Why must they be punished in that way?’

‘I don’t want to engage in speculation and mudslinging,’ said Joachim. ‘I am telling the truth… I was given five days notice… I was given five days’ notice of this. To tell my children that on New Year’s their identity will be taken from them.’

He added that in May, he was presented with a plan that his ‘children’s identity should be taken from them when each of them turned 25’, to which he asked ‘to be allowed to come back with my proposal’.

But he said he was given just five days notice that the decision was to be accelerated, adding: ‘I am so sorry for my children. I just demand the truth.’

His ex-wife, Countess Alexandra, the mother of his two eldest children, added in a statement to Danish magazine Se og Hør: ‘This comes like a bolt from the blue. The children feel ostracized. They cannot understand why their identity is being taken away from them.’

Her spokesperson Helle von Wildenrath Løvgreen told another news organisation that Joachim learned of his children’s fate via an aide. 

Queen Margrethe spoke neither to her sons nor her grandchildren, it is claimed. 

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