Royal experts share the reason the Danish royal family posted a ‘candid’ photo of Prince Christian

The Danish royal family has shared a pointed photo of Prince Christian, Princess Mary’s eldest son, on his 17th birthday – and it’s in a relaxed style for a reason.

The European royal family recently came under the spotlight after Queen Margrethe, 82, revealed she would be removing the princely titles from her youngest son Joachim’s four children, Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and Athena, 10.

Prince Frederik’s four children have managed to keep their titles – for now – as he is the heir apparent, despite royal experts’ prediction that they could soon be called into question.

On Sunday, the family’s official Instagram account shared a black-and-white photo of Prince Christian “taken by his friend” that contrasts sharply with some of the more official portraits Danes have shared in the past.

Royals expert and historian Lars Hovbakke Sørensen told BT it’s a genius tactic to portray the young prince as ‘ordinary’

Royal family expert and historian Lars Hovbakke Sørensen said: BT that it is a genius tactic to portray the young prince as ‘normal’.

‘Obviously you want to radiate more tranquility and humanity, and that he is an ordinary young man. It indicates that he is a prince who leads a very ordinary daily life – and it fits the image you want to draw of him in public,” he said.

The royal title changes were announced earlier this month via a palace statement which read: ‘From 1 January 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim can only use their titles of Count and Countess of Monpezat, their previous titles. of Prince and Princess of Denmark cease to exist.’

Queen Margrethe said she wants the four children to lead more normal lives, but her decision upset Joachim and his four children. time comes’.

Now attention is turned to the Queen’s remaining grandchildren, after Princess Mary told reporters last Friday: ‘When the time comes, we’ll be looking at our children’s titles too’.

Historian and royals expert Lars Hovbakke told BT he imagines Frederik and Mary’s children will be split into two groups – with the twins (pictured) potentially losing their titles

Without providing further information, royal experts assume that the princess may say that her youngest children – the twins Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent – could lose their titles in the future.

Historian and royal family expert Lars Hovbakke told BT he imagines that Frederik and Mary’s children will be divided into two groups.

‘You can easily slim down the royal family by, for example, looking at the titles of the twins. It would be in line with the process going on in other European royal houses,” he said.

The Danish royal family is in the midst of a real crisis, according to an expert who said the very public feud sparked by Queen Margrethe (pictured) who stripped her four youngest grandchildren of their titles has shown people a different side

Prince Joachim (center) has publicly expressed his dismay at his mother’s decision to strip his children of their titles (photo LR: Prince Felix, Princess Marie, Prince Joachim, Princess Athena, Prince Henrik and Prince Nikolai in September)

But he believes Prince Christian, third in line to the throne, and Princess Isabella will love them.

‘I don’t think it will affect’ [Princess Isabella] because titles are needed at the top of the succession,” he said.

After the public announcement was made, Prince Joachim told Ekstra Bladet that his children were “hurt” by the decision and that he was only given five days to break the news to them before it was announced publicly.

Amid the scandal, Joachim and his second wife Marie admitted that their relationship with his older brother Crown Prince Frederik and his sister-in-law Crown Princess Mary is “complicated.”

A Spanish magazine reported that the prince was “deeply in love” with his sister-in-law and Crown Prince Frederik’s wife, Princess Mary. Pictured in 2014

The Danish Royal Family Tree. Prince Joachim’s children, Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and Athena, 10, will all lose their titles on January 1, 2023

And Spanish magazine Vaniatis Elconfidencial has since sparked more speculation surrounding the split, after it reported that Joachim was “deeply in love with his sister-in-law Mary.”.

Although Prince Joachim is said to have since met his mother to discuss the split, Crown Prince Frederik says he will not be part of the meeting.

After the meeting, the palace confirmed that the monarch and Joachim are “looking ahead” and trying to “find their way” in their differences, amid the very public quarrel.