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Saman Javed

‘I am shocked and confused’: Danish Prince Nikolai ‘very sad’ to be stripped of royal title by Queen Margrethe II

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Prince Nikolai of Denmark has said he feels “shocked and confused” after his grandmother, Queen Margrethe, stripped him and his siblings of their royal titles in the hope that they could live a more normal life.

In a statement on Wednesday (28 September), the monarch announced that she wanted to free the children of her second son, Prince Joachim, of “duties that a formal affiliation with the Royal House of Denmark as an institution involves”.

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