Crown Prince Frederik, Current Events Part 5: November 2014 - November 2015


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is there any controversy over Frederik's car been allowed to go through? Was it on his way to the event or after?

video of the intro to the show
we can see Frederik receive a high five
VIDEO Se den storslåede åbningsceremoni fra Sport 2014 | Sport | DR

video of the end of the show
VIDEO Takkesangen til de frivillige | Sport | DR
Frederik covered in confetti checking his phone
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frederik on stage
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:previous: Oh yes, there is! - Well, at least in the tabloids. I don't know how many ordinary people cares.
As I see it. If Frederik wish to risk his neck to get home by insisting on driving across a closed bridge in the middle of a storm it's his neck and his problem.

Kronprinsen lægger sig fladt ned efter BTs afsløring: Undskyld - Danmark | www.bt.dk
Actually, the court has issued a statement saying that it was a wrong decision by Frederik to drive across a closed bridge, not once but twice. Because he also crossed the bridge in the afternoon when it had just been closed.
The statement reads: The Crown Princee is sorry that it happened and (he) can well understand that the situation caused additional frustrations and anger among the people who had been waiting for many hours to cross the bridge. It was a wrong decision to accept te opportunity for the car to continue and the Crown Prince regrets that".

- Excellent! In my opinion that was the best possible thing he could do.

More so because Frederik actually, shall we say, interpreted the truth upon arriving in Herning where he told reporters that they made it (crossed the bridge) just before closing.
Kronprinsen fanget i at tale usandt om brotur: 'Vi nåede det lige et minut i lukketid' - Danmark | www.bt.dk

Frederik crossed the bridge twice: Nye oplysninger: Kronprinsen kørte TO gange over Storebælt - første gang uden tilladelse - Danmark | www.bt.dk
At 15.15 where he proceeded across the bridge without formal permission.

And again at night where he had been given permission by the local police to cross.

- Now you perhaps begin to understand why we Danes are often labelled the happiest people in the world. If a thing like that can cause headlines, our problems are few indeed. :p

ADDED: http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2015/01/12/132254.htm

PET will now review the procedures ensuring that in the future there will be no crossing of closed bridges during a storm. - If for no other reason than not to endanger rescue workers should there be an accident on a bridge during a storm, presumably. But also, I guess, to ensure the person they are protecting isn't killed by mother nature.

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http://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelige/danmark/prinsesse-marie-indviede-soenderjysk-sygehus

More details are emerging. It turns out that PET was in contact with the local police when the Saturday afternoon arrived at the bridge. The local police prohibited Frederik and his escort from crossing the bridge and said so to the PET officers. They were however allowed to cross the barriers for safety reasons. (more room to manouvre). But once they had crossed the barrier, both cars sped up and continued across the bridge.
The same thing apparently happened at night on the way back. Once past the barrier the cars sped up and continued over the bridge.

- Whether that happened because the PET officers on duty were too obliging towards Frederik or whether Frederik asked the PET officers to "fix it" is an open question.
 
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I truly believes that it wasn´t up to CP Frederik to decide whether to drive across the bridge or not.

I think it was PET´s choice.
 
Bad boy Frederick has [probably for the very first time] made it onto the BBC radio 4 news, with this latest escapade...
 
I guess some in the media love to jump on anything Frederik does wrong.
Another article
Borgerlige forsvarer kronprinsen: - Hvad er problemet? | Politik
I agree with some that say this is no big deal, and there are more important things to worry about.

I guess the easy thing would have been for him to cancel his visit (but of course some in the media would have love to criticize him for that) or stay at a hotel for the night (which im sure he would have also been criticized for as well)

Whether it was his decision or PET, its nice that the court made a statement, hopefully some in the media can move on ;)

another pic of him on stage
http://a.bimg.dk/node-images/158/8/...nsens-bil-over-stormlukket-bro-sport-2014.jpg

Another article, which i only bring because of the picture of Frederik (lovely smile) and this fine statement
"Trine Villemann, an author who has written critically on the Danish Royal House, said the crown prince made an epic blunder. "

this is "epic"? lol
Prince Frederik slammed for 'irresponsible' trip - The Local

reading the danish media, its a little frustrating that this has some great coverage, even on Politiken online, and yet many of his other events are left without a note : ( :bang:

its like they are making a mountain over a molehill. On twitter and reading the comments many people seem to agree that coverage on this has been ridiculous, right or wrong, the court made a statement on Frederik's behalf (which i think was good)

on twitter many Danes seem to make fun of the situation and poking fun of the media coverage, people have been saying stuff like "first world problems" and "never forget" :p

I like these pictures poking fun of "storm bridge gate"
https://twitter.com/GoldenlionDK/status/554639573129920512/photo/1
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Bad boy Frederick has [probably for the very first time] made it onto the BBC radio 4 news, with this latest escapade...

...and onto the dutch (gossip) media as well... :lol:
 
The only issue I have is he potentially risked the lives of rescue personnel. I bet his wife and mother gave him a earful for this stunt though. Upset Mothers and wives have a way of making you not do dumb things again:ROFLMAO:
 
The only issue I have is he potentially risked the lives of rescue personnel. I bet his wife and mother gave him a earful for this stunt though. Upset Mothers and wives have a way of making you not do dumb things again:ROFLMAO:

Totally agree! I'll be interesting to see what, if anything, QMII has to say about it.
 
Certain positions or jobs give a person certain privileges. Unless the crossing the bridge endangered the CPs life this is much ado about nothing.

As this individual said:
Leading opposition party Venstre, however, had no problem with the crown prince’s trip over the bridge.
“We should acknowledge that there is a difference between the royals and the rest of us,” party spokesman Karsten Nonbo told TV2 News.
 
I would venture to say she was more worried for the danger he might have put himself him than headlines...when you have been monarch for decades these kind of minor controversies and criticisms are par for the course and are will be forgotten soon enough.As a mother and human watching Beatrix lost her son through a foolish action Margrethe could easily put herself in B's shoes.
 
I think it's bad if he crossed after being told by the police not to as it sets a bad example that it doesn't matter what the police say he's riyal and will do what he wants.
But equally no one died and there are bigger more horrific things in the world. Love to hear what QMII has to say about it lol
 
Good grief! They had almost five minutes of this on prime time news tonight!

With terrorrism and the freedom of speech under attack, this is headline news? :bang:

Was it stupid? Yes, it was. Frederik has admitted that. Now move on. It wasn't a DUI or anything like that.

Well, according to the newspaper Politiken, the bug has ended at PET. Hoffet giver PET skylden for kronprinsens bro-bisseri - Politiken.dk

Lene Balleby from the court says: "This is the responsibility of the police. The Crown Prince does not have and should not have influence on how transport and security is handled in the most prudent manner and he (Frederik) didn't in this matter".

And in Danish:
Det her er politiets ansvar. Kronprinsen har ikke og skal ikke have indflydelse på, hvordan transport og sikkerhed varetages mest hensigtsmæssigt, og det havde han heller ikke i dette tilfælde
 
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Yes, protection officers are charged with protection not going along with any unwise action or decision of their charges. They have to be firm.
 
To be fair I doubt they tied Frederick down to the car and are him cross the bridge
 
Unfortunate act by the Crown Prince. PET officers should be following police orders rule. There was a reason why people couldn't cross. this time nothing happened but maybe next something does.
 
Good grief! They had almost five minutes of this on prime time news tonight!

With terrorsism and the freedom of speech under attack, this is headline news? :bang:

Was it stupid? Yes, it was. Frederik has admitted that. Now move on. It wasn't a DUI or anything like that.

Well, accroding to the newspaper Politiken, the bug has ended at PET. Hoffet giver PET skylden for kronprinsens bro-bisseri - Politiken.dk

Lene Balleby from the court says: "This is the responsibillity of the police. The Crown Prince does not hane and should not have influence on how transport and security is handled in the most prudent manner and he (Frederik) didn't in this matter".

And in Danish:
Det her er politiets ansvar. Kronprinsen har ikke og skal ikke have indflydelse på, hvordan transport og sikkerhed varetages mest hensigtsmæssigt, og det havde han heller ikke i dette tilfælde

so Frederik didnt interfere?
I cant see him going against the advice of his PET officers.
Im glad the DRF responded and not just ignored,
But hopefully the Danish monarchy can survive this "epic" scandal ;):ROFLMAO:
 
Frederik really wanted to salute the event in herning. That is admirable. I guess going home he thought it went well the first time...

But his action is very out of the Danish character.

It is not acceptable to skip in a line.
And it is not acceptable to break security rules.

We Danes always wait for the green light, before passing a road.....

This will emerge into a big scandal IMO.
 
Well, I prefer to look at it in a positive light.

If this is considered a "crisis" for the DRF, then we certainly have a very well-behaved royal family here in DK.
 
If this counts as a royal scandal this truly must be a shiny happy country. teenage prostitutes? Real estate fraud? Potential military coup? Illegimate kids? Small potatoes! We have prince who crossed a bridge without permission.
 
From reading the online comments and on twitter, most seem to make light of the situation (most are Danes)
the statement from the court says that Frederik didnt intervene on PET matters, I guess if the PET officers saw it as a huge security risk they wouldnt have done it.
all in all, the court commented on this issue right away which was good.

if this does become a huge scandal then i guess the DRF was already on a rocky road (i dont think so)
 
Frederik really wanted to salute the event in herning. That is admirable. I guess going home he thought it went well the first time...

But his action is very out of the Danish character.

It is not acceptable to skip in a line.
And it is not acceptable to break security rules.

We Danes always wait for the green light, before passing a road.....

This will emerge into a big scandal IMO.
That´s not true. I see that you come from CPH, then you know that people on bike alwyas turn right without waiting for the green light.
That people passes a road for red light.
That people skip in line in the bank, at NETTO, getting in the bus

Aso, aso, aso
 
The thing that confuses me most is why didn't he stay over nearby anyway regardless of the bridge being closed?
I've looked online(and I may be getting completely the wrong place) but it seems it takes a good 3 hours to get to either Copenhagen (if he went back to Amalienborg) or Fredensborg. Given that he didn't leave until 1am surely it would have made more sense for him to stay over?
Even if he wanted to be back home ASAP he could have got up early and driven back? Marselisborg Palace is only an hour away so even that would may have made more sense to me.
 
I agree with Lene Balleby on this one. Frederik is not in charge of his own security and while it most certainly was a wrong action, it wasn't his fault. That he then decides to tell reporters at Sport 2014 that he made it over before Storebæltsbroen closed... that is seriously unwise and a major gaffe from his side – he should have refrained from answering at all or avoided the question.

Frederik really wanted to salute the event in herning. That is admirable. I guess going home he thought it went well the first time...

But his action is very out of the Danish character.

It is not acceptable to skip in a line.
And it is not acceptable to break security rules.

We Danes always wait for the green light, before passing a road.....

This will emerge into a big scandal IMO.

Haha, which part of Copenhagen do you come from? I've attended several schools in the very centre of Copenhagen for half of my life and Danes are horrible in the traffic – especially in Copenhagen. If I had a krone for every time I witness people run a late yellow-early red light (cars and pedestrians, both), talking on the phone while they're driving etc. on an average day walking from Nørreport to my school, I'd be a millionaire in no time. I completely agree with FasterB, this is not true at all.
 
I would venture to say she was more worried for the danger he might have put himself him than headlines...when you have been monarch for decades these kind of minor controversies and criticisms are par for the course and are will be forgotten soon enough.As a mother and human watching Beatrix lost her son through a foolish action Margrethe could easily put herself in B's shoes.


If he made it before the bridge closed the first time, I think that it is fine1 but he really should have spent the night where he was, not risking PET lives nor his own. And as you refer Beatrix lost her son thorough foolish action, hope for Fred not to do the same! I think some times this people with a lot of money and power they think nothing will happen to them that they are invencible1 but they forget they are human too! If it was Fred decision I am very disappointed of him! It was an immature and irresponsible action, now if it was Pet it is even worst! shouldn't them to protect the life of the future King?
 
If this counts as a royal scandal this truly must be a shiny happy country. teenage prostitutes? Real estate fraud? Potential military coup? Illegimate kids? Small potatoes! We have prince who crossed a bridge without permission.

Lol, I think you put things in perspective .

It was a mistake but I think a small one, the court has immediately apologized. Good.
I can't imagine frederik insisting on going through if PET thought it was a security risk.
The court has said frederik doesn't interfere with security matters.

I think the court has handled this well by immediately issuing a statement on Frederik's behalf.
Most online have made fun of this coverage.

I don't think frederik would put his life or the PET officers at risk.
I remember a few years ago frederik attended an event were supposedly a threat had been made against him. Frederik said that if that were true he wouldn't have gone as to not put others life in danger. (Sorry if I have the details wrong)
 
Well, ha, for the first time I have heard about the crown prince of Denmark on the radio here in the us! A very quick bit about him crossing a closed bridge and late r apologizing for it, all emphasizing that he used his position to get an easier way. Never heard or seen thm mentioned except maybe a quick mention when the twins were born
Ps it was a light hearted bit of news
 
its exactly this kind of thing that will get him into trouble, even more so as king: feeling entitled and above the law, doing himself what others are forbidden to wait. if i had to stand in line waiting while the limousine krone7 riding past i knew what to think of the people representing me.
Of course, there is always the funny side of it:
#Brogate: Twitter laver sjov med Kronprinsens tur over Storebælt | Nyheder | DR
http://www.mx.dk/nyheder/danmark/story/14938959
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hph...=640f96cba7c61c38973b8b1b896fe09d&oe=55697D75
Flash - Danish prince apologises for crossing bridge in storm - France 24
 
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By now he probably wishes he had never left the Palace at all that day.


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It wasn´t CP Frederik´s decision to cross the bridge. It was PET who took the desicion. Let´s get that straight.

So I can´t see why all keeps blaiming CP Frederik.
 
Golly if that's the worst the danish royal family do I think your doing pretty good.
I'm sure Mary will give him a talking to and he won't do that again


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