distant danish dynasty

Therese 2022-08-20 11:45:20

Knowing Denmark ends with Andersen's mermaid. After watching the movie, I learned a small piece of Danish history.
The heroine is really not pretty enough, the face is fat, only the side profile is pleasing to the eye. When the king appeared for the first time, he thought he was a demented child who only giggled. The heroine and the king rode in the same carriage. The king glanced at the heroine's chest. It wasn't too big. The king thought so. The heroine has an elegant temperament and plays the piano first-class, but the king hates this kind of music and humiliates the heroine in front of the royal family and makes her stop playing the piano immediately. The heroine's mother said to her: "As long as the king goes to your palace on the first day. You are successful." The king went to her palace, and he had to express his desire directly with his actions. The heroine resisted, and the king ordered her Taking off her clothes, the curtain is raised on the tragic married life of the heroine.
Pregnant, giving birth, she fulfilled her duty, and the king no longer had sex with her. I accidentally skipped over how the middle doctor and the queen hooked up. The queen is a princess who loves to read books. She married and brought a lot of books to Denmark, but the maid told her that some of the books were banned and could not be brought to Denmark. The doctor was a big fan of Rousseau and Voltaire, and he had a large collection of their books, which the queen was delighted to borrow. After going back and forth, they hooked up, and it was difficult for oneself to have a relationship.
The queen is a victim of the royal system, just like the imperial power in China, the emperor can have seventy-two concubines in three palaces and six courtyards, and the queen must be dedicated to the emperor. The Queen of Denmark and the doctor had an adulterous affair. According to my previous speculations from watching such court films, the queen and the doctor will not have a happy ending.
The doctor was originally the king's personal doctor. The king liked dramas, and when he saw the drama being played on stage, he would have to say something when he wanted to. In the seventeenth century, Denmark was controlled by the parliament. The king had no real power. In the parliament, the king only needed to sign and signed, and he was a puppet. No wonder he liked to have fun and like women with big breasts, because as a king, he could not enjoy any sense of accomplishment.
The doctor helped the king to dissolve the parliament. The doctor and the king formed a cabinet. They signed a series of decrees, such as lifting the serf system, allowing the common people to enter the university, and vaccinating the common people. Voltaire sent a personal letter to the king, praising the the king's actions.
The queen was pregnant with the doctor's child, and their intimacy on the lawn of the palace was clearly seen by the king's stepmother, who was walking in the royal family and they had an affair. The parliamentary force represented by the king's stepmother did not succeed in this move, but it has obviously divided the relationship between the king and the doctor. In a demonstration secretly organized by the parliament, the king was coerced into signing orders to arrest the queen and the doctor, the parliament regained power, the king had no name in the parliament, and Denmark returned to the Middle Ages.

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A Royal Affair quotes

  • Johann Friedrich Struensee: Your majesty.

    Caroline Mathilde: You recognized me.

    Johann Friedrich Struensee: I would recognize you blindfolded.

    Caroline Mathilde: But your costume is not very imaginative.

    Johann Friedrich Struensee: I'm afraid I'm not very good at the masquerade.

    Caroline Mathilde: I believe this is the one night when everyone can be themselves.

    [pause]

    Caroline Mathilde: But you never remove your mask. Do you?

  • Johann Friedrich Struensee: Do you remember our first night together?

    Caroline Mathilde: It feels like we've been unhappy ever since.

    Johann Friedrich Struensee: I have been happy.

    Caroline Mathilde: Come to me tonight?