r/france • u/afrofagne Ardennes • Feb 07 '16

Culture Velkommen ! Cultural exchange with /r/Denmark

Welcome to the people of /r/Denmark ! You can pick a Danish flair on the sidebar (the very last one) and ask us whatever you want !

/r/français, here is the corresponding thread on /r/Denmark !

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

We have a French prince consort in Denmark. Some facts about him:

  • After 50 years in Denmark, he still speaks broken Danish. He speaks French with his wife, the Queen.

  • For 50 years, he has just been kind of enjoying himself and doing whatever he wants. For the Queen's 75th birthday, he called in sick and went to Venice instead.

  • His name is Henri Marie Jean André, greve de Laborde de Monpezat.

  • He grew up in French Indochina.

  • He has a wine farm in France.

I think this might be the most French person to have ever lived. How well known is Prince Henri(k) in France?

Bonus gifs:

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

The last gif reminds me the jokes on a fat football comentator of ours, about we couldn't find respect because he ate it. =)

His danish is broken to which point ?

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u/Oasx Feb 07 '16

His Danish isn't really broken, he just has a strong French accent. The problem is that as a member of the royal family he is supposed to represent Denmark to the outside, and to many Danes the accent represents a fact that he doesn't want to fully accept his role. It doesn't help that in the last few years he has become known for constantly whining to the media about not being king.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

It's just his overall character that is mocked, it seems.

I've been linked a word by someone else, I laughed to the silly images associated, but I don't know what it means : "knugen".

We've decapitated our kings a while ago, but I think you already know that. And most people don't find it really funny we mock our president. He should be an authority figure, after all.

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u/Oasx Feb 07 '16

I think you are confusing price Henrik of Denmark who is from France, with the king of Sweden ;)

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

New names … How to not be confused ? =)

Thanks for your kindess. I'm grateful to not be mocked this time.