The royalties of northern Europe is just like your other celebrity families, like the Smith's, the Kardasian's, the Kennedy's, the Bush's, etc, in that the money is really in the tabloid material generated thereof. Keep eyeballs on screen and generate ad revenue, so you can get paid for the meet and greets, speaking engagements, productization, etc. That's why I call the monarchies government mandated celebrities.

No lie though, as a mountain monkey, I love the Norwegian king and queen. I'm at bit ambivalent wether or not it should continue after.

But hey, as long as the king delivers heartwarming morale and the queen is putting money into cultural preservation, both being more progressive than most US politician, while having none of the political power, then it's grawl gravy.

10/10. Would go for modern monarchy again.

Nationalism can suck my balls though.

[–] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

American here, and if I may comment about one point you made

both being more progressive than most US politician(s)

We don’t really have progressive politicians, (Bernie Sanders may be the exception?) only some less conservative than the others. It’s eventually going to fall like Rome, probably in my lifetime. I just hope that some other place is willing to take me in when it does, and that I also have the means to get there. That is, if Mother Earth doesn’t decide to exorcize all of us first.

[–] Uglyhead@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Anyone have direct video of the pudding ceremony?

[–] Sylver@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

As is tradition

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

The queen is ~~dead~~ abdicated. Long live the king!

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cool, looking forward to looking over the election results!

[–] drugo@sh.itjust.works 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you were going for some gotcha, but you're just embarrassing yourself

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Not really.

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

About an hour later, her 55-year-old son and crown prince will be proclaimed King Frederik X on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in the heart of the Danish capital.

Citing health issues, Margrethe announced on New Year’s Eve that she would step down, stunning a nation that had expected her to live out her days on the throne, as is tradition in the Danish monarchy.

Margrethe had informed Frederik and his younger brother Joachim just three days earlier, the Berlingske newspaper wrote, citing the royal palace.

And she is an extremely respected and popular figure, so people hadn’t expected this and they were in shock,” Danish royal expert Thomas Larsen said.

Local media said hundreds were heading to the Danish capital from across the country and others were following the live TV broadcast to witness the monumental event.

The new king and queen will leave Christiansborg Palace in a horse-drawn coach and return to the royal residence, Amalienborg, where Margrethe also lives but in a separate building.

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