Still i assume that in the 1970's the rules would have been altered. Not just to accept the marriages of Knud's sons but also to allow the succession of women. So had it not happened in 1953 it would surely have happened in the 60's or 70's. Depending on the timing either Margrethe would have succeeded her father anyway or Josephine of Rosenborg would have been HH princess Josephine of Denmark and heiress to her uncle King Frederik X. I don't think the Danes would accept a male only succession these days. Neither do i think they would accept that two princes loosing their succession rights because they married Danish women who just happened not to be royal or noble by birth.
I wonder if the Norwegian constitution prohibits it's monarch to be the sovereign of another nation. Also would the Greek constitution allow it?
Constantine of Greece never abdicated so would the Danish and Greek constitutions allow him to be king of both nations at the same time?
The Danish Constitution says: "The King shall not reign in other countries except with the consent of the Folketing [= the Parliament]."
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