Count Nikolai and Felix receive special honor from King Frederik X van Denmark – two years after their grandmother queen Margrethe has stripped them of royal titles

Queen Margrethe II of the grandsons of Denmark, Count Nikolai and Graaf Felix de Monpezat, have received a special honor since they were stripped of their royal titles in 2023.

King Frederik X, who succeeded his mother in January last year, Nikolai, 25, and Felix, 22, awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog during a private event for his birthday party in Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen yesterday.

Instagram go, the Danish Royal familyThe official account posted ‘, during a private event for the family breakfast in Amalienborg, on the occasion of his Majesty the king’s 57th birthday, the king yesterday awarded the big cross of the Order of Dannebrog to their excellences Count Nikolai and Graaf Felix.

‘As a result of the agreement, the counts – just like other Danish recipients of the Grand Cross – must have prepared a personal knight’s shield. When it is ready, it is hung in the Ridderkapel in the castle of Frederiksborg in Hillerød. ‘

In the post, a selection of photos showed that Frederik honored his nephews, the sons of Prince Joachim And his first wife, Alexandra Countess of Frederiksborg, with the order.

Nikolai later placed the images again with writing, “very honored to have received the order storkorset Dannebrog from my uncle on his birthday yesterday.”

Nikolai and Felix were Stripped of their royal titles by their father’s grandmother, Queen Margrethe, in a Bombing on January 1, 2023.

Margrethe, 85, announced in September 2022 that the four children of her younger son, the 55-year-old Prince Joachim, could no longer use the title of Prince and Princess after January 1.

She said the decision was meant to make Nikolai, Felix, Henrik, 16 and Athena, 13, to live normally life without royal obligations.

Instead of being princes and princesses, they are counts or countess and referred to as their excellence.

About the royal family and follow -up of the throne pages of the website, are the four royals, who have maintained their positions in line with succession Named with their updated titles.

It was a tumultuous time for the Danish royal family after the prince Stripped Joachim’s four children of their prince and princess stitels – a movement against which he publicly pronounced himself.

But in a television on television on television, Margrethe admitted: ‘That the relationship with Prince Joachim and (his wife) Princess Marie experienced difficulties.

‘Difficulties and disagreements can arise in every family, including mine. The whole country has seen this. ‘

She added that she was “certain that the family could enter the new year together with trust, understanding and new courage.”

Nikolai has since launched his own Instagram account to promote his modeling career – and has rarely been seen with his cousins ​​and aunt since the announcement.

In 2022, Prince Joachim publicly expressed himself against the decision of his mother in the days that followed are children of their titles stripped claim that they were ‘damaged’ during the process.

Months later, the sixth-in-line of the throne admitted that ‘communication’ was missing within the royal family in the run-up to the shock announcement.

Joachim told Local News Outlet BT.: ‘There is a lot to work on. Communication was what was missing. Now we have met and we are on the right track. ‘

Shortly after the decision of Queen Margrethe was announced, Joachim claimed that he was only informed for five days before the news was made public.

In an interview with the Danish publication Ekstra Bladet, Joachim said that his four children were ‘injured’ by the decision of their grandmother.

“I received five days of cancellation period to tell them,” he said, speaking outside the Danish embassy in Paris. ‘In May I received a plan that was generally that if the children each turned 25, it would happen. Now I only had five days to tell. Athena becomes 11 in January. ‘

In the meantime, his ex-wife Alexandra said that her sons, Nikolai and Felix, felt ‘banned’ from the institution and the decision had come as a ‘bolt out of nowhere’.

In response, the royal household released a further explanation and said: “As the queen said yesterday, the decision has long been made.

“We understand that there are currently many emotions at stake, but we hope that the desire of the queen to make the Royal Household will be respected future -proof.”

The royal family, however, seems to have held the drama behind lately when they met Four princess Isabella of the 18th birthday of Denmark.

Despite earlier tensions, all feelings of resentment seemed to have disappeared at the birthday party for a long time.

With the shimmering ball jacket of the public boar, the award -winning versions and a guest list that includes a thousand young people, the 18th bash of Isabella was to remember.

The royal family and the girls of Denmark arrived in the old stage of the lush royal theater in Copenhagen to mark Queen Mary Mary and King Frederik X’s second child in April.

In the official event, the elite of the country came together with a thousand young people in Denmark together with a thousand of the thousandwho tied their tickets through a lottery for a series of breathtaking versions of both established artists and emerging talents.

It was the second official event in honor of Isabella’s birthday, with the first party held in Aarhus Hall on April 11, which, according to Hello, cost a stunning £ 32,542, including security, catering and entertainment, but not the costs of its £ 1,000 mystery birthday gift.

The party pig arrived in style in addition to her parents and brothers and sisters, Crown Prince Christian, 19, Princess Josephine, 14, and Prince Vincent, also 14, earlier Take to the red carpet and make up a storm.

While the Danish royalty, including Queen Margrethe, collected on the carpet in sparkling dresses, other invitations gathered on the steps of the theater to catch a glimpse of the arrivals lined with stars.

Once inside, guests walked through chandelier-lit corridors before they found their place in the theater in preparation for their Majesties and the entrance of Princess Isabella.

Isabella’s cousins, Count Nikolai and Count Felix van Monzepat, the sons of Prince Joachim, were present and wore velvet packjacks with smart bows.