Why Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Stripped Four Grandchildren of Their Royal Titles
royal family isn’t the only monarchy undergoing a shakeup. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced on Wednesday that four of her grandchildren’s royal titles will change. In a statement via the Danish Royal Director of Communications, the children of Prince Joachim -- who is the monarch’s youngest son — Prince Nikolai, 23, Prince Felix, 20, Prince Henrik, 13, and Princess Athena, 10, and their descendants will go by Count/Countess of Monpezat.Their prince and princess titles will be 'discontinued' at the start of 2023. “In April 2008, Her Majesty The Queen bestowed upon her sons, their spouses and their descendants the titles of count and countess of Monpezat.