The fairy tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty is set to be completed later this month when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark becomes the country’s Queen Consort.
The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish throne was cleared on New Year’s Eve by the surprise abdication of Queen Margrethe II, who announced that she will be stepping down on January 14.
It’s an exceedingly rare move in Denmark, where a monarch hasn’t abdicated since 1146 when King Eric III gave up the crown to join a monastery, according to the Royal House.
It’s a real riches to riches story.
Strewth
It’s 2024 and we’re still doing king and queen stuff apparently
And trying to bring it back. USA is racing toward king Trump the first.
USA can only have one king - Charles III. Make America Great Britain Again!!!
Wow wee! Some family was able to retain power for centuries while stepping on the backs of the proletariat?!?!??
Cant wait to lick her boots!!
Fuckin hell, sometimes Lemmy reminds me of an episode of Citizen Smith
We? Just Europeans clinging to the past.
There’s understandably a lot of negativity on Lemmy about royalty in general, but I’d like to point out that the e queens final move is admirable.
I wish more heads of states knew when to voluntarily quit and let the next generation take over.
Yea, Ruth Bader GINSBERG!
Purple monkey dishwasher
Take over being a queen? Are you kidding? The royalty gig is just for tabloid fodder. This is not what the world needs more of. Glad you like the show though. ;-/
If a monarch has enough power that that matters they have far too much power. I’m generally very anti monarchy, but when Elizabeth died it didn’t matter that she was ancient because she didn’t really matter as more than a figurehead.
There’s a couple of good things about monarchs, even if they’re mostly useless since they don’t have any direct power.
They can still influence people and society through a longer period and with longer lasting efforts than any elected person can in a four year election cycle. This way they’re able to provide a state with a steady course, vision, ideals or goals. Call it what you want; They’re long term influencers.
The royal social circles are more exclusive than the business VIPs. Money doesn’t really count. This has a good effect on the VIPs, because they all want to be in that circle, but they can’t be if they’re blacklisted due to f.i. cheating on taxes, being involved with exploitation or fraud. Of course all kinds of exclusive and secret VIP trades are shady as fuck, but at least it is on the right side of the law when happening in the royal circles. Reputation is everything in the highest layer and not being invited to the castle can be pretty devastating for a business relying on these networks.
Finally, it’s a cheap PR for tourism. Feeding one family to do the job for the entire country is a lot cheaper and more valuable than hiring a marketing department and all that crap. They get paid a lot, but most of it is used for upkeep on the castles and staffing, so the money comes back to the state and would be paid by the state anyway.
So, when the queen decides to break with a tradition that has gone for almost a thousand years, she’s sending quite a signal: That the torch must be passed to the next generation.
This is much needed in society currently where boomers are clinging to their positions even if they’re well above retirement age and completely unfit to do their jobs well due to age in comparison to the younger and better educated generations.
Looking at the commonwealth, I can see why Elizabeth didn’t do this, but at the same time it’s also not ideal to crown a king at age 73. In the perspective of influencing a nation… I don’t have much hope for him to actually do anything useful in the remaining years of his reign. It’s a little late to begin anyway.
British royals still hold a lot of power. And not only over Britain, but all over the world. They still influence global politics.
But there were many examples of her power being kingmaker for government policy.
The myth that the British royal family does not exert its power over the state really needs to end.
Lol from a criminal colony to royalty.
Talk about a downgrade.
Yeah, nah, fuck her.
No Lords. No Masters. Fuck everything about these people. Fuck generational wealth and power. Bring back the guillotines.
Boomers have lost their fucking mind.
Queen Consort != Queen
Ummm, yes it does? That’s sort of the original and most prominently used meaning of the word queen throughout history.
No one really cares about the semantics of royalty.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The fairy tale rise of an Australian sales executive to the upper ranks of European royalty is set to be completed later this month when Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark becomes the country’s Queen Consort.
The final stretch of Mary’s path from Tasmania to the Danish throne was cleared on New Year’s Eve by the surprise abdication of Queen Margrethe II, who announced that she will be stepping down on January 14.
“With her demonstrated humility, grace and kindness I am sure Crown Princess Mary will be embraced as Queen alongside her husband, King Frederik, once proclaimed later this month,” Rockliff said.
Juliet Rieden, editor-at-large for The Australian Women’s Weekly, said most Danes expected Margrethe to be in the job for life, much like Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled until her death in September 2022.
Rieden says on January 14 it’s likely the new King and Queen will appear on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace with the Danish prime minister, and perhaps also wave from Amalienborg, the royal family’s official residence in Copenhagen.
That is likely to increase interest in Mary in Australia, said Rieden, who added that putting the princess on the cover of The Australian Women’s Weekly magazine typically leads to higher sales.
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