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Princess Mary's son, Prince Christian, makes shock royal move before his 18th birthday
Prince Christian of Denmark has turned down his royal allowance.
Princess Mary’s son, Prince Christian of Denmark, has made the shocking move to turn down his royal allowance.
The Danish royal, who is set to celebrate his18th birthday in October, will instead revisit the funding when he turns 21.
According to a statement released to the royal family’s Instagram account earlier this week, Prince Christian’s focus will be on his studies and completing his education.
“His Royal Highness Prince Christian turns 18 on 15 October 2023,” the statement read, alongside the prince’s cypher.
“Prince Christian's main priority in the coming year will be the completion of the Prince's upper secondary education. In continuation of this, the Royal Palace will provide information on Prince Christian's further youth and education courses when the time is right.”
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“It has thus been agreed with the Prime Minister's Office that support will only be sought in the Folketing [Danish Parliament] for a law on annuities when the Prince turns 21 or upon a possible change of throne, if it takes place before that,” the update from the Royal House continued.
“Only after this is the expectation that His Royal Highness will participate to a greater extent in official contexts. However, it depends on where the Prince is at this point in his education. Until then, just like today, Prince Christian will only participate in official contexts to a limited extent.”
Prince Christian is currently in his second last year of school at Ordrup Gymnasium in Gentofte - a public school in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen.
The prince’s situation may change however if he becomes heir to the throne. Both his father, Prince Frederik and his grandmother, Queen Margrethe, received royal allowances from the age of 18.
Prince Christian is currently second in line to the throne, which allows him some degree of flexibility with timings around his role as a working member of the family.
It's not the first time a royal has shunned the royal allowance, with future monarch Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, doing the same two years ago.
"On 7 December 2021 I will be 18 and, according to the law, receive an allowance," she said in a letter. "I find that uncomfortable as long as I do not do anything for it in return, and while other students have a much tougher time of it, particularly in this period of coronavirus."
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