These festive arrangements will be read by many as a sign that relations between King Frederik and his brother, Prince Joachim, remain strained. Joachim and his wife, Princess Marie, will be spending Christmas away from the royal couple, from whom they have grown seemingly distant since 2022, when Margrethe removed the royal titles of the Prince’s children, Count Nikolai, Count Felix, Count Henrik, and Countess Athena.
No doubt, though, that King Frederik and Crown Prince Christian will…