On 30 October 2016 Crown Princess
Mary of Denmark was on hand in Odense to present the 2016 Hans
Christian Andersen Literature Award. This year’s winner, Japanese
writer Haruki Murakami, has had his books translated into more than
50 languages. The ceremony took place at Odense City Hall on Sunday
afternoon and saw a guest lecture from the author and the premier
of a new piece of music which…
Prince Henrik, consort of Danish Queen
Margrethe II, has given up his title of ‘Prince Consort’ or
‘Prinsgemal’ as part of his retirement. It was at first not
officially announced but he was listed on his biography page of the
Danish Royal…
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has
announced during her traditional New Year’s speech that her
81-year-old husband’ Prince Henrik’ is to retire from most official
duties. He will take part in the New Year’s reception on Friday but
he will not be…
Prince Henrik of Denmark, husband and
Prince Consort of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has complained
about the fact that he is not King of Denmark, but rather Prince
Consort and has claimed that this constitutes sexism, according to
an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro. Prince Henrik was
born in France, as Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. He married then
heiress presumptive, Princess…
When you spend as much of your time as we
do browsing for articles, photos and glimpses of our site’s
namesake, Kate (Better and more properly known as Catherine,
Duchess of Cambridge) it’s easy to forget that there are other
Royal families out there beyond the…
