"The Danes are bullying my father"

[Silver]

 
I sincerely doubt that the Danes are bullying Henrik. And if they were, I frankly wouldn't be surprised. He is, for the most part, a whiny spoiled little brat IMHO. He left for France because he felt like he had been "degraded and humiliated" when his son began to claim his birthright. What does he want, pity? I mean Jesus, get over it will you?

[Nattie Lite]

I came across this tonight, which is an interesting description/review of the book about Henrik.  I can understand his feelings about the difficulty adjusting to being a consort, learning the language, and not being fully embraced by the Danish people, but his complaints about being titled "Prince" as opposed to "Prince Consort" just sound whiny to me.  It's not as if those labels come with different job descriptions, which he even acknowledges.  And Trond Isaksen makes the great point that several other prince consorts have simply been titled "prince."  I think The Dame just wants to feel special.

[getafix]

great blog NL...

and Henrik is special. 

that's why WE all call him, THE Dame

G

[Purple]

Oh my God!  I have just written a post somewhere almost defending Derf! ...  Someone slap me!

[Marie]

Oh my God!  I have just written a post somewhere almost defending Derf! ...  Someone slap me!

Here enjoy ! 

[Marie]

great blog NL...

and Henrik is special. 

that's why WE all call him, THE Dame

G

Why The Dame ? Because he's "feminine" ?

[Ddos]

Whenever Frederik and spouse royally fuck up, pardon my crude language,
Henrik Sr. is sent out as a bigbellied distraction to create a smokescreen.
It's a tradition, we all expect it and Henrik has worked hard to fulfill that part:
To demand the title as king?  Now you are just asking to be spanked.
If that title was to be given to anyone without blue blood in their
veins, I can think of a long line of people I would rather see as king.

And to demand to be called a "prinsgemal", a princeconsort. A "gemal" is a spouse,
so a prinsgemal is the spouse of a prince! Was that entirely thought through when
they translated it into Danish? Unless there is something "special" we don't know about
Margrethe, I would say the title should be "prinsessegemal" or "dronningegemal" and yes,
people are snickering when they hear him named as the spouse to a prince.
But I guess just mentioning this is bullying too?

I wonder how real victims of bullying feel to hear the patron saints of the downtrodden
belittle their ordeal? It is clear Frederik and spouse have absolutely no idea what bullying
is all about. It is also quite clear that Frederik have no affection for the Danes and no idea of what
the famous danish "vid" (wit) is all about. And he wants to be our king? Now that's a joke. 

[Maria]

Gotta' say I agree with you on all points

[Piper]

Me too.....and welcome back Ddos 

[Ddos]

Gotta' say I agree with you on all points

Thanks. I think he ruffled a lot of feathers with that remark and no amount of
damage control is going to make people forget about it.

Me too.....and welcome back Ddos 

Thank you. 

[MerryPeacock]

Sigh......what is wrong with the DRF ? When shall they ever learn that they are on their positions to represent the danish people and Denmark, not the other way around. This is (c)low(n)-class Frederik 

[Ddos]

Sigh......what is wrong with the DRF ? When shall they ever learn that they are on their positions to represent the danish people and Denmark, not the other way around. This is (c)low(n)-class Frederik  

What is wrong with the DRF? Let me get my 1000 page thesis.

They believe, like most fundamentalists, that they are always right.
Then if and when they are critized they take it as a deadly insult.
If you add the newfound selfpity Margrethe, Henrik and Frederik
have begun to wallow in, the result is quite pathetic. They truly see
themselves as victims, all be it victims living in castles with a multi-
million dollar income, but they will not be told that they should be
greatful for this because the only opinion worth listening too is coming
from bluebloods. I believe they see themselves as more delicate and sensitive
than the peasant population I belong to and therefore we, the public,
will never be able to grasp how they suffer.

Queen Ingrid in her time did a great thing by at least caring enough to send
out the signal "We know we are just like everybody else. We are just the
keepers of a great past". Unfortunately her daughter turned out dull as
dishwater and believes that she is more than an ornamental figure. Queen Ingrid
requested a story read over her casket reminding the monarch that you have
to learn to serve the public, before you can lead it. I think she meant it as
a final nudge to her daughter but Margrethe refused to listen. The result?
Mary Donaldson as the next Queen of Continuity.

[Marquess]

What an excellent analysis. Much better too that it comes from a Dane.

I always thought that it was just Mary Donaldson who wasa poor communictor and a muddle mind. Now it looks as though it is a problem with this generation of Valdemars and that's how she got in.

I'm a bit surprised that the victim mentality can come from a generation of Viking legacy keepers. Very sad. I am a traditionalist and a constitutional monarchist myself, but that doesn't mean that RFs can think this core of their supporters can take us for granted.

I am an advocate of maintaining royalty, but with the provision that a poor performing (or nonsensical in this case) RF can be made to advocate to a better performing aristocratic or ancient RF. Would that count as bullying?

[Idun]

What an excellent analysis. Much better too that it comes from a Dane.

I always thought that it was just Mary Donaldson who wasa poor communictor and a muddle mind. Now it looks as though it is a problem with this generation of Valdemars and that's how she got in.

I'm a bit surprised that the victim mentality can come from a generation of Viking legacy keepers. Very sad. I am a traditionalist and a constitutional monarchist myself, but that doesn't mean that RFs can think this core of their supporters can take us for granted.

I am an advocate of maintaining royalty, but with the provision that a poor performing (or nonsensical in this case) RF can be made to advocate to a better performing aristocratic or ancient RF. Would that count as bullying?

Denmark had viking leaders, chieftains and kings 1000 years ago. Also, being, or rather going viking, was never a people but something a minority did. The DRF is little Danish these days, especially Henri 

[divinemiss]

I came across this tonight, which is an interesting description/review of the book about Henrik.  I can understand his feelings about the difficulty adjusting to being a consort, learning the language, and not being fully embraced by the Danish people, but his complaints about being titled "Prince" as opposed to "Prince Consort" just sound whiny to me.  It's not as if those labels come with different job descriptions, which he even acknowledges.  And Trond Isaksen makes the great point that several other prince consorts have simply been titled "prince."  I think The Dame just wants to feel special.

Is there anything more annoying than a man marrying a woman of higher social standing (or income) than him and then spending the rest of his life whinging about the fact that his wife has a higher social standing than him?