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Danish queen refuses to backtrack on stripping royal titles

FILE - Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends a press conference at her Chateau de Caix residence near Cahors, southwestern France, Thursday, Aug.16, 2018. Denmark’s popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has said that the “strong reactions” to her decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren have affected her, sparking reports in the Danish press of tense relations within Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy. (AP Photo/Fred Lancelot, File) FILE - Prince Felix, Princess Marie, Prince Joachim, Princess Athena, Prince Henrik and Prince Nikolai at luncheon on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog to mark the 50th anniversary of Danish Queen Margrethe II's accession to the throne in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Denmark’s popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has said that the “strong reactions” to her decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren have affected her, sparking reports in the Danish press of tense relations within Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File) FILE _ Queen Margrethe II of Denmark greets guests during a break at the Danish Royal Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of Danish Queen Margrethe II's accession to the throne in Copenhagen, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Denmark’s popular monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has said that the “strong reactions” to her decision to strip the royal titles from four of her grandchildren have affected her, sparking reports in the Danish press of tense relations within Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Danish queen refuses to backtrack on stripping royal titles