Christian of Denmark swears by the Constitution, between curiosities and historical coincidences

Almost a month after the grand party organized by grandma Margrethe II for his 18th birthday, for Christian of Denmark Another important day has arrived, which officially establishes his role as heir to the throne. As already happened for her peer Leonor of Spain, the prince’s firstborn Frederik and Princess Mary attended her first State Council, which was held at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen.

A historic day, which saw the boy sitting between his father and grandmother for the first time on a very important occasion, not just on paper. From this moment, in fact, Christian can officially be appointed regent in the event that both his grandmother and his father are unable to do so for any reason. A fairly remote eventuality, but monarchies are also supported by rituals of passage as well as by strict rules and the Danish one is no exception. Christian thus becomes part of the potential regents of the kingdom, together with his father and uncle Joachim and to the princess Benedikte, sister of the sovereign.

As evidence of the day, two shots were released on the official channels of the Danish monarchy, although it was not an event with great pomp.

Christian swore allegiance to the Constitution without too many ceremonies, as per practice. A day that also brings with it a curiosity, as recalled by the Royal Palace: it is the first time that the Council of State has seen the participation of three generations in the line of succession, but also the first in more than a hundred years that the heir to the throne and his heir are of legal age to be regents. The last time was in 1902, when the future Christian X, heir to the throne, made a solemn declaration to the Council of State before taking office as regent. The reason was that the king, Christian IX, and his successor, the future Frederik VIII, both had to travel to London for the coronation of King Edward VII.

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A singular circumstance, which is also repeated in the names: in Denmark, in fact, it is customary for the first-born heir to the throne, if male, to be called Frederik or Christian. An alternation begun in 1513, which no one has ever broken so far. In Copenhagen they may be much more modern than other monarchies, the British one first and foremost, but they also care a lot about family traditions.