At 82, the Queen of Denmark has taken a radical decision concerning four of her grandchildren.
Margrethe II stripped them of their royal titles.
A desire, for the sovereign, to reduce the lifestyle of the Danish crown, but which was not well taken by the main concerned.
These are the children of his youngest son, Prince Joachim: Nikolai (23 years old), Felix (20 years old), Henrik (13 years old) and Athena (10 years old).
The father of the children did not hide his dismay in the press.
“I am totally confused on why it has to happen like this.
It's never funny to see your children mistreated like this.
They are themselves in a situation that they do not understand,” he told the daily Ekstra Bladet.
The school of life
For Nikolai, who goes from prince to count like his two brothers, his sister becoming a countess, it's quite simply "a shock".
Especially since he was only informed "a short week" before the public announcement.
The queen, for her part, had indicated in her press release that her choice was “in accordance with similar adjustments” within the royal family.
"In May 2016, it was announced that Prince Christian (eldest son of the Queen's first-born) would be the only grandchild to receive a state annuity as an adult," recalled the palace.
And to add: "With her decision, Her Majesty the Queen wishes to create a framework for her four grandchildren to be able to build their own lives in a much broader way, without being limited by special considerations and duties. formal affiliation to the Royal House of Denmark as an institution requires.
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The new Count Nikolai will in any case be able to develop his modeling career without worrying about the label, but he has one concern, according to his mother's spokesperson, the Countess of Frederiksborg: "What will they write on my passport now?
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This should puzzle Prince Harry, who is paying dearly for his withdrawal from the British royal family.
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