“I have spoken to her and she seemed fine, from what I could hear,” Frederik of Denmark told his country’s media. He was referring to his mother, Margaret of Denmark, who was admitted to hospital after suffering a terrible fall at Fredensborg Palace. The journalists could not believe it: was she really?
The king had not come to the hospital? “No, I haven’t been there yet. She’s fine given the circumstances. Now it’s time for her to recover day by day,” he clarified.
At Queen Margaret’s age, 84, a fall like this can be resolved with care or time or become fatally complicated. At the moment, the monarch is convalescing in the palace, with a
broken hand left, already plastered, and one
injury to the vertebrae cervical spine that will force her to wear a neck brace for several months. It was no joke, although Copenhagen University Hospital has constantly called for calm.
Following Queen Margaret’s discharge, the royal household issued a statement stating that the monarch “is
in a good mood “Under the circumstances, however, she will need a long period of time to recover. This also means that the Queen’s presence at a number of events will be cancelled for some time.” However, King Frederick’s detachment, which was surprising, did not stop with his absence from the hospital.
The scandal has already gone viral, although it cannot be said to have taken a country accustomed to an inopportune Frederick of Denmark by surprise. With Margaret of Denmark just out of the hospital, the monarch has decided to take a few days off
private vacations and he is, once again, missing. This is not the first time he has been criticised for going on holiday at the most inconvenient time, but he has done so alone.
Federico and Mary took a vacation after their proclamation
Last February, less than a month after their proclamation, Frederick of Denmark and Queen Mary decided to leave
Holidays with your childrena decision that once again surprised the entire country. In fact, Queen Margaret had to act as head of state after abdicating in circumstances surrounded by controversy. Let us remember: she gave up the crown only to protect her son from a (yet another) scandal.
Queen Margrethe of Denmark, a few weeks before her accident. / INSTAGRAM (@detdanskekongehus)
It was the photos of Federico and Genoveva Casanova in Madrid, where they both met to enjoy a weekend of cultural enjoyment, that precipitated Margarita’s abdication,
plagued by scandal and, perhaps, by Mary Donaldson herself. In any case, the beloved Danish monarch had assured that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne, so her resignation was due to much more important reasons.
Federico and Mary’s winter vacation, dedicated to enjoying skiing and their chalet in Verbier (Switzerland), took place just two months after the two met in Australia,
to reconcile and, again, vacation. Apparently, the Danish monarchs enjoy frequent getaways to relax from the tension (and criticism) they receive as monarchs and as a couple, due to their complicated marital coexistence.
Federico doesn’t seem to care about his responsibilities
At the moment, this weekend King Frederik of Denmark is
whereabouts unknownas his private holidays shield his movements from public scrutiny. In fact, it was initially assumed that Queen Mary would travel with him, so the initial controversy had more to do with the institutional vacuum that the trip caused: since Prince Christian was in Africa, the regent had to be a convalescent Queen Margaret.
The possibility that the ill-fated Queen Emeritus would have to assume the duties of head of state demanded a definitive clarification from the royal house: she would not be the regent, but Queen Mary, who, therefore, would not travel with King Frederick. Once again, Denmark is faced with the harsh reality of a monarch who
He doesn’t care about his responsibilities. Not only matrimonial ones, but also those that have to do with their constitutional functions.
