Prince Henrik's Plans for his Final Resting Place: August 2017

[Muhler]

The court has responded, or rather not responded: Prins Henrik: Dronningen gør mig til nar - politiken.dk

"We have no comments to that at all".

Se & Hør in it's magazine edition tomorrow has this additional quote from PH: Efter chokerende udtalelse: Her er prins Henriks ultimative krav til dronningen | BT Royale - www.bt.dk

Det er min kone og ikke mig, der kan gøre noget ved den beslutning. Hvis hun vil have mig begravet sammen med hende, må hun gøre mig til kongegemal. Færdig. Jeg er ligeglad,

"It's my wife and not me, who can do something about that decision. If she want's to have me buried next to her, she must make me a king-consort. That's it. (As in finito/basta.) I don't care".

[Duke of Marmalade]

I almost feel sorry for him, seeing how obsessed he is with this whole topic.

He's over 80, could retire with his apanage whereever he wants, travel the world, do whatever he pleases, be buried elsewhere without explaining anything to the public but there he goes, destroying his family & reputation for no reason.
Whatever he dislikes, it wont change anyway, too bad he cant make peace with the topic and himself.

[Nordic]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Det er min kone og ikke mig, der kan gøre noget ved den beslutning. Hvis hun vil have mig begravet sammen med hende, må hun gøre mig til kongegemal. Færdig. Jeg er ligeglad,

"It's my wife and not me, who can do something about that decision. If she want's to have me buried next to her, she must make me a king-consort. That's it. I don't care".

Blackmail....Nice...
What an "interesting" two weeks QM has ahead of her at the Chateau.

I hope she doesn't cave in to his blackmail.

[DanyT]

And he keeps going! One would think being buried next his wife , the Queen, would be the ultimate sign of equality.

And can Margrethe even make him King Consort?? Wouldn't the government have to get involved at that point?

[Muhler]

Originally Posted by Nordic

Blackmail....Nice...
What an "interesting" two weeks QM has ahead of her at the Chateau.

I hope she doesn't cave in to his blackmail.

She can't cave in. The public reaction would be very negative!

My bet is something along these lines:
A) He is of sound mind, in which case QMII may have to announce an official separation, because as you say, this is blackmail. And blackmail does not belong in a marriage.

B) He's losing it, and the court will have to issue a statement saying PH is gravely ill. Which would be an admission of him being senile and people should pay no attention to what he says.

[carina_a]

I didn't think it could get any worse, and then PH proved me wrong. Wow. He really took out the 'passive' in 'passive-aggressive'.

And to think QM is flying over there soon to spend the rest of the holiday with him. How nice.

[Blog Real]

As the Queen can not give you the title of King Consort, and he will not shut up with it. I believe that the Queen may even have to abdicate to end this situation. Prince Henrik is putting the monarchy and the Queen and the entire Royal Family in a very complicated situation.

Do you think that after this the Queen may be forced to abdicate?

[uneas314]

OMG I thought this cannot get worse from last week Henrik's statement and I was wrong ,

Make me KIng or You will not have my dead body next to yours

He really wants to be recorded( as I do not think he will be remembered ) as King Henrik

[Moonmaiden23]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Se & Hør in it's magazine edition tomorrow has this additional quote from PH: Efter chokerende udtalelse: Her er prins Henriks ultimative krav til dronningen | BT Royale - www.bt.dk

Det er min kone og ikke mig, der kan gøre noget ved den beslutning. Hvis hun vil have mig begravet sammen med hende, må hun gøre mig til kongegemal. Færdig. Jeg er ligeglad,

"It's my wife and not me, who can do something about that decision. If she want's to have me buried next to her, she must make me a king-consort. That's it. (As in finito/basta.) I don't care".

If I had not read this with my own eyes, I would not believe it. Has Henrik gone mad, finally? If he has no compunction about publicly humiliating his wife and QUEEN before her peers and her subjects and the whole world in this manner, I shudder to imagine what he says and does behind closed doors.

Poor Danes.

[carina_a]

Originally Posted by Blog Real

Do you think that after this the Queen may be forced to abdicate?

As much as I'd like to see the CPs on the throne, I'd rather QM divorce PH and take away his title and income. She should not suffer from his madness.

[Osipi]

I am certain that there are a lot of people right now that wish they could magically transform themselves into the proverbial fly on the wall and be in the chateau in Caix when Margrethe and Henrik come fact to face after his latest outburst.

This is my opinion only but after what has gone down and seems to be continuing to happen, I think QMII should change Henrik's title. Not to King Consort but actually Ex-husband and tell him where he's sitting is his final resting place and not to return to Denmark. This, of course, is dependent on Henrik being of sound mind which I am seriously beginning to doubt.

If, by chance, dementia and/or Alzheimer's is in play here, the Queen and the family have a rough road ahead of them requiring the patience of a saint. They married for better or worse and just maybe this is the worse of it.

I, also, do not see any abdication. To do so would please Henrik to no end as they'd then be "equal" and like a spoiled child, he will have gotten his way through tantrums. Queen Daisy takes her role far to seriously and her love for her Danish people would never come secondary to the rantings of an irrational husband.

[Mbruno]

Originally Posted by Muhler

The court has responded, or rather not responded: Prins Henrik: Dronningen gør mig til nar - politiken.dk

"We have no comments to that at all".

Did he literally say that "his wife doesn't give him the respect a regular wife should give to her spouse" ?

If that is true, I don't see how they can stay married. It looks to me that a divorce is the only option at this point, unless there is some underlying medical condition behind all this.

[xenobia]

OK, I've watched the video now. I understand danish (I'm swedish), and I just don't know if it could get any worse than this.

It's easy to assume that he's suffering from some kind of dementia. But I don't think he is. All royals have access to excellent health care, danish court included. He's been in hospital just a few weeks ago (for other reasons), and I'm sure there is a team of doctors who are monitoring his health. If he's beginning to suffer from dementia, I doubt that the court would have issued their first statements. They would have been quiet or said something about "health issues".

My conclusion is that he's no longer interested in being even a tad diplomatic on this issue, and he doesn't care what it means to his wife and children.

[Duke of Marmalade]

There's no fool like an old fool!

[Curryong]

No, Henrik, your wife hasn't made a fool of you, you've done that all by yourself!
I don't think, looking at him, that this is dementia, just obsession and tremendous grievance welling up, but if it is senility, and Prince Henrik has been properly medically assessed, then a statement will have to be made. This quite obviously can't go on. There will be more outbursts in the weeks to come if he's not stopped in some way.

[MidwestMom]

Wow - that is really bad. PH does look like he's been ill and lost weight. But to speak out so publicly on a private matter is not good. If the Queen does decide to separate (I think divorce is unlikely, especially if he is not of sound mind) from him, I wonder if she will cut back on her work load and turn even more things over to M & F. At her age, she doesn't need this drama.

As for being a fly on the wall, I'd like to be one when QM and her sons discuss this alone.

[polyesco]

Originally Posted by carina_a

I didn't think it could get any worse, and then PH proved me wrong. Wow. He really took out the 'passive' in 'passive-aggressive'.

And to think QM is flying over there soon to spend the rest of the holiday with him. How nice.

agree.
Crown Prince Frederik is currently regent from the 8 to 11.
I wonder if the Queen went to France directly or took some time away.
H.K.H. Kronprinsen er regent den 8. – 11. august | Kongehuset

Henrik has gone to a new low

[Muhler]

This is what Lene Balleby from the court said to Jyllands Posten: Kongehuset har ingen kommentarer til prins Henriks kritik af dronningen - Indland

Vi har videregivet prinsens budskab om, at han ikke vil begraves i Roskilde Domkirke. Og at det skyldes prinsens utilfredshed med sin status og stilling i monarkiet,« siger hun til Jyllands-Posten.»Mere har vi ikke at sige om den sag. De seneste udtalelser fra prinsen ændrer ikke på dette.«


"We have passed on the message of the Prince that he does not want to be buried at Roskilde Cathedral. And that it is because of the Prince's dissatisfaction about his status and position in the monarchy.
We do not have anything more to say about that matter. The latest statements from the Prince does not change that".

[O-H Anglophile]

Originally Posted by carina_a

As much as I'd like to see the CPs on the throne, I'd rather QM divorce PH and take away his title and income. She should not suffer from his madness.

I agree. And I don't think this reflects badly on the DRF--unless they continue to excuse and placate the man.

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by xenobia

OK, I've watched the video now. I understand danish (I'm swedish), and I just don't know if it could get any worse than this.

It's easy to assume that he's suffering from some kind of dementia. But I don't think he is. All royals have access to excellent health care, danish court included. [....].

Having access to excellent care does not prevent dementia or similar problems. Your very own late Princess Lilian, my very own late Queen Juliana, or the late US President Reagan all lost their memory and lived in a twilight zone. So having good care or not is not relevant here, I would say.