Prince Nikolai of Denmark has been left "shocked and confused" over his grandmother's decision to strip him of his royal title.
Queen Margrethe announced earlier this week that the four children of her second son Prince Joachim - Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and 10-year-old Athena - will no longer be known as princes and princess or His/Her Highness, and instead will be styled His/Her Excellency Count/Countess of Monzenat, and her grandson has expressed the unhappiness of himself and his siblings at the decision.
Nikolai said: "My whole family and I are of course very sad. We are, as my parents have also stated, in shock at this decision and at how quickly it has actually gone.
I don't understand why it had to happen this way. But asked about how the decision has affected his relationship with his grandmother, he simply told Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet: "I don't think I need to elaborate on that. " Nikolai said he was told about the move "a little over a week ago" but he's more upset now the news has been officially announced.
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