Queen of Deception: Trine Villemann's Fabulous Poison Pen Recounts the Tale of "Crown Prince Franz" in an "Anonymous" Kingdom in Northern Europe: All Characters in This Story MAYBE MIGHT MAY Be Based on Actual Persons: You Decide, Dear Readers

 

 

Our friend Trine Villemann is at it again! Her novel Queen of Deception is now out as an e-book, available via Amazon through a Kindle device or Kindle app. Click on the Amazon link to purchase, or for a free sneak peek through part of Chapter 3!

(Don't have a Kindle reader, you say? No problem! If you have a smart phone or tablet or PC, you can download the free Kindle app. Takes two seconds. From there, you can purchase an e-book that will be downloaded directly - wireless! - to the Kindle app for your reading pleasure.)

The story may (MAY) seem somewhat kinda familiar to you if you've been following this blog and/or Royal Dish for a while. Something about a spineless jelly fish whose mother is queen and spins some lies to keep up appearances which might normally be harmless as it's mostly all about the theatre of royal public life but then it hits our widdle protagonist hard in the gut causing severe pain that he is unable to treat either because he won't speak up and/or some weird macho can't-show-weakness thing from his tough daddy and/or because the evil, greedy succubus who latched onto him with the queen's help like a leech on an open wound prevented him from doing so and/or the Grey Men (TM) won't listen to him so then he starts drinking carousing and cavorting in most unroyal ways as the downward spiral continues. JUICY! Imagine if such a story were real! Oh wait!

As longtime readers, many of you know Trine well, and how she does not pull punches. Our girl is sharp-tongued, direct and not an enabler to BS. Her previous books have been a hit in both Danish and English, "1015 Copenhagen K" and "The King and Queen of Greenland". Now that you have that Kindle app, go ahead and download the book that Mary wanted banned! Well done, Trine!

Additionally, Trine's husband Malcolm Brabant has his own story to tell, and it is one of the most riveting true stories you'll read. "Malcolm is a Little Unwell" tells the story of Brabsie's decent into madness following a yellow fever jab. With humour and deep insight, Malcolm paints a stunning portrait of his and his family's life in Greece, Britain and Denmark before and after this tainted inoculation and the emotional toil it took on husband and wife, and their young son. Please support Malcolm and Trine's good works and ongoing legal struggles against Big Pharma by purchasing a few great reads for the upcoming weekend. What, you've got to have something to do while Mary's choosing which of her new freebie frocks is best for her Big Aussie Evening on Sunday!

Link to Purchase E-Book: Amazon

Queen of Deception is the first novel by Danish royal author Trine Villemann. It’s a scandalous tale which focuses on the death bed regrets of the Queen of a small anonymous northern European kingdom, as well as the self destructive escapades of the country’s Crown Prince Franz.  

Queen of Deception offers a dire glimpse of life behind the Palace walls, where the cancer stricken monarch, a victim of the most horrifying cruelty, has sacrificed her own happiness in order to fulfill her royal duty. Prince Franz is determined not to follow in his mother’s footsteps. 

Sensitive and weak Franz is a reluctant heir to the throne. After a miserable childhood, living in fear of his strict and violent father, Duke Alfonso, and ignored by his cold mother, Franz fights tooth and nail to avoid his royal responsibilities. He seeks solace in alcohol, drugs and casual sex, and alarms his minders by surrounding himself with a sometimes criminal entourage. Franz falls in love with a nurse, but his desire to marry her is thwarted by the Palace and he ends up succcumbing to a highly ambitious foreign commoner called Vicki. 

In her final days, the Queen realises that the web of deception she has spun is about to undermine the very institution that she has spent her life trying to protect. 

Trine Villemann has earned a reputation as a controversial critic of Denmark’s Royal Family. Her first book, 1015 Copenhagen K, which exposed Crown Princess Mary’s in-laws as being a family of dysfunctional freeloaders, was a best seller in Denmark. Her second book, the King and Queen of Greenland, argued that Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian wife should go on an apprenticeship to Greenland so that they could prepare for the day when they would inherit the throne from Denmark’s Queen Margrethe.

 

Wonder if the e-book's sexy "nurse" character (excellent! nurturing and care-giving, just what Freddles needs) bears any resemblance to this young woman? RIGHT THIS WRONG, FRANZ!

Happy 41st Birthday, Katja Storkholm, You Luscious Goddess

GAH! What is it with the Danish media?! Did they have to sign a contract with Lene Balleby or The McCann Group in blood to ensure that Mary's name will be brought up every time a discussion of a better human specimen is undertaken? Poor Katja. What a birthday present. What did she ever do to deserve this? She loved our Derfie, read the writing on the wall that Daisy didn't want her and Fred was too weak to stand up for her, got out, got on with her life, trained in conservation, got married, had a kid, established her own business. And this is what she has to endure? Comparisons to little Mary Donaldson and being just "the ex"? Saturday was your birthday, Katja. Hope it was a happy one and that Derfie was able to share a glass of champers with you before taking off for Sweden - unless you went with him as a birthday treat and to keep supporting the ol boy! A person can dream, no?

Article: BT

The Ex and Mary Are Similar

The strong gaze. The high cheekbones. The little narrow and slightly reserved smile. Just three little details that Crown Princess Mary has in common with her predecessor, model Katja Storkholm, who is now 41 years old.

And just now, when both women have reached a certain maturity and rounded the big 40, the images very clearly show that the similarity between them is striking. And perhaps with good reason.

Although it is many many years ago that Frederik was dating the beautiful former lingerie model, sources close to the crown prince made no secret of that of all his now ex-girlfriends, Katja Storkholm is the one who has meant the most to him. And not only because it was her who broke off the relationship.

Thus, it is reported that Frederick was actually down on his knees and proposed to Katja. Which is hardly an ill-considered gesture for a Crown Prince.

According to Trine Villemann's book '1015 Copenhagen K' it was Katja Storkholm who helped Frederik find his own footing as Crown Prince and was a huge support for him. Among other things, it was her who backed him when he wanted to implement his tough training in the Frogman Corps.

"It happened only because Katja was there and because she supported him," it says in the book where Villemann also called the pair "a real team."

"It should have been those two," she writes.

But the queen seemed to be opposed to the match. And finally, the pair then went their separate ways.

Katja Stockholm was subsequently married to three years younger lawyer and yachtsman Chresten Plinius at Frederiksborg Castle Chapel. Shortly after, the pretty model got pregnant and the couple had a son, Vitus.

In 2009, however, the marriage ended. And Katja Storkholm has since been a single mother and lives in Østerbro along with her son. She has trained as conservator and among other things, specialises in COBRA art.

"I am very diligent, but I also really prioritise my son. I'm his anchor, so that means more than work," says Katja Storkholm in an interview with Børsen.

Speaking about the Crown Prince doesn't phase her. It is water under the bridge for the 41-year-old beauty.

Who in God's name thinks these two women really look alike? One is goooooorgeous, sparkling, and alive; the other is simian, clay-like and dull-eyed.
 

Photos: Franne Voigt and Linda Henriksen

Copenhagen Fashion Week: Katja and Amber Join in the Fun!

The gorgeous Katja Storkholm, love of Fred's life

Copenhagen Fashion Week has started off with a bang. Surprise feature: the presence of Crown Princess Mary (who seemed to boycott her own fashion patronage for the past couple of years), publicity bestie Miss Amber Petty, and the still hot, Number 1 Frex Ex Katja Storkholm looking better than everyone. Cocaine queen and society whinger Rigmor Zobel has made a couple of appearances, and Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott has showed up at the politically incorrect fur show.

Additional photos from 1 February event at the Nimb Hotel for Stasia:

Designer Stasia

Rigmor Zobel



At the 1 February Ole Yde runway show at Georg Jensen, Amber Petty, Camilla Arndt (frequent royal guest on the arm of music legend Bent Fabricius-Bjerre), and Rigmor Zobel with (?) Michaela Kjær, young and privileged daughter of a friend and hunting guest of Henrik and Daisy (if that's her). Amber is wearing the same outfit she accessorised with toilet paper on the bottom of her shoe from an outing to a disco on the eve of the twins' christening when Freddles was seen "networking" with a blonde "family friend" and employee of buddy Jesper Handwerk. Ole Yde is the designer of the tragic gold dress Mary wore to the New York City American-Scandinavian Society anniversary ball with the other Nordic monarchs. Did Amber chat with Rigmor about Danish "snow"?







At the 1 February Copenhagen Furs Show at City Hall, Baroness Helle Reedtz-Thott with Cristal Luttichau, daughter of Daisy's bestie Susanne Heering and sister to Peter Heering, married to Yrma's LIW/Private Secretary. Below them is Schackenborg friend, designer Charlotte Sparre.





At the 1 February CIFF Kids Show at the Bella Centre, Rigmor Zobel and her striking young daughter Esther:





Finally, Jim Lyngvild at the David Andersen show at Radiohuset, 1 February. Jim is a fashion contributor to Billed Bladet, among other media outlets, and has actually been paid to host a "Mary Conference", documented in Billed Bladet, that purports to explain to paid guests why Mary Donaldson is the most beautiful and glamourous woman in the world. No shitting you.

Billed Bladet #26: To Graasten or Not To Graasten

So BB is definitely trying to play both to Team Daisy and to Team Mary by whitewashing whatever nonsense is going on in the palace corridors. First, there is the report that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess will not be reporting to Graasten this year for the annual summer holiday of the Danish royal family. But since the person who dropped that bomb was Trine Villemann who wrote the scathing book "1015 Copenhagen K" on the inner workings and machinations of the royals, you can bet that Mary will do her best to be in Graasten if only to prove Trine wrong. Ironic considering that Mary came out of Trine's book looking the best of the bunch! So, BB doesn't confirm Fred and Mary's presence, but does imply that the whole family will be together at Farmor Daisy's. Again, very funny since Graasten was given to Fred! Mary must be pretty mad and still resentful of the cold shoulder she got last year after announcing a twins pregnancy on the same day as Rosenborg cousin Countess Ruth's funeral.



Richard and Ingrid's expressions say it all - get me outta here!





Photos from over the most recent summers of the Graasten crew.





The week's fashion awards go to Princess Marie and The Duchess of Cambridge! Mary who?





Daisy continues to exercise her artistic talents by designing and watercolouring costumes for The Nutcracker for the Royal Danish Ballet. Is Mary's hobby of shopping going to be fulfilling enough to carry her into old age and earn her the respect of her countrymen and women? Mary has no culture. Even Fred has an artistic sensibility, being into design, art and theatre.





No Mary in the Royal Mailbag. No appearance in Style Finder or Bubbles, either. She's quite a bore, that Australian bogan.



Love the headline! "Mary: I'm a Simpleton". BB is very sly! Note how Mary's sheer shirt is poofing out of her trousers gap, exposing plumber's crack. (A dangerous thing, given how Mary's masculine build could lead to people confusing her with those who practice the manual labour arts.) Note how the Duchess of Cambridge manages never to allow this to happen, wearing clothing that won't broker such unattractive gaps.





Beautiful Frex Ex Katja Storkholm is still looking hot and sexy as she attended a young lady's confirmation party in a cute little black dress from Chanel and a funky jacket from the Spanish island of Mallorca. Very boho-aristocratic sartorial touches blending the high brow with the ethnic, and attending the party of a new Lutheran - how royal! Queen Ingrid is smiling from above.



Darling Princess Marie has passed the final exam for being a volunteer rescue worker! She had to scale down 5 floors of a building in pouring rain. That's quite a fearless feat! Way to go, Marie!



Princess Madeleine is still dating Chris O'Neill. They are, after all, the only two people in Manhattan who still smoke. Process of elimination, eh?





BB is gearing up for the successful North American tour of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. BB's thirst needs quenching since Dumblederf and Morey Antoinette have failed to garner any attention during their visits to the US and Canada for the Olympics.





Billed Bladet never had much fun at all with the ugly Donaldson sisters and their roughly mannered, media-shy brother, so they are in seventh heaven telling you all about Britain's most eligible lady, Pippa Middleton, and how she's so self-assured and walking in her older sister's footsteps.





A terrific aerial view of Monaco with the key wedding locations highlighted. Mary and Fred stayed at the Hotel de Paris and the Friday night cocktail party for the royals was held at the Hermitage Hotel.

Billed Bladet #3: The Twins Go Home!

As with the previous issue, BB dedicates the first 20 pages to the twins birth. You wouldn't think that the 4th and 5th in line to the throne would merit this kind of attention. But look closer because if Mary's position weren't on the line and her behaviour no longer tolerated but despised, they wouldn't get this much attention. Remember the reverse rule of Danish Royal Press Coverage: the more the photos and sugary love, the more precarious Mary's position as a royal.



BB didn't have many good shots to work with on leaving hospital with the little ones, and Mary's makeup was worthy of a corpse, so we get what we get. Mary's facial expressions are funny. She goes from deliberate serenity to overcompensating laughter to trying hard to keep cool when the Aussie reporters ask honest questions that Mary thinks are cheeky and designed to put her on the spot. Careful, Mary! If Australian media dominance is the goal, you must try not to look so seething when you are asked about Queensland's floods. Oh, and careful what country you refer to when you say "home"; the queen is listening! And we don't mean Elizabeth!





A close-up and early personality profile of the boy. Only Mary would dog her children with negative characteristics so early. The boy is "tempermental". So, will he end up as unloved and ignored as Izzy who got the same label? BB thinks he looks like Xian, albeit without Xian's eyeliner. Now, THAT is a put down!





The girl's turn in the spotlight. BB thinks - as do many of us - that she looks like Isabella. Which naturally means she will look like the royal side of the family. Xian is all Boganson. The girl is described as "gentle". Poor thing, she's squinting with fear in checking out her mother! You would, too! BB says that if you believe astrologers, this little one will also enjoy being in the centre.





When she left Hobart, Jane sure did pack the sexy - bogan-style! Hey hey hey! Work that MILF outfit, Jane-y, Craig ain't around! Wow, thigh-high boots, patterned stockings, tight mini (Jane is 46) and an uncanny Boganson eye for a camera and a little taste of sister's sticky-out bum bum. Is that one of Mary's old purses? Jane also picked up another hand-me-down while in Copenhagen: Fred's Vancouver Olympics parka!





Oh dear! Professor Half-Mast Signet-Pinkie-Ring Sluuuuuuuurrrrrrrpppppppson's father looks like his head came in batter form, was poured into a loaf pan and baked into a brick! And there's Mary's "dear granny" and namesake, Mary Elizabeth. Much more pleasant dealings on the other side of the paper!





A little note that Mary supposedly took Izzy to the ballet for the first time only 9 days after giving birth. Something tells me this is pure BB BS. Even if Mary's twat is large enough to cough the twins out, she took a week to leave hospital, why on earth schedule the kiddo's first ballet two days later. Jane was supposedly also there. I think the rule with Mary is that if there are no photos, it didn't happen. She can't do anything without alerting the media!



Fred dropped the kids off at kindy Thursday before Mummy's grand exit. Xian insisted on taking in his Ninja Turtles doll and Transformers robot. Isn't that 15 years past its popularity date? Are these also hand-me-downs from Jane's kids? And look at the nannies who picked them up - they look like the teenagers next door. No, these kids are doomed. Slack-jawed teeny boppers aren't going to properly instruct the future king and the runner-ups on proper royal behaviour and conduct. The evidence is clear: royal children eating pizza slices while walking in the street. Nice, Mary.



All photos of Mary and Fred leaving hospital with their children, 2005 for Xian, 2008 for Izzy and 2011 for the twins.





Has any other royal ob-gyn team POSED for a formal portrait?! Yep, Mary's going down. Only in Denmark would one turn the medical team into superstars for the 4th and 5th in line to the throne that just slid out of Mary's twat Life of Brian-style. This is just bad perfume to cover up Mary's stinky scent! Even Mary's own eyes are watering up! She's losing immunity to her own stench!





Well well well! This is a reward for having lived through the first 20 pages of BB's weekly Mary drivel: we have here the luscious Katja in gala and the beautiful Letizia in a pretty shade of blue. Oh, Katja, how beautiful you look in your modern tiara, up-do, and shapely but not obscene dress. Well done, girl! And on the other page we see Frex friends Ellen Hillingsø and Rose Gad to get us used to Katja not only with other European Crown Princesses, but with Fred's gang. Good fit! And nice touch to have a manly, sniveling Anja staring straight at Katja with confusion. You'll soon be looking for a new job, Anja, because Crown Princess Katja won't be needing your services!!





Adorable lille Henrik accompanied his parents over to the castle of friends Count Michael and Countess Caroline Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille for the Potato Council meeting. Michael's castle Egeskov is one of the 5 farm properties along with Schackenborg that make up an independent agricultural endeavor.





The noble wedding that both Katja and Daisy's friends attended. It is nice indeed that Katja's circle and Daisy's are closing in on each other. This will make the post-Mary transition for Fred and the DRF so much easier!





The Royal Mailbag indicates that if you want a DVD of Victoria and Daniel's wedding, please go to www.cdon.dk or www.discshop.se or www.ginza.se. It will cost 150 kroner ($25 more or less). Also, please look at the photo of the royal guards accepting gifts on behalf of the twins. Mary and Fred could have and should have been much more forthcoming about how gifts would not be necessary and even gone so far as to sponsor little art contests or charitable hospital funds raising for the public to channel the public's energies. But no. If Mary weren't royal, she would be one of those women who feels entitled to a baby shower for the 4th kid, too.