Well, to me it's not really a question about how old they are or how long they have waited.
To me the most relevant questions are when the heir are in their prime and seen as being ready to take over by the public.
For Frederik that started when he was about 50.
For King Charles, he was in his prime (work wise and experience and so on) about 25 years ago. Whether he was seen to be ready to take over by the general public back then is quite another question, which I not being British feel hesitant about answering.
Victoria is entering her prime for real about now and the public (that's my impression) is feeling that she is about ready to take over.
The circumstances in Norway are of course different, due to Mette-Marit's illness and the time needed for preparing Ingrid. There I think it's a matter of having as many working royals around as possible, buying time for Ingrid.
However, Harald is also the one that most often is not able to perform his duties and needs to call in Haakon as regent. Carl Gustaf himself is still very capable (and also younger than Harald and Margrethe) and Margrethe seems fine except for no longer being able to stand for longer periods of time.Well, to me it's not really a question about how old they are or how long they have waited.
To me the most relevant questions are when the heir are in their prime and seen as being ready to take over by the public.
For Frederik that started when he was about 50.
For King Charles, he was in his prime (work wise and experience and so on) about 25 years ago. Whether he was seen to be ready to take over by the general public back then is quite another question, which I not being British feel hesitant about answering.
Victoria is entering her prime for real about now and the public (that's my impression) is feeling that she is about ready to take over.
The circumstances in Norway are of course different, due to Mette-Marit's illness and the time needed for preparing Ingrid. There I think it's a matter of having as many working royals around as possible, buying time for Ingrid.
But in case of monarchs also abdication becomes more and more "normal"
Queen Margrethe has been very clear about her considering her position being for life. As have King Carl Gustav. Neither will abdicate.I thought Margrethe has hinted that she won't abdicate. I could be wrong- I don't speak Danish, and I think a lot of translations are wrong.
I think of the current spares, Victoria is ready, but is also relishing raising her young kids. Her father appears to have no health issues.
(Too often I think the story is that King Charles had to wait too long. But he completely changed the position of the Prince of Wales. His legacy is secured by just that, even if he did no more as King. And those Windsor genes usually mean longevity.)
Thank goodness for BB and photo agencies...if not we would never know about Mary's events (ie like The Mary Foundation one yesterday). Are her patronages and foundation not part of her official duties and responsibilities?
The DRF calendar is so unreliable, it's ridiculous. A major own goal as the press department, who I assume is responsible for the website, should be perfectly aware by now that the press only rely on that when accumulating engagement totals for pieces like the clickbaity "Frederik is so lazy" article, Ekstra Bladet ran last week. What's the point of having a calendar if it's not comprehensible?
Have to agree.
I have simply given up trying to figure out why the DRF publish so little information about about what they are up to.
A daily blog.
Real in depth information about the various protections and causes.
News. - (Ukraine has for example just praised QMII. No mentioning or why.)
Mini documentaries, say a day at the office, following a DRF member to an event.
Behind the scenes features.
What is the staff doing, from cleaners to chief of court.
More photos, even something as mundane as say Mary behind her desk will be interesting.
Explaining rituals and traditions.
A weekly historical feature - with the DRF having been around for more than 1.000 years, there should be plenty of material!
A weekly photo tour of a room in one of the palaces.
Q&A: like what is valet doing?
- I mean if an ignoramus like me can come up with this, what can a true professional in communication and PR come up with?
https://www.bt.dk/royale/prins-joac...-overtager-mens-dronningen-og-kronprinsparret
Joachim is going to be Rigsforstander in week #6, that's next week. The school winter holidays are in week #7, sometimes week #8.
The reason is that QMII is going on holiday in Norway as she usually do this time of year, while M&F will also go on holiday but it is not disclosed where. Perhaps Verbier in Switzerland.
It is not known whether our Marie and the children will also be in DK. But I guess they will.
Are there winter holidays in French schools? And if so, when?
- Interesting that M&F chose to go on holiday in week 6, that means two weeks off for their children. Especially as I presume their chalet in Verbier will always be available for them when they want to.
I guess we will have to wait a couple of weeks to learn where they are going.
Do they always go on such extensive holidays a month apart, considering they were just in Australia?
Hope the DRF acknowledge how well Greenland is doing at the Arctic Winter Games going on right now in Canada given Greenland is part of the Danish realm. Greenland is one of the teams participating...they've one 10 medals so far, 4 of them gold.
For anyone interested, here is the link: https://awg2023.gems.pro/Result/Med...437e-4102-84d2-ea9cc9108766&SetLanguage=en-GB
The Wood Buffalo 2023 Arctic Winter Games includes athletes from the Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut, Alaska, Greenland, Nunavik (Northern Quebec), northern Alberta and the Indigenous people (Sami) of Norway, Sweden and Finland.
The games run from 1/29 through 2/4.
https://awg2023.org/
I'm sure Frederik keeps an eye on the results.
It's no secret he reads Greenlandic news.
I also believe that had he been king, it would in some way have been marked by the DRF.
Muhler —
(or any other knowledgeable Danish posters out there)
Can you help me figure out where I stayed on my one visit to Denmark? ? I was traveling with other people, it was somewhere outside of Copenhagen, it was owned by the Lundbeck Institute, they were using it as a hotel/meeting center, it was pre-2009, and somebody said "the king built this place for his mistress".
So I know it wasn't Bernstorff. But other than that, I'm stumped. Any clues?
I am not Muhler ? But I have found an adress of the Lundbeck Institute: Skodsborg Strandvej 113, Skodsborg. That building is "Countess Danner's Mansion":
Https://da.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevinde_Danners_Palæ"]https://da.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevinde_Danners_Palæ
King Frederik 7. bought the mansion in 1852 and lived there with his wife and former mistress, Louise Rasmussen, countess Danner, and later, when widowed, she used it herself.
A very informative BT video - no, not by their "royal expert" this is about economy, which is hardly his field of expertise...