Prince Henrik of Denmark has died after being hospitalized with pneumonia, the palace announced Tuesday night.
He was hurriedly transported back to Copenhagen, where tests revealed a tumor in his left lung.
Although a biopsy confirmed it was benign, he contracted an infection, and the palace announced Friday that Prince Henrik’s condition had “greatly worsened.”
In recent years, the prince has made headlines for his displeasure with the title he was given in the Danish royal family.
However, Henrik thought that this was unfair, and even cried gender discrimination, and that he should have the title of King Consort.
He even said that she made a “fool” of him by not giving the title of king — which, for the record, is not traditionally given to husbands of monarchs.
“I see poetry as an opportunity for immersion in a superficial time dominated by news and entertainment that makes us rootless and restless,” Henrik said according to DR, a Danish broadcast network .
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