Crown Prince Frederik, Current Events Part 8: August 2020 - June 2023


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He's very much a King in those photos.:flowers:
 
Crown Prince Frederik looking fantastic in his uniform at this event. Adds an air of regal elegance. Looking every inch a king.
 
It is of course a clerical gala-event, hence his full dress uniform.

And being armed, albeit symbolically, might be considered prudent as one of his ancestors, Knud IV (or Sacred as we know him) was murdered by rebels in a wooden church right next to the current cathedral back in 1086. At the altar in fact, making this fowl deed so much worse.
King Knud was praying at the alter while a few of him men tried to keep the rebels at bay, but they were over-powered and the King was killed - along with his brother Benedikt.
Very appropriately King Knud was defended by twelve men. Or so the story goes.
- And thus died the last Danish Viking-king.

In fact Frederik is wearing his saber inside the church, which was a big no-no in medieval times and one of the reasons why King Knud was praying rather than fighting. And why his hird-carls/house-carls could so easily be overpowered.
King Knud was in the process of gathering an invasion army to take England from William the Conqueror, whose descendant in response to the threat was gathering an army at York. With the death of King Knud, that threat ended and England remained Norman. It's interesting to speculate what would have happened had King Knud landed in Yorkshire, the heart of old Danelaw, because the Normans had not yet secured their position in England.

The irony is that King Knud was killed because he wanted to implement reforms, organized taxation (no less than 10 %, daylight robbery!!) and introduce feudalism. The very things the Normans were introducing in England - the locals not being happy about it!
The Danes were not happy either! So a part of his army rebelled and killed the King. The result being that feudalism was only introduced gradually some 150-200 years later and only really completed after the Feud of the Count in the mid 1530's. One of the main reasons being that if people were dissatisfied they took up arms and rebelled. And that was a thing Danish monarchs had to deal with very often, usually fairly peacefully, until the 1530's.
And that's where the arms-house comes in. Because there was a huge building programme of churches starting during the 1100's and they were pretty much all build according to the same template. And that included an arms-house at the entrance. They are still there, even in newly-build churches. Today they function as a wardrobe and a place to store psalm-books, that the parishioners can borrow.
But in medieval times every free man and his little sister was armed, but they had to leave their weapon in the arms-house. It was very prudent to be armed, because people often wore their finest to church. Abd you never knew if Norwegians or Swedes were on the prowl, heathens that they are. And it was just as prudent to leave the weapons in arms-house because rowdy behavior, arguments and fist fights were quite common in medieval churches! No sitting down, and no meekly listening to the priest, who conducted the whole thing in Latin, that few understood anyway. - It's an open question whether the Pope, had he dropped by, would have understood the Latin that was spoken!

Anyway, back to King Knud. For whatever reason (the Danish bishops were usually related to the kings at the time) it was decided that King Knud was a pretty pious dude so after a little footwork he was made a saint.
So a new church, the current Odense Cathedral was build and named in his honor, Saint Knuds Church.
We must have needed a local saint around that time (do not for one moment believe it was not political) because Saint Knud gathered quite a large and devout following.
He was laid to rest in this new cathedral, which was build in 1095. The building of current cathedral was started in the late 1200s, and completed in 1499.

- And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why we have a bishop in Odense and why Frederik some 950 years later showed up today.

You can still see King Knud aka Saint Knud today:
https://kongegrave.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Knud-den-Hellige-skelet-768x257.jpg
Complete with cuts to his pelvis from sharp weapons.
Next to the skeleton is a painting of how he may have looked like:
https://kongegrave.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/knud-den-hellige-kluge-768x715.jpg
The original cloth that covered the shrine of King Knud is also still there. It's made of silk and was manufactured in Byzantium. It's from the same period os the king himself:
https://kongegrave.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Ørnetæppet-768x540.jpg

The cathedral from outside and inside. The complex it pretty large, because it used to also house a monastery.
https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvis...9/cc/f8/sankt-knuds-kirke.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1
https://media.lex.dk/media/154039/standard_compressed_scanpixId20210212-102554-4
https://k9-drupal-images.k.dk/k9-dr...02-l-1920x1279we.jpg?h=2e1e5ec0&itok=Zj1JKHKa
https://media.lex.dk/media/154036/standard_scanpixId20200920-114253-2
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe..._stor.jpg/1280px-Domkirke-odense-kor_stor.jpg
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Practically every single village church in DK and most town-churches as well, have an arms-house.
That's the part with the red tiles in this photo of an archetypical Danish village church:
https://media.lex.dk/media/167057/standard_compressed_KirkerOgKalkmalerier-335471-NMe-1.jpg

The murder, with quite a lot of anachronistic as well as factual details wrong though:
https://danmarkshistorien.dk/filead...nud_den_Helliges_doed._nr._20._48b0419c66.jpg
This depiction is much more correct. Only being some 100-150 years off in regards to dress and equipment.
https://images.bonnier.cloud/files/his/production/2021/01/27101456/mordet-paa-knud_lead.jpg
 
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Another audience today.
"Canada's Speaker of Parliament His Excellency Anthony Rota is on an official visit to Denmark together with four members of parliament, and this afternoon the delegation was welcomed to Denmark by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Also present at the reception, which took place in Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg, was the Speaker of the Danish Parliament, Søren Gade."
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq7_rLpNGTW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
 
:whistling:Two more unannounced engagements for Frederik (Mary has four at the end of March). I wonder if this is going to be the new way of handling M&F's calendar? Just not put things on there....so different from how the Swedish and Norwegian CPC's calendars are handled. Hmm...optics?:whistling: I will not be shocked if this is the new norm going forward...at least for the next few months anyway.
 
Frederik has visited the troops.

"Camp Valdemar, Latvia

For a year, Denmark has had around 800 soldiers deployed to Latvia as part of NATO's defense plan. Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince visited the Danish soldiers at Camp Valdemar, where the Crown Prince was given a tour and an insight into the soldiers' work and everyday life. There was also time for a trip to the military base's training ground, before the Crown Prince gave a speech to the Danish soldiers in the camp at the end.

In crisis and war, the headquarters will, among other things, have to create the conditions for deploying, for example, NATO's rapid response force and subsequent follow-up forces on high alert, as well as carrying out any combat operations."


more pictures on the DRF facebook

added: a few more from the Ground Forces Mechanized Infantry Brigade Facebook

Frederik visited Headquarters Multinational Division North and the Danish troops stationed in Ādaži, Latvia

More photos from Frederik's visit to the military base in Latvia
 
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For the first time (I think), Frederik will be in London with the Princess of Wales Regiment. The Queen is an honorary colonel.

H.K.H. The Crown Prince takes part in the Colors Parade Ceremony at the 4th Battalion, The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment. London, England, at 08.00.
https://www.kongehuset.dk/kalender/...ttalion-the-princess-of-wales’-royal-regiment

And some good info on why the connection "How is it that the Queen of Denmark is Colonel in chief of the Princes of Wales royal regiment?"
https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-tha...-chief-of-the-Princes-of-Wales-royal-regiment :flowers:
 
:whistling:Crown Prince Frederik looks wonderful in his naval uniform carrying out his duties. He looks very regal and kingly.:crown6:
 
And here's a lovely video.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CrWUydGAdAP/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Frederik should burn all his suits (even the double breasted ones, to Mr. Muhler's distress :D) and just live in his naval uniform. Yes, he can wear pijamas, but only after midnight!

:lol:

I think you will find several here on TRF who agree wholeheartedly with you. ;)

Anyway, I noticed some mature gentlemen wearing bowlers. Are they veterans? Perhaps NCO veterans or a kind of support group for the regiment?
 
Where do I sign the petition? Lol
Frederik in uniform. At least once a week ?

The DRF Facebook shares some photos

Love the one with the portrait of King Frederik IX
https://content.invisioncic.com/r38...humb.jpg.07bf0579df791c7f8bb544a2b27e3d10.jpg

Another gallery from Frederik visit to the regiment in London
https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-ev...rs-to-the-princess-of-wales-s-royal-regiment/

“It is a historic day for our regimental family, and we are honoured that His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has been able to present the Colours on behalf of the Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, his mother Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

“Occasions such as this reminds us of our heritage, the sacrifice of so many and the steadfastness of our soldiers, all of which serves to make the Regiment so unique.”
 
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Today Frederik held again the public audiences on behalf of the Queen
https://www.kongehuset.dk/foto-video/offentlig-audiens-den-24-april-2023
"On 24 April 2023, the Crown Prince held a public audience at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen. At an audience, it is possible to thank for an order or medal as well as for a royal appointment or dismissal."

Wait - I thought QMII was returning to duty. Isn't the audience one of the more sedentary activities she could do. She was able to travel to/from Amalienborg and step on the balcony several times on the 16th and wave, etc. Maybe Frederik should just have continued to be regent tbh. Interesting.:whistling:

Wonder what else Frederik is still going to have to handle in the totality of things. I won't be shocked to have him be the one to officially board the royal yacht next week.:whistling:
 
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WindEurope can hardly be more relevant, because EU decided a week or so ago to increase the output of energy from wind mills in the North Sea by 400 % in 2050.
So thousands of more huge windmills will be build over the next 25 years.
Most of that energy will go to Central Europe, especially Germany.
The aim is of course to ensure that EU will be self-sufficient on energy, preferably next week.
It is going to be an ginormous building programme! Because not only will thousands of windmills have to be build, shipped out, erected and maintained. The power-lines, the German ones in particular will have to be modernized. that means huge investments in German energy infrastructure.
In fact over this past year we in DK have had to cut down on energy production from our windmills, because of a bottleneck in northern Germany, due to the German power lines simply not being geared to handled the output from DK.
At the same time there appears to be a breakthrough on the way in how to finally store energy from windmills.

Like mentioned in the Ukraine thread: EU is mobilizing all available resources and probably faster than it was thought possible.

In short: Frederik will be visiting the west coast of Jutland many times in the years to come.
 
San Francisco? That's only about 33 millimeters north of where you live according to my map.
Will you go? Just tell them you are a friend of the family. ;)

Seriously, will you keep us posted on the local news and whether Frederik is even mentioned?
 
San Francisco? That's only about 33 millimeters north of where you live according to my map.
Will you go? Just tell them you are a friend of the family. ;)

Seriously, will you keep us posted on the local news and whether Frederik is even mentioned?

What's an 8 hour drive on a good day, lol. Less then 2 hrs by plane ;)
He goes yearly it seems and I had seen some coverage but mostly in the Tech/business papers not really main. Northern California is its own mini country to me, but I'll keep my eyes open. (*it would help if he arrived in uniform j/k)
 
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