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On 14 January 2024, he will be known as Crown Prince Christian of Denmark.
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Inside the Throne Room at Christiansborg Palace for the proclamation of King Frederik X of Denmark on 14 January 2024.
Photographs by Mad Nissen
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What’s that elephant the Danes are wearing?
Tatler’s guide to the emblems and quirks of Denmark’s highest honour, the Order of the Elephant.
A curious little diamond-encrusted elephant, a blue sash, a gold collar – and sometimes a big flaming cape…Tatler looks into the history and tradition of Denmark's most privileged Order.
With Frederik X set to become sovereign of the Order as he becomes King on Sunday, you might see a few of these elephants around Copenhagen's royal palaces
By Isaac Zamet
12 January 2024
When Crown Prince Frederik becomes Frederik X of Denmark on Sunday, he will also replace his mother, Queen Margrethe II, as the sovereign of Denmark’s most ancient and distinguished order of chivalry, the Order of the Elephant.
Though it was officially refounded in 1693, the order dates all the way back to the 1400s, when it was established as a religious confraternity by a group of about fifty Danish knights.
In the 1400s, prior to the Reformation which gripped Europe and divided the church, such religious ‘clubs’ as the Order of the Elephant were common features of aristocratic life.
At the time of the Order of the Elephant's birth, Christian I was King of Denmark – and in fact, Norway and Sweden too, creating a personal union known as the Kalmar Union.
During this period, the emblem of the club was an image of the Virgin Mary holding her Son within a crescent moon.
This was hung from a collar formed of links in the shape of elephants.
The confraternity mutated over the centuries but endured a stifled period after the Reformation in which such clubs became suspect.
In 1580, Frederik II – eight Frederiks prior to our current Frederik – revived the order and replaced the medallion of the mother and child with an elephant (a Reformation-safe, Protestant approach – if a quirky one!).
But it was Christian V, in 1693, who gave the club its official statues and founding order.
At this time, it was scheduled as comprising 30 noble knights and one Grand Master (the King) along with his sons.
It was only in 1958 that the statutes were amended by Royal Ordinance to allow the ennoblement of women as members of the order.
Between 1580 and today, around 890 persons have been bestowed with the Order of the Elephant; with Queen Margrethe adding 68 people during her 40 year reign.
The recipients are almost always royal persons and foreign heads of state – though in a rare exception, the order was given to a commoner in 2000.
This was the deceased shipping magnate, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who was recognised for exceptional contribution to Danish economic strength and Danish society.
Those unfamiliar with the man himself will surely recognise his name from the famous shipping containers.
The A.P. Møller – Mærsk group was actually founded in 1904 by his father. It is now worth $81bn dollars.
At the time of Møller’s membership of the order, he was the only non-royal and non-head of state to hold the honour; though it had previously been held by the pioneering nuclear physicist, Niels Bohr.
Membership of the order comes with possession of its rather eye-catching elephantine emblem.
The elephant is made of white-enamelled gold with blue housings and is about 5cm high.
On its back, the elephant bears a tower of pink enamelled masonry (a design originally intended to reflect the howdah compartments of the Indian subcontinent).
A number of large cut diamonds adorn the elephant, along with a crowned monogram of the monarch reigning when it was made.
One wonders, then, when the first Frederikian elephants will be carved.
At the top of the tower on the elephant’s back sits a gold ring, from which the badge can be hung from the collar or tied to a sash.
On the elephant's back sits a turbaned ‘moor mahout.’
It should be noted that some would regard such a depiction as an exoticising caricature.
Others would regard its appearance merely as an expression of an historical perspective.
One striking detail about the circulation of the elephants is that each Order of the Elephant is – in principle – on loan and must be returned to the Chapter of the Royal Orders of Chivalry when a member of the Order has passed away.
This rather quaint custom means that elephants are inherited and used several times by different members of the order, with some dating back hundreds of years.
Interestingly, the done thing is not to disclose to whom an Elephant has previously been given – though there are some traditional lines of inheritance.
For example, the elephant recently bestowed on Prince Christian belonged previously to his grandfather, Prince Henrik.
This handing over was always to be, on the basis of a traditional line of inheritance.
There are two exceptional elephants which have eluded the rule of the ‘loan’ – one remains in the Chancellery Museum at Paris and a second remains on display at the Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Library in the US.
Another beautiful quirk of membership of the Order is that a member’s coat of arms is always painted and subsequently hung in the Knight’s Chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød.
As to when the elephants come out to play, there are some rather interesting traditions concerning how and when to wear them.
The Order of the Elephant has three festival days: new year’s day, the monarch’s birthday, and the birthday of Valdemar the Victorious, which, if you didn’t know is on June 28.
On these festival days, the Order of the Elephant is worn on the chest on a gold chain link collar, with links shaped as towers and elephants.
The collar sits on each shoulder. On other important occasions, the order is worn on a bright blue sash with a breast star.
The star of the order is an eight-pointed silver star with smooth rays; at its centre sits an enameled red disc with a white cross, surrounded by a laurel wreath in silver.
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A sweet moment between Queen Margrethe II, Prince Joachim and Crown Prince Christian of Denmark (likely triggered by the towering height of the 18-year-old Crown Prince) at the Danish Parliament's celebration of King Frederik X's accession to the throne on 15 January 2024 ✨
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King Frederik X of Denmark, Crown Prince Christian of Denmark and Queen Margrethe of Denmark visit the National Historical Museum of Frederiksborg to unveil and place the coat of arms of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark as he becomes “Knight of the Order of the Elephant” in Hillerød, Denmark -April 23rd 2024.
📷 : Det Danske Kongehus.
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“I don’t understand the Danish royal family, like it has been months since the abdication but none of them have done any meaningful engagements and funnily enough, Mary had done more than Fred, who is the monarch. Christian and Isabella(especially the former) is partying and not studying or doing something meaningful. Now they are on a holiday, i don’t know, but since there had been reports that their salaries would be updated, they need to work not sit on their ass and spend taxes selfishly.” - Submitted by Anonymous
“Ever since Fred and Mary became Monarchs their work days have reduced even more. We barely see them, they do one or two appearances and then go on a holiday.” - Submitted by Anonymous
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TIARA ALERT: Crown Princess Mary of Denmark wore her Wedding Tiara for the gala dinner celebrating Prince Christian of Denmark's 18th birthday at Christianborg Palace on 15 October 2023.
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Happy 18th Birthday Christian Valdemar Henri John! (b. 15 October 2005)
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God Save King Frederik X Queen Mary & Crown Prince Christian of Denmark 🇩🇰 today. 🍾🍾🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
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Danish Royal Family - King Frederik X and Queen Mary with their children, Crown Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace | January 14, 2024
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King Frederik X takes his seat at the state council while Queen Margrethe leaves.
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The Four Kings of Denmark:
The photo above: Christian IX (1818-1906) (in the middle) holding Prince Frederick of Denmark (1899-1972); Crown Prince Frederick (1843-1912) (left); Prince Christian (1870-1947) to the right
A few years later, they did it again:
The Four Kings of Denmark (II)
Photograph above: King Christian IX (1818-1906) (left); Crown Prince Frederick (1843-1912) (right); Prince Christian (1870-1947) (middle-back) and his son Prince Frederick of Denmark (1899-1972), standing on a chair
So how are they related to the Romanovs? Christian IX is the father of Empress Maria Feodorovna and the grandfather of Nicholas II, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna; Crown Prince Frederick is Empress Maria Feodorovna's brother and therefore an uncle of her children, mentioned above. Prince Christian and Prince Frederick are Maria Feodorovna's cousins and the first and second cousins of her children. (gcl)
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QUEEN MARGRETHE II OF DENMARK'S 83RD BIRTHDAY (16 April 2023) ✨
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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Prince Christian of Denmark attend the Council of State, where Queen Margrethe signs a declaration of abdication to pass the throne to The Crown Prince as the new Monarch at Christiansborg Castle, in Copenhagen, Denmark -January 14th 2024.
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“Crown Prince Christian is the spitting image of his mother..” - Submitted by Anonymous
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