auntie said:
But if not, hypothetically speaking, which MAN is in line after Prince Knud's sons???
Hypothetically speaking -
From 24 May 1949-27 Mar 1953, the line to the throne looked like this, according to
http://members.fortunecity.com/successionlines/denmark.html (I edited out Prince Aage, who shouldn't have been on the list, as he died in 1940):
01. HRH Knud Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Died 1976, would have been king for four years)
02. HH Ingold Prince of Denmark (married a commoner in 1968)
03. HH Christian Prince of Denmark (married a commoner in 1971)
04. HH Gorm Prince of Denmark (Never married, died in 1991, would have been king from 1976 - 1991)
05. HH Axel Prince of Denmark (died in 1964)
06. HH Georg Prince of Denmark (died in 1986)
07. HM Paul King of the Hellenes, Prince of Denmark (Died 1964)
08. HRH Constantine Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark (From 1991)
09. HRH George Prince of Greece and Denmark (died 1957)
10. HRH Peter Prince of Greece and Denmark (Died 1980)
(11. HRH Philip Prince of Greece and Denmark, Duke of Edinburgh
12. HRH Charles Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince of Edinburgh (since 6 Feb 1952: Prince of Greece and Denmark, Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay )
11/13 HRH Michael Prince of Greece and Denmark
It's all hypothetical - though - have to put an emphasis on that, as I was misunderstood earlier when I played with hypotheticals.
By the time Gorm died, Constantine and Anne-Marie would have been out of Greece for so many years that they wouldn't necessarily have had a problem with "two thrones"...
It would seem, though, that the Danish royal house, had the succession laws not changed, were kind of shooting themselves in the foot with this "marrying a commoner - lose the rights to the throne thing." On the other hand, Constantine and Anne-Marie does have three sons, and Pavlos has three sons, so maybe nature sorts itself out?