However, in private who knows if there were some tensions?
It seemed there were between Frederika & Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain during the arrangements for Juan Carlos & Sofia’s wedding so...
That’s curious, at least to me, to learn Princess Sybilla defended a more liberal view on politics/monarchy, etc. Coming from a German former reigning RF (and I thought the Swedish RF was quite conservative before Carl XVI Gustaf ascended the throne) I always thought she was a staunch defender of a rigid concept of monarchy where duty always come first (and that included marriage).
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: 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.
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: 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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