But although his father was no longer around to approve/disapprove the union, his mother certainly was. And although her consent was not necessary, certainly her opinion and approval had to matter to him personally.
Does anybody know what, if anything, the widowed Queen Marie thought of her only son marrying a woman like Thyra -- a princess with a scandalous reputation? After all, she had a past, having borne an illegitimate daughter conceived through an affair before marriage.
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