DENMARK ROYAL FAMILY: 7 Reasons Why the Danish Royal Family is Better Than the British Royal Family

hey oprah harry and megan said we could be next we need to talk to you about the danish royal family what denmark royal family look people are sick and tired of hearing about the british family's royal drama people think you know we should focus on a better royal family they're saying maybe denmark's royal family who is having that conversation everyone hold up look just watch this video we made about the danish royal family and you'll totally understand that they're better than the british royal family welcome to rope trotting where derek and mike an american couple who moved from the u.s to copenhagen in 2017. our channel is all about living abroad and traveling the world every thursday we drop our most candid advice and tips based on our lives as expats and explorers for more be sure to visit our companion site robetrotting.com with a link in the description below thank god you're here today we're at amelia palace home of the danish royal family from the flag over the building behind me you can tell that the queen is actually in residence but that doesn't really matter because today's video is all about the reasons why the danish royal family is much better than the british royal family let's get started over my shoulder are the danish lifeguards they're basically the bodyguards of the royal family and every day at noon they do a changing of the guard ceremony so if you're ever in copenhagen make sure to come to emilia and check it out for yourself okay but before we begin let's see if i can give you an overview of the danish royal family in just 60 seconds although there were danish kings before him the danish monarchy officially begins with gorman the old in 936 he started an elective monarchy which somehow always elected the oldest son his son harold bluetooth yep bluetooth unified denmark and converted to christianity in 1375 mcgregor the first the only other female monarch unified denmark sweden and norway into the colomar union 200 years later christian iv built things fought sweden a whole bunch and nearly bankrupted denmark along the way by 1660 fellow iii decided that elections and girls were stupid and declared an absolute hereditary male-only monarchy but in the 19th century there were no more male heirs and a succession crisis culminated in fedor vii giving up absolute power in a new constitution in 1849. christian the 10th tried to bring back absolute power in 1920 but failed only to regain popularity as a symbol of danish resistance during world war ii in 1972 the current monarch joining migrated to annan became queen in her family is her husband henrikh who died in 2018 and two sons felik and joachim prince jocom has two sons with ex-wife countess alexandra prince nicolai and prince felix and kids with current wife princess murray prince henrik and princess athena chrome prince felix is the heir apparent and married to crown princess mary from australia they have four children prince christian who's second in line for the crown princess isabella and twins prince vincent and princess josephine while i catch my breath how about you guys go ahead and subscribe to our channel and be sure to hit the bell icon so you get notified every time we drop new videos on thursdays derek take it away now i'm not going to say anything bad about the brits but when it comes to denmark the royal family members are extremely accomplished let's start with her royal majesty queen magaletta she speaks five languages she studied at cambridge the sorbonne and the london school of economics she's also an acclaimed artist and has had her work displayed in galleries and on postage stamps did you know that she even illustrated the danish version of the lord of the rings that's right she used the pen name igahil grathmer and sent her artwork to jrr tolkien he was blown away by how much her illustrations matched the style he was going for for the book speaking of books she's also an accomplished translator and has even translated works from french and other languages into danish with all of her leftover spare time she's even designed costumes for the royal danish ballet and other stage performances way to go another thing about the danish royal family is they are absolutely passionate about athletics and sport the family often attends the olympics and conference felik is even a member of the international olympic committee he has a personal connection to the olympics as well having met khan princess mary at the sydney olympics in 2000 the family has even won an olympic medal as the queen's niece princess natalie won a bronze medal in 2008 but when it comes to athletes in the royal family there's few better than crown prince frack although he never made it to the olympics himself he's an avid sportsman he's participated in iron mans and marathons and long-distance cross-country events in his youth he was a frogman which is the danish version of a navy seal and to celebrate his 50th birthday he organized what's known as the royal run where he ran five different races in five different danger cities and now it's become an annual tradition another great thing about the danish royal family is they never ever worried about the skin color of their future danish princes now one of the biggest things that came out of oprah's interview with prince harry and meghan markle was that somebody in the british royal family allegedly questioned what the skin color of their baby would look like now the danish royal family got over this a long time ago because the queen's youngest son first wife was alexandra and she was biracial way before meghan markle was even on the scene in britain in fact she was born in hong kong and is of mixed-race chinese and european descent and trust me when i say this nobody ever worried about what their babies were going to look like and i'll tell you one thing the answer was good their oldest son prince nikolai you may have seen walking on the runways in burberry's fashion shows he's 21 years old and his 18 year old brother prince felix is already a teenage heartthrob and another cool thing is that both of them have the title of prince so they're already starting out a little bit better than baby archie another fun thing about the danish royal family is that when countries need a monarchy they call on the danes denmark is the kind of country that everybody loves and that's been true throughout european history and geopolitics as well denmark is big enough that it matters and has some influence but not so big they can upset the balance of power now let me explain for example in the 1860s the greeks overthrew their monarchy because they were tired of their german-born king but they still needed someone to lead their country and they weren't quite ready for real democracy so this is how the danish-born prince william became the great king george the first he got to move up in the world from being the second son of the king to being king of his own country and fun fact he's actually the grandfather of prince philip norway took a similar approach when norway gained his independence in 1905 they also wanted a monarch for their own and that's how prince carl of denmark became king hawking vii of norway he offered the norwegians three important things a little bit of norwegian blood a british wife and most importantly a son who is ready to be an heir and denmark not only provides kings but queens also the king christian ix was known as the father-in-law of europe because of his six children four of them set on a throne to his kings to his queens his oldest son of course became the king of denmark and we already mentioned his second son george the first of greece but two of his daughters got to sit on thrones also one married the eventual tsar of russia and the other the eventual king of the united kingdom in fact he would love to have his family come back and visit him during the summer and when that happened that meant among his grandchildren there were five future monarchs of europe playing in the fields of the royal pals were the future kings of denmark norway russia the united kingdom and greece now another reason to get into the danish royal family is the awesome australian crown princess mary now mike already mentioned that she met her husband prince frank at the olympics in sydney that was in the year 2000 before william started dating his commoner princess kate middleton i guess princess mary was the original princess diaries sorry kate another reason that mary is such an icon is the amazing charity work that she does it's all done through the mary fonda or the mary foundation her charity work has impacted the lives of school kids all over denmark from ages 0 to 8. it fights bullying and is even being implemented in greenland iceland and estonia her other charity work includes helping families and victims of domestic violence and fighting loneliness throughout denmark i guess she's been a little bit busy this year she's also the first royal anywhere to be an official patron of world pride it's going to be held in copenhagen this year in 2021 thanks girl another neat thing about denmark's royal family is they truly are a symbol of the nation now for derek and i as americans there's still a lot of novelty living in a monarchy after all we come from a place where our leaders are politicians and so you always have a case where half the country isn't happy with who's in charge but we think it's really nice having a national figure that can float above politics especially in times of crisis an example of this was during world war ii when king christian the tenth became a national symbol of defiance in the face of german occupation every day he would ride his horse jubilee through the streets of copenhagen without a guard additionally danes would wear pins with his royal cipher a scene an x on them as a symbol of danish patriotism in the face of occupation now these stories are true but many legends grew out of king christian the tenth rule during world war ii for one it's been often written that christian the tenth were a yellow armband to be in solidarity with danish jews now this story isn't true for one danish jews never wore any yellow armbands or yellow stars because they were never required to during the occupation but for certain king christian and the danish government made sure to protect the danish jews and in fact organized a heroic operation to rescue them into sweden a great story for another video another example of this occurred in 2020 when kane vega went on tv to tell all of us to wash our hands stay apart but make sure that we're in this together again showing the power of a good monarch to help keep a country together in a time of crisis now another thing that the danish royal family has over the british royal family is well popularity and support there was a recent poll that showed 82 percent of danes support the monarchy now i'm assuming that the ones who don't will definitely find this video and comment below but overall that's a pretty good popularity rate for anybody in any country now i know that any type of monarchy seems a bit antiquated and unnecessary in the modern age but when it comes down to the danish royal family they somehow seem a bit above all of that while seeming also very down to earth and the danish people like this that's part of the reason why when newspapers cover the danish royals it's not quite as sensationalized as it is in the british press but one big difference between the way that the danish press handles this and the british press handles it is that these things are taken mostly out of curiosity and almost a little fun rather than the british press who makes everything a scandal one of the biggest displays of the queen's popularity occurs each year on new year's eve at 6 pm she delivers a speech from amelia book palace and the entire nation shuts down to watch together in this speech she offers her new year's wishes to the entire kingdom she reflects on her summer travels to greenland and the pharaoh islands and offers almost grandmotherly advice to the entire nation to be kind to one another and pause and reflect for the new year and she always ends the same way goldberg denmark god bless denmark so oprah now what do you think of the danish royal family see oprah we told you and for you guys who liked the video make sure you give it a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel and hit the bell so you can be notified every time we release a new video on thursdays until then skull skull you

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Length: 11min 53sec (713 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 18 2021