Denmark Prince Henrik, husband of Denmark's Queen Margrethe II, dies at 83 Prince had lamented fact he was not titled as king and said he would refuse to be buried next to his wife in protest Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik of Denmark at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen in 2016. Photograph: Marie Hald/AFP/Getty ImagesPrince Henrik, the French-born husband of Denmark’s Queen Margrethe, has died aged 83, ending a half-century struggle to win the hearts of Danes that only succeeded in his later years. Diagnosed with dementia last September and hospitalised in Copenhagen since 28 January for a lung infection, Henrik died on Tuesday. Play Video 0:24 Wedding of Prince Henrik and Queen Margrethe II in 1967 – archive videoTeased for his French accent and unable to understand why protocol required him to remain in his wife’s shadow, Henrik never really found his place in Denmark. “People are just used to considering Prince Henrik as … a little dog that follows behind and gets a sugar cube once in a while,” he said.

Source: The Guardian February 14, 2018 05:37 UTC