The last few weeks have been very intense for Mary Donaldson (52 years old), who has been very close and complicit with her husband, King Frederick X (56 years old) in her most recent public appearances. It seems that both managed to overcome the storm caused by the photographs of the now monarch with Genoveva Casanova (47 years old) walking through El Retiro in Madrid, images that were published in Lecturas exclusively and that turned the married couple’s life upside down. Now that Mary seems to have changed her attitude after overcoming this crisis and becoming queen, there are many international media that They wanted to comment on the reasons why she has been able to become one of the most popular queens.
Mary of Denmark, one of the most popular queens
We have recently been able to see Mary visiting a nursing home, a visit that coincided with the 30th anniversary of Hjernesagen in Vejle. The queen was in charge of presenting the Honorary Award of the Danish Brain Association to Kenneth Bremer, Peter Meyer and Yago Bundgaard, from AfasiGruppen, who have managed to make “great efforts in favor of people with reduced capacity to speak and communicate as a result of a stroke.” We must remember that Mary has been patron of Hjernesagen since 2007, so this appointment was especially important to her. When she presented this award, the monarch wanted to thank the organization for the 17 They have been working with this group for years, which helps a large part of the 12,000 Danes who are affected by a blood clot or brain hemorrhage each year.
As stated in the German media ‘Bunte’, Mary was especially close to the people at this event, highlighting her closeness to the town, something that would make her one of the most popular queens and loved by the population, as claimed in the international press. In fact, the aforementioned media assures that Mary “was received with cheers and radiant joy”, at which time she shook hands with many of those present, even speaking with children and very excitedly receiving different bouquets of flowers. She seemed so close that this website claims that even He had time to approach a dog and give him different affectionsa great gesture that has not gone unnoticed outside the borders of Denmark.
The new scandal of Frederick of Denmark
Although we were recently able to see the king enjoying an incredible 56th birthday, a day in which half of Denmark took to the streets to celebrate their monarch, it seems that controversy has returned to his life. As ‘Ekstra Bladet’ has published, Margarita II’s son has received a striking salary increase. Apparently, the Folketinget, the name given to the Danish Parliament, has rewarded him with a “salary increase of 17.3 million Danish crowns” (4.5 million euros), an amount that is added to what he already received before become king of the Nordic country. This means that Federico would receive the amount of 37.7 million euros per yeara figure that the country’s population did not like at all.
In fact, another local media, the ‘DR’, has carried out a survey among citizens, a survey with the following results: 48% of citizens consulted “totally disagree” or “mostly disagree” with this measure. Almost half of the population does not view this increase favorably, something that would not be particularly good for the monarch, who seemed to be recovering his good image after the Genoveva scandal. In favor we would only find 20% of those surveyed, declaring themselves “mostly in agreement” with the measure. Of those consulted, 24% have opted for a middle point, “neither agree nor against.”
Federico returns to his low hours
The Nordic media themselves are commenting on “the disservice” that is being done to the monarch with this decision to increase his salary at this time, something that has been fully reflected in these surveys, where almost half of the population is against it. “One of the greatest weaknesses of the Danish royal house is that the population has the impression that they get nothing in exchange for giving them their money. The royal family lives on the illusion that it is a good business, and here the limit of what citizens want to invest in the business of the royal house has been reached,” says royal house expert Kim Bach. In any case, what seems evident is that Federico must tread carefully regarding the next steps he takes as monarch, since his popularity is in danger much more than that of his wife, who seems to be increasing by the moment. “Their way of facing this new chapter of their lives in which they They show almost total contempt for each other.“, commented Judi James, another expert on the subject, to ‘The Sun’ newspaper.
