Princess Elisabeth Sells Her Charming North Zealand Home: Could Be Yours For Nearly 14 Million Kroner

Blog favourite and general bad-ass Princess Elisabeth is downsizing and putting her very adorable wedding-cake home on the market. The 1916 villa in the upscale but not ritzy town of Holte in North Zealand may have too many levels for the nearly 80 year old gal. Who could blame her? And she'll make a mint. She bought the pile 33 years ago paying just over a million. Good! Your father may have been denied kingship, but you can have the last laugh as one of the few members of the Danish royal family with boo-coo cash on hand. Well played, girl.

The photos show a very lovely mini-palace of 288 square metres. There are small but dignified reception rooms at ground level and very functional private spaces with a lovely view out onto the nearby lake. What a perfect post-divorce home this would be for Madam, la Comtesse de Nez-en-air! Can't you just see MoreMore on the balcony of her own personal Elba? It's situated somewhat between Fredensborg/Kancellihuset and Xian and Izzy's school in Hellerup so that she can still show up at her Daisy-mandated official events in her own children's lives. It's also halfway between Copenhagen and Tisvilde on the north coast, in case romantic getaways are necessary?

Listing: Jesper Nielsen

Article: Berlingske

Princess Elisabeth Puts Multimillion Kroner Villa Up For Sale

Queen Margrethe's cousin, Elisabeth Caroline-Mathilde Alexandrine Helena Olga Thyra Feodora Estrid Margarethe Désirée - or for convenience 'Princess Elisabeth', is looking for a new place to live.

The 78-year-old princess today made her magnificent villa at Gammel Dronninggårds Avenue at Furesøen in Holte available for sale for the staggering sum of 13.9 million kroner, well above the purchase price in 1980, when she paid 1,866,000 million for the property .

If you choose to buy the mansion, you must, according to the broker - who has announced the house under the heading 'In POMP & MAGNIFICENCE' - expect to spend 2-3 million DKK to put the property back into good condition, but then you can in turn impress guests with an entry hall with fireplace, two large living rooms ensuite, stucco ceilings, a balcony overlooking the lake, party room and sauna.

Princess Elisabeth, who is unmarried, is the daughter of Crown Prince Knud and Princess Caroline-Mathilde and older sister to Ingolf and the late Christian of Rosenborg.

She worked in the Foreign Ministry from 1956 to 2001, stationed among other places in Washington, DC, and at the Danish UN mission in the Swiss city of Geneva.

She is number 12 in succession to the throne.

Photos: Jesper Nielsen

RIP: Count Christian of Rosenborg: Daisy's First Cousin Was Her Outcast: Make Up For It at the Funeral, Girl Since You Won't Fly the Flag Half Mast Over Amalienborg

Count Christian and Countess Anne-Dorte of Rosenborg

 

Last night at 11pm, Count Christian of Rosenborg passed away at Gentofte Hospital. He had been suffering from cancer and had endured 33 chemo treatments, to which his wife accompanied him every time, despite her own struggles with throat cancer. (Christian had smoked since he was eight years old.) Daisy's flag remains at full staff over Amalienborg Palace, nor with a black streamer atop her flag. The funeral will be held 29 May at 11am at Lyngby Kirke.

 

He was born 22 October 1942 at his parents' home, Sorgenfri (Sans Souci) Palace, as HH Prince Christian Frederik Franz Knud Harald Carl Oluf Gustav Georg Erik of Denmark and Iceland. His father was the younger brother and only sibling of Crown Prince Frederik, the future King Frederik IX (Derf's grandfather). As the throne was only inherited by men, even in the absence of male siblings, Christian's father Prince Knud was the Hereditary Prince and heir to the future King Frederik. Knud's oldest son Prince Ingolf was his father's heir and seen as the future of the Danish Royal Family. Knud had also married equally, a requirement of Danish royal house membership, to Princess Caroline-Mathilde, his first cousin.

 

All that changed in 1953 when the constitution was changed to allow women to inherit the throne in the absence of male siblings (but still with preference to younger males over their older sisters). There is strong anecdotal evidence that Queen Ingrid was the reason behind this change, wanting her awkward daughter Daisy to inherit the throne over her brother-in-law Prince Knud's less than glamourous brood.

 

In February 1971, Christian married Miss Anne-Dorte Nielsen. Since she was a commoner, Christian lost his styling of Highness and his title of prince. This was in accordance with house rules, despite an appeal by Prince Knud to his brother the king a few years earlier to allow Ingolf (and therefore later Christian) to retain his princely title. In 1967, despite the flawed argument that the Laborde de Monpezat's had a countly claim, the king had allowed Daisy to stay his heir by fudging the rules for her; King Frederik would not do that for his nephews. More reason to love badass Princess Elisabeth for never marrying and therefore keeping her title and her elephant!

 

Despite this precipitous fall from the social ladder all within the course of his early lifetime, Christian seemed to go on to have a happy family life. He and Anne-Dorte had twin girls Josephine and Camilla, and then a final child, Feodora. Despite the whispers that none of the girls were great beauties, they have all grown up to have partners and children and the extended family of Knud and Caroline-Mathilde seem to show up for each other and have a certain solidarity. That has surely been because of and in defiance of Daisy's (and her father's) somewhat outcast treatment of the Knud Brood.

 

Quite famously, Trine Villemann opened her royal tell-all 1015 Copenhagen K book with the story of Derfie and his cousin Josephine talking over the loud music at Club Vega during the "Youth Party" before Derf's disastrous wedding to Mary Boganson. Freddles told Josephine that he looked forward to catching up better at the reception and dinner after his wedding in a few days. That's when Josephine dropped the bomb that although she and her sisters and parents had been invited to the wedding, the girls and their husbands were not on the guestlist for the reception afterwards at Fredensborg. Awkward!

 

Daisy, your first cousin has died. He was born a Prince of Denmark. 100% royal blood. Can't say that about yer own grandbogans or even the beautiful Schackenborg grandchildren, despite their elegance and inner nobility. Please give him a proper send off. Make up for the cold-bloodedness of the treatment of Princess Caroline-Mathilde after Knud died when her guards were told to stand down as she arrived home from the funeral. Make Derfie go so he can say kind words to his "beloved" cousins. Let Ingolf and Elisabeth know that they too will get dignified send-offs. They don't have children, so you will be it.

 

Baby Prince Christian with his two royal parents in the christening gown of Danish kings

Prince Knud's three children

King Christian, Queen Alexandrine, and their six grandchildren: Elisabeth, Margrethe, Ingolf, Christian, Benedikte and baby Anne-Marie

The rejected branch of the royal family: Prince Knud, Princess Caroline-Mathilde and their three children, Princess Elisabeth, Prince Ingolf and Prince Christian

Older brother Ingolf at the wheel, Christian in back

Being pushed by older brother Ingolf in a scouting go-kart race

Princes Ingolf and Christian with their father Prince Knud

At Sorgenfri (Madam's post-divorce residence hopefully) with older brother Ingolf

Engagement with commoner Anne-Dorte Maltoft-Nielsen

Outside of Lyngby Kirke for his wedding, with his father Prince Knud in 1971

Marriage of Count Christian with Anne-Dorte

After the birth of twins Camilla and Josephine, with Prince Knud and Princess Caroline-Mathilde

After the birth of Countess Feodora

At Countess Feodora's christening

The whole family at Skagen

With (former) Court Master of Ceremonies Christian Eugen Olsen and his wife Birgitte

At Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra's wedding reception at Frederiksberg Slot

Countess Josephine's wedding to Thomas Schmidt at Lyngby Kirke

 

At Countess Feodora's wedding to Frenchman Eric Patte at Holmens Kirke

At the pre-wedding event at the Royal Danish Theatre on 13 May 2004

At Daisy's 40th Jubilee at Christiansborg Slot

Xian As Once and Future Bogan-Royal Playboy: Hey, Baby, Dja Hear I'ma Be King One Day, Hey, Where Ya Goin'?

Daisy recently unveiled a new portrait by Mikael Melbye of her grandson and direct heir Prince Christian. Melbye has portrayed Daisy in oil before. This painting shows Xian with one of the silver Rosenborg lions to indicate his royal inheritance (in principle, at least - we'll just see what kind of revolt the Danish peasants have in store).

What a horrible waste of paint and chilling premonition: a cold-like-MoreMore monotone blue-silver filter, a bogan stance as if the young lad were leaning against his tricked out Holden Commodore, a pasty white face that is pure Alfred E. Neumann with the addition of apple cheeks (no doubt Mary snuck into the studio at night with a tube of red paint to imply chipmunk cheeks are a Donaldson DNA feature - ha!), no sign of the boy's hands (again, a Mary directive when the child was posing), and cheap shoes (Mary! You forgot his Louis Vuittons that he wore to impress the natives at Salamanca Market Days). Everyone, this is your view of Xian from ages 14 to 72, when he's feeling frisky, flirty and aiming to impress and fill his emotional and psychic voids: an attitude that says he doesn't have a care in the world, countered by the intensity of the insecurity he'll inherit eventually from both parents which will manifest in some ungodly arrogant behaviour. A preview of the nightmares of the women of his generation. And to think he's already on the postal cards sold at every tourist kiosk in the country. The poor kid is the recipient of the Big Build-up from a marketing point of view, but not from a character perspective. Does he have the coping skills in place to handle his First Kid status in a country that is preparing to gift him with free luxury sports cars in another 11 years? Prepare for the obnoxiousness unless the nannies and a sober Derf can intervene.

A Royal Family: Rejoice! DR Re-Posting Series with Daisy, Derf and Joachim About Royal Cousins

The Danish Royal Family at Fredensborg. This is the portrait that Daisy is said to recommission with current members of the family.

Fantastic news! DR has re-posted the six, hour-long videos for the 2002 documentary production of A Royal Family. This wonderful series discusses the "Father-in-law of Europe", Danish King Christian IX whose six children made illustrious matches.

1. Crown Prince Frederik married Princess Louise of Sweden and begat the current Danish royal line, but also that of Norway.

2. Princess Alexandra married Prince Edward of Great Britain, son of Queen Victoria, and begat the current British royal line.

3. Prince George was installed as the second modern king of Greece and married Grand Duchess Olga of Russia. They begat the current Greek, Rumanian and Yugoslavian royals, with marriages into the British royal family, including the Kents and the Duke of Edinburgh.

4. Princess Dagmar married the future Tsar Alexander becoming Maria Feodorovna and begat the ill-fated Tsar Nikolai II as well as assorted other Romanovs.

5. Princess Thyra married the prince of Hannover, Duke of Cumberland and begat the current House of Hannover.

6. Prince Valdemar married Princess Marie d'Orléans of the French and Brazilian royal houses. They begat Count Flemming (married to Countess Ruth on whose day of death Yrma announced the Miracle Twins) and Margrethe who married into the Bourbon-Parme family and begat the current Queen of Rumania.

The narration is in Danish while the interviews are in English. Interviews are sprinkled throughout the documentary with descendants of these six children of King Christian IX and Queen Louise: Amadeo di Savoia, Alexander of Serbia, Constantine and Anne-Marie of Greece, Princess Benedikte, Michael of Kent, Michel de Grèce, Valdemar af Rosenborg, several Romanovs, and of course, Daisy, Joachim and Frederik who was in the early throes of dealing with the Australian thing living in his Paris apartment.

Videos: DR - A Royal Family, Parts 1 through 6

Rosenborg News: Countess Anne Dorte Fighting For Her Life: That Nasty Beast Cancer Has Her In Its Grips

At Christiansborg for Daisy's 40th Jubilee celebrations

The poor Rosenborg cousins! They have really been through the ringer lately. Count Christian, younger son of Prince Knud, was diagnosed with cancer 3 years ago, but is now healed after extensive treatment. Now it is the turn of his wife, Anne Dorte, to struggle with throat cancer. It sounds like she's started to get on the mend, but boy was she down. She's a rather thin and faintly-built person anyway, but then to have lost weight with the disease and all, well, quite miraculous that she is coming through. The couple have three daughters, Josephine, Camilla and Feodora, the first two being twins.

Count Christian's older sister is the never-married royal badass Princess Elisabeth and his older brother is Count Ingolf, who would have been king if the preference for male-only offspring in Danish succession had been kept. In 1953, with help behind the scenes from Queen Ingrid, the law was changed so that Princess Margrethe could inherit the throne, forever pushing Knud's children to the sidelines. Ingolf is married to his second wife Sussie and has no children. Marrying commoners, both Ingolf and Christian were demoted to Counts of Rosenborg, as was the custom for finding non-equal partners. How strong Anne Dorte and Sussie must be in the face of an Aussie bogan coming into the family without demoting the weak Freddling to a life outside of the line of succession as a Count of Rosenborg.

Strong, too, are the three daughters of Christian and Anne Dorte - Knud's only grandchildren - who seem to have made happy lives for themselves with partners and children, despite being cast to the royal sidelines. These are Frederik's cousins who were discussed in Trine Villemann's book 1015 Copenhagen K. They were all at the pre-wedding party at Vega nightclub in 2004 when Derf mentioned that he looked forward to chatting with them more at his wedding reception a few days later. The girls shocked him by saying that while they were invited to the church for the ceremony, they were not invited to Fredensborg later for the reception. That is some cold blooded business right there, not inviting your blood cousins, Danish demi-royals, to the wedding party for the future king. Daisy can throw some shade when she feels the need! Happily, tensions have mellowed, or PR was prioritised: two of the girls were at Daisy's 40th Jubilee festivities at the Royal Opera, the same night fellow sort-of outsider Alexandra made an appearance.

Twins Camilla and Josephine with their husbands at Daisy's 40th Jubilee party

Article: BT

Countess Anne Dorte Fights For Her Life

The last three months have been a struggle for Count Christian, who is cousin to Queen Margrethe, and Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg and their three daughters. They have all been loyal supporters of Countess Anne Dorte, who was diagnosed with cancer of the throat in November last year.

She came immediately into radiotherapy at Herlev Hospital, where she received radiation twice a day. And even though the family knew the trip, Count Christian was diagnosed with cancer in the throat three years ago, he is now healed, has proceeded with Countess Anne Dorte been very hard for her and the family. "It has been a much harder place for my mother than it was for my father. He received 33 radiation treatments, while my mother has had 56," said Countess Josephine of Rosenborg candidly to BT.

For the 65-year-old Countess has not only had to fight the cancer that is in the neck near the ear. Early in the morning of Christmas Eve, when Anne Dorte was coming out of Herlev Hospital with her daughter Josephine, she was unfortunate enough to break my right hip and shoulder. Therefore, the Countess immediately admitted to hospital orthopedic department. But although she had severe pain in her broken hip and shoulder, the will to live and spirit to continue to fight for life were stronger than the pain.

"My mother is so cool. In the afternoon, where she fell in the morning she had to have radiotherapy again. And even though she was in constant pain, so she completed her treatment that day. And all 56 radiation treatments with a broken hip and shoulder. She is simply a serious fighter", says the proud and impressed daughter.

It is certainly a battle of dimensions, the already slim and slender Countess has set out to win with an impressive willpower. But yet they have three daughters, their husbands men seven grandchildren aged three to 15 years terrified that Countess Anne Dorte would end up losing the fight.

Radiation treatment gave her the fact so large a wound in her throat, that for a few weeks she could neither eat or drink in a natural way. "Right after the New Year, she was so weak that every day was a victory in itself", says Josephine, who does not hide the fact that it has been a very hard process for the whole family. "It has been appalling to see my mother in so much pain", she says.

Today, Countess Anne Dorte is still hospitalised at Gentofte Hospital, where she has been fed through a tube for weeks. But last week the sad atmosphere in the family turned 180 degrees. "Last week we were told that the doctors could immediately see the cancer had thankfully gone", says Josephine.

And even more heartening is that the Countess is slowly eating regular food again. "On Saturday my mother ate a bit of a soft-boiled egg. It was just before we all sat and wept for joy. Lastly facing it. Now it is the right way", cheered Josephine on behalf of the entire Rosenborg family.

But there is still a long way to go before Countess Anne Dorte can leave her bed at Gentofte Hospital. "She must have some meat on her bones, and then she can start rehabilitation. She has not been able to before because she did not have anything in her for resistance", says a relieved Josephine.