A year later than planned: Danes and Germans celebrate the peaceful demarcation of the border in 1920. The baptism of fire for the young Prince Christian.
Copenhagen (AP) – Prince Christian (15) has completed his most important appointment to date as a representative of the Danish royal family. At the side of grandmother Queen Margrethe II (81) and father Crown Prince Frederik (53), he took part in the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the peaceful demarcation between Denmark and Germany on Sunday.
The three of them initially drove in an open carriage across the old border near Frederikshøj south of Kolding, which has become an important symbol of the reunification of the North Schleswig region with Denmark.
Before a subsequent festive German-Danish service in Hadersleben, the young prince in his dark blue suit also welcomed Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender. Shaking hands was not announced due to the corona pandemic, due to the pandemic, Christian, Steinmeier and the other guests of honor also wore mouth and nose protection on the way to the church. By the way, Christian knows his way around the church: The oldest of the four children of Frederik and Crown Princess Mary (49) was confirmed just a month ago.
The Danes and Germans celebrated the peaceful demarcation of the border in their border area in 1920 on Sunday. The celebrations for the 100th anniversary were originally supposed to take place last year, but had to be postponed by almost a year due to the pandemic. The Queen was supposed to continue the rest of the party program as planned without the Crown Prince and Prince. For Christian, who in all probability will one day be the Danish king, it was a kind of baptism of fire and the first time that he played a major role at an official appointment of the royal family.
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