Yes, thanks for the insight on Swedish royal court and Queen Frederika. I seem to recall Frederika organized a cruise for mostly young royals to meet, i.e., matchmaking. The only match, according to some accounts, the royal cruise seemed to have produced were the eventual engagement of the Spanish royal heir, Prince Juan Carlos, to Frederika's daughter, Princess Sofia.
Frederika and the Greek royal court had a different approach to their country's democratic principles, as you pointed out, than the Swedish or many of the other royal courts in Europe. Perhaps if Frederika had not meddled in Greek politics then the Greek throne may not be empty today. However, Constatine can take some of the blame himself but I think he listened to his mother's, apparently, bad advice.
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: I don´t know about the danish royal house but
: there was some tension between Frederika and
: various swedish royals. Stig H.son Ericson,
: marshal of the realm (highest courtier in
: Sweden) wrote his memoirs in the early
: seventies. He mentions that both king Gustaf
: VI Adolf (maternal grandfather of Anne
: Marie) and princess Sibylla had difficulties
: with the greek queen. Different ideas of
: politics/monarchy/democracy and in the case
: of Sibylla; suitable marriage partners.
: Princess Sibylla made clear that marriages
: cant be decided against the wishes of the
: children. I think we all know that Frederika
: was a royal matchmaker.
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: I'm fascinated with Queen Frederika.
: Moreover,
: does anyone know her relationship and her
: husband's with her son's in-laws? Was there
: any relationship at all. Anyway, I recall
: seeing a video of the queen and she was
: being escorted by King Frederik IX. Me
: thinks this was a pre-wedding banquet. I
: recall her son, Constantine, said that
: Frederik locked him in the bathroom after
: informing him of his engagement to his
: daughter, Anne-Marie. So, I suppose, owing
: to Frederika's known meddling in Greek
: politics whether the Danish royal family
: kept a distance from Frederika, so to speak.
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