Final Resting Place for Danish Prince Who Yearned to Be King: Not Beside the Queen
But in a post on Facebook, the Danish minister of culture, Mette Bock, denounced critics for "hypocrisy" and said obituaries would be written "about this fantastic human being who was exciting, different, sparkling and entirely his own." When Henrik made his surprising announcement
that he didn’t want to be buried beside his wife, as was the custom, their elaborate plans for a shared final resting place went out the window.
In life, Prince Henrik of Denmark railed against what he saw as the ultimate injustice:
As the husband of Queen Margrethe II, he was not granted the title of king.
" she said. that He chose to have his ashes spread in Danish waters and a funeral service in Denmark,
Unhappy with the title, which he considered a mark of gender inequality, the Danish
royal announced last summer that he did not want to be buried beside his wife.
Karin Kryger said that It’s a completely new type of royal burial,
The prince died on Tuesday at 83 after falling ill. His burial after a small funeral
service next Tuesday will be a significant break with Danish royal tradition.