Prince Joachim
Hidden lace from Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie of Rosenborg
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Prince Joachim reaps hidden criticism from the family. In an interview, Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie couldn’t help but point out Queen Margrethe’s son.
Prince Joachim reaps hidden criticism from Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie
In a new interview, Count Ingolf von Rosenborg, 83, and his wife, Countess Sussie, 73, speak openly about their good relationship with the queen and cannot resist a little dig at their youngest. “My relationship with the Queen is warm, comfortable and confidential. It’s a pleasure every time we meet her. We have great respect for the work she does. And I think it’s mutual,” enthuses the Count “Billed Bladet” by his cousin. His relationship with the Queen has always been “good, trusting and very loyal”. “The work we do here in Jutland is appreciated,” he adds.
Countess Sussie and Count Ingolf von Rosenborg
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Precisely because Prince Joachim no longer lives in Denmark, her work for the royal family is valued, Countess Sussie adds, which she found out from “usually well-informed sources”. “We took over a lot of things that the prince didn’t have time for. That’s appreciated at court and by the southern Jutlanders. They still call the count Prince Ingolf,” she explains with a smile and earns a nod from her husband.
The subliminal criticism of Joachim can be read in her words. For his older brother, however, the Count and Countess of Rosenborg are full of praise. “Yes, things are going well with the crown prince,” says the 83-year-old. “Life goes on. He will be a good king.” He was gradually included and given enough time to develop. Now he’s finally resting within himself. “And then there’s the Crown Princess, who complements him very well,” adds Sussie of Frederik’s wife Mary. She got to know civilian life and gradually grew in her royal duties.
Prince Joachim and Princess Mary are ‘the perfect couple for the succession’
They are the “perfect couple to succeed our queen,” she says. “The Count and I agreed that the Queen can now close her eyes with a clear conscience. Because the next generation is ready, they are doing very well. And they will continue to do so, more and more.”
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Count Ingolf von Rosenborg came very close to replacing the queen. He was initially second in line to the throne, as a female heir to the throne was not planned. When the law of succession to the throne was changed in 1953 – at that time he and Margrethe were both 13 years old – Margrethe took his place. So with the death of King Frederik IX. in 1972 not his younger brother and Ingolf’s father, Hereditary Prince Knut of Denmark, the new regent, but Margrethe.
Sources used: billedbladet.dk, Dana Press