Is it just my impression, or is the Danish Royal Family the only one who has no contact to the people? They seem to be cold and unharmonious.
All Danes, including the RF, do not necessarily fit into the jolly, easy-going, tolerant stereotype. Like Prince Charles remarked, just because you put on the façade of riding a bike instead of a horse doesn't mean you're ipso facto more approchable.
Frederik grouses that the Danes bullied his dad. But on daddys birthday complains about his bad childhood and fathers hardness.
Lol, you make it sound like the Danish Dogme 95 movie "The Celebration". Perhaps it
is closer to the truth about the Danish RF than the fairytale!? But which family isn't to some degree dysfunctional? And although it is rather bad taste to complain about a bad childhood at your father's big birthday party (unless it was unforgiveable bad and you were molested, like in "The Celebration"), Frederik does to some extent fullfill a royal role this way: A monarchy's subjects want to see themselves reflected in their royal family, both the happy traits and the negative traits.
Joachim says he is French - not very patrotic IMO.
A bit odd, I agree. But for those of you who come from larger countries, it may be difficult to understand just how small Denmark is, with its 5,5 million inhabitants. Queen Margrethe has repeteadly warned against the typical Danish danger of being self-content, of ignoring the world outside Denmark. Best warning example: 1864! As a country dependent on export in a globalized world, it's vital that Denmark remains open to the world. Unlike Norway, whose RF it's natural compare the Danish one with, Denmark does not have an unlimited hoard of oil money that can lull people into fairytale dreams. (Best example: Princess Märtha Louise!)
BTW in interviews Queen Margrethe always discusses the world from a very Danish perspective, with very Danish sentiments. Perhaps it's façade and I don't know about the rest of her family, but my impression is that she relates very well to her subjects.
The Queen and her husband forbid their sons to marry Danes, because of the conflicts in this little country. That´s not an argument for me, in the time of computer and airplanes.
I agree that a scandal from the past can travel the world in no time today. But still I think a foreign spouse can lead to less jealousy in the original Land of
Jante.
So my conclusion: they are not patriotic and will not choose names like Malte Filip Somerled Maximilian and Hedvig Eufemia Ragnhild Philippa (which are after seeing hundreds of the same suggestions a nice and good alternative!).
I am glad you like my suggestions!
Now I've taken a look at the younger generations' full names and they are not that bad. I notice several of them feature Valdemar.
