If Margarita from Denmark thought that with kind words she would close the gap with Joaquin and Marie from Denmark and their children, then she was greatly mistaken. “I made the decision as a queen, mother and grandmother, but as a mother and grandmother I underestimated how this affected my youngest son and his family. It made a big impression and I’m sorry. Let no one doubt that my children, daughters-in-law and grandchildren are my great joy and pride.”, he said in a statement deploring the damage caused by the deprivation of princely titles to Prince Joaquin’s four children.

Margaret of Denmark, Joachim and Mary of Denmark, Nicholas, Felix, Enrique and Athena of Denmark at the Confirmation of Elizabeth of Denmark

“Difficulties and disagreements can arise in any family, including mine. The whole country was a witness to this. I am saddened by the fact that the relationship with Prince Joachim and Princess Marie has gone through difficulties.. We are now living in a more peaceful and reflective time, and I am confident that the family will be able to approach the New Year with confidence, understanding and courage,” she added at the 2023 New Year’s Eve reception, on the first day of Nikolay, Happy, Henrik and Athena. ceased to be princes of Denmark, and in which was Prince Joaquin, but not Princess Mary, absent due to the illness of her son Henrik, whom she remained in Paris to take care of him.

On February 22, 2023, Queen Margaret underwent back surgery. It was about major surgery it is not specified why he was hospitalized before March 2, 2023. He then began a long rehabilitation period that left him ill for a long time. Both in the hospital and while recovering in Amalienborg He was close to Federico and Mary from Denmark, but not to Joaquin and Marie from Denmark..

Official photo of Margaret of Denmark, Frederick and Mary of Denmark and Joachim and Mary of Denmark for the 50th anniversary of the reign of Margaret of Denmark.

The Danish Royal House has confirmed that the heir couple visited Queen Margrethe several times in hospital ahead of her official trip to India. The same did not happen to Joaquin and Marie from Denmark, who, according to SE og HØR They did not go through the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen during the days when the Monarch was in the hospital.. It is not known whether the couple traveled from Paris, where they live, to the Danish capital to visit the Queen in Amalienborg, although it is assumed that there was at least some telephone contact.

Mary of Denmark, estranged from Queen Margaret

Although Joachim of Denmark has seen the Queen several times since the title dispute broke out, this has not happened to Princess Mary, who The only record is that he was with his mother-in-law in November 2023. at a dinner at the City Hall of Copenhagen, which ended the events dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the reign of Margaret of Denmark. They did not see each other at Christmas or New Year, nor did they meet at the funeral of Constantine the Greek, at which only Joachim was present. There are also no records of visits by Nicholas, Felix, Henrik and Athena to their grandmother.. It is not reported that they went through the hospital on a date while on holiday in the snow.

Nikolay, Henrik and Athena from Denmark go skiing

Although Margarita from Denmark thought the waters would return to their course, the pain caused by the deprivation of half of his grandchildren, depriving them of the princely dignity given to them at birth, seems to have exacerbated the problems of the Danish royal family. The problem is that before the relations between the members of the dynasty were no longer so fluid, and disputes over titles only created the biggest gap between the two blocks.