Denmark's popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has apologized for upsetting members of her family with a decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren, but has refused to change her mind.
Last week, the royal palace of Europe's oldest royal monarchy announced that as of Jan. 1, the four children of Margrethe's youngest son, Prince Joachim, would no longer be called prince or princess but instead count or countess of Monpezat - the birth title of her late husband, French-born Prince Henrik. They should be addressed as “excellencies” and would maintain their places in the Danish order of succession.
“I have made my decision as queen, mother and grandmother. But, as a mother and grandmother, I have underestimated the extent to which much my younger son and his family feel affected. That makes a big impression, and for that I am sorry,” Margrethe said in the statement. The change affects his four children: Prince Nikolai, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik, and Princess Athena. Asked how the decision had affected the relationship with his mother, Joachim replied: “I don't think I need to elaborate here.”
Joachim has been married to Princess Marie since 2008 and she is the mother of the two younger children, Henrik and Athena.
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