Prince Henrik of Denmark, the French-born husband of Queen Margrethe II who was popular for publicly expressing his sadness at never being named king, has died, aged 83.


“He passed away Tuesday night, surrounded by his wife and their two sons,” the palace announced.

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The controversial royal had been hospitalized last year with diagnosis of a lung infection and also had dementia.

His flamboyant lifestyle was both loved and frowned at by Danes.

Born Henri Marie Jean André de Laborde de Monpezat on 11 June 1934 in France, Prince Henrik married the then-crown princess Margrethe in 1967. They met while he was a diplomat, stationed in London.

The prince moved to Denmark just before his wedding in 1967, changed his name to Henrik and converted from Catholicism to protestanism as a mark of respect.

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When his wife became queen in 1972, Henrik didn’t mince words to the media while expressing his frustration at still retaining his title of a Prince. His request to be called King didn’t endear him to his subjects.


Instead, many Danes considered him arrogant with a thirst for recognition.


Prince Henrik was outraged when in 2002, his son, Crown Prince Frederik was chosen to represent Queen Margrethe at a New Year’s ceremony instead of him.

The shocked Henrik dramatically flew to France seeking a moment to ‘reflect on his life’ and stayed there for almost a month.

He later told a Danish tabloid that royal staff had pushed him into “third place in the royal hierarchy”.

He expressed being ‘humiliated’ and ‘destroyed’.

“For many years I have been Denmark’s number two,”
he complained.

“I’ve been satisfied with that role, but I don’t want to be relegated to number three,”
the embittered Prince added.

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In April 2015, the Prince strangely cancelled coming to Margrethe’s 75th birthday celebrations citing ill health; he suprisingly showed up in Venice, chilling at a tourist-packed square less than two days later.

According to his wish...

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Rip

Well not all wishes come to pass bro



If wishes were horses beggars would ride .



RIP man.

let him king on the other side of life. there's no injustice there

newyorks:
let him king on the other side of life. there's no injustice there

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