Adultery and forbidden love. sentimental chaos in the Danish royal family

They probably thought they were out of the woods. A year after a row over titles of nobility saw Queen Margrethe II abdicated to her grandsons, the climate appears to have calmed down a bit within the Danish monarchy, said to be due to resentment against her son Joachim. The only downside is that the royal family is now at the center of a new scandal. Spanish magazine Readings Indeed, on Tuesday, November 7, it was revealed that 55-year-old Crown Prince Frederik, a married father of four, is having an affair with Mexican actress Genoveva Casanova. The two were indeed seen spending the evening together in Madrid on October 25.

On its pages: Readings tells about the events in detail. The actress and the prince would first go to the Pablo Picasso exhibition together before going to El Retiro Park and Genoveva Casanova’s apartment. According to the tabloid, Prince Frederik and the actress entered the building separately around 7pm. Before heading out two hours later, this time in evening clothes. The two would then head to the El Corral de la Moreria restaurant, where they would enjoy a flamenco show. Prince Frederik and his interlocutor only left the facility at 1 a.m. in the same car to return to the actress’ residence. His Majesty would take the plane again the next day.

Family picture

A controversy against which the Danish royal family has decided to show a united front. Prince Frederik and his wife Princess Mary put on a good face as they welcomed King Felipe VI and his wife Letizia of Spain on a three-day official visit to their country. The speaker of the Danish Chamber, in turn, announced in the columns BT: , on Friday, November 10, that officials would not comment on “rumors or insinuations” circulating in the media. Prince Frederik and his wife, for their part, remained walled in silence.

And because a picture is sometimes worth a thousand words, the official Instagram account of the Danish royal family released this Wednesday, November 15, an official portrait of Queen Margrethe II posing, smiling, alongside Prince Frederik, Princess Mary and their eldest son, Christian, who celebrates his 18th birthday that day. If the four looked united, some Internet users, however, noted that the couple did not look so tender in the photo.

Answer by Genoveva Casanova

For her part, Genoveva Casanova has decided to publicly deny rumors of an affair with Prince Frederik. “I vehemently deny what is contained in the articles suggesting the existence of a romantic relationship between Prince Frederik and myself,” she wrote in a statement published by the magazine. Hello ! Any such statement is not only devoid of truth, but also maliciously distorts the facts.”

Before proceeding. “All this is already in the hands of my lawyers, who will take the necessary measures to protect my right to honor, truth and privacy.” The tabloid also noted that during this evening with Prince Frederik, Genoveva Casanova simply replaced a mutual friend who fell ill and had to accompany the prince on his travels.

Marriage and four children

The row is all the more damaging as the sovereign’s son and Princess Mary are set to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in 2024. A love story that had everything from a fairy tale so far. They met in 2000 during the Sydney Olympics. The young woman, then an advertising executive, went to the bar at the Slip Inn Hotel and met the prince there through Felipe of Spain, who knew her roommate.

After a brief long-distance relationship, Prince Frederik and young Mary officially confirmed their romance in 2003 before becoming engaged. They said yes the following year and had four children: Christian (born 2005), Isabella (born 2007) and twins Vincent and Josephine (born 2011). Two decades later, the idyll took a somewhat unpleasant turn. And not only suffered from these rumors of infidelity. The couple has also suffered from speculation surrounding their alleged forbidden love.

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Scandal of titles of nobility

It all starts at the end of September 2022, when Margret II announces the removal of some titles of nobility from her grandsons Nicolas, Felix, Henrik and Athena, children of her son Joachim and his wife Marie. “From January 1, 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim will only be able to use the titles of Count and Countess of Montpezat, and the former titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark are obsolete,” the court explained in a press release. release The official reason for this choice. The monarch intends to offer a normal existence to his grandchildren and let them “shape their own lives”.

Except Prince Joachim reveals that he in no way supports this approach. “In fact, whether we modernize or ease the monarchy, we have to do it in an appropriate way,” he said in an interview with Danish media. BT:, on Saturday, October 1, 2022. It’s still about children.” He adds: “I can say that my children are upset. They don’t know what to do or what to believe. Why should their identity be taken away from them? Why should they be punished like this?’ Complaint to which Queen Margaret II responds with a mea culpa, dated 3 October 2022.

“As a mother and grandmother, I underestimated how influential my youngest son and his family could feel,” she wrote. It left a strong impression, and I’m sorry for that.” However, the sovereign does not change his choice. Since then, Prince Joachim has reportedly been at loggerheads with his mother, brother and sister. The story could have ended there. But the words of Prince Joachim, who says he has a “complicated” relationship with Prince Frederik and his wife Mary, are bringing the old controversy to the surface.

The taste of the forbidden

The Spanish tabloid reports Vanitatis El Confidencial, Margret II’s initiative will have as a background a private scandal involving the heir to the throne and his wife. The newspaper thus claims that Prince Joachim was once “desperately in love with his sister Princess Mary, the wife of his brother Frederick. So much so that the miserable fifty-year-old would one day try to kiss the latter at a gala organized by the Royal Guards Regiment in July 2008, as reported by a Swedish weekly. Svensk Damtidningauxiliary photo.

The newspaper describes the incident as follows. “Queen Margaret’s youngest son, who was showing signs of drunkenness, tried to kiss his sister on the mouth. He dodged as best he could with a nonchalant smile. An embarrassing moment attended by Princess Marie (Joachim’s wife since 1995, Editor’s Note)” According to a Swedish tabloid, rumors of this romance spread shortly after the marriage of Prince Frederik and Princess Mary in 2004.

“What also didn’t help was that in 2007, Prince Joachim announced his engagement to a French woman of the same name and a striking physical resemblance to Mary,” the article reads. Faced with the scale of the dispute, Margret II would then issue a “call for order” and “launch a campaign to show that there are no problems between the two women”. Futile effort. fifteen years later, these clashes resume. A sequential story worthy of a Netflix series.