{"id":46500,"date":"2025-04-24T11:42:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/46500\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:42:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:42:16","slug":"even-princess-isabella-of-denmark-cant-put-her-phone-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/46500\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Princess Isabella of Denmark Can\u2019t Put Her Phone Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a moment that perfectly captures the clash of tradition and TikTok, Princess Isabella of Denmark<\/a> has marked her 18th birthday with a totally relatable official portrait featuring a familiar device. <\/p>\n

Casting off royal regalia like orbs and scepters, Isabella instead opted to hold her smartphone, casually reminding everyone that Gen-Z royalty comes with a lock screen, and highlighting a royal household confronting generational change while still honoring tradition.<\/p>\n

Wearing an elegant orange gown, Isabella was pictured in the Knight\u2019s Hall of the royal palace of her father, King Frederik VIII. <\/p>\n

She also wore something old: a golden tiara steeped in history that was gifted to her by former Queen Margrethe II, who abdicated last year<\/a>, after 52 years on the throne, part of a tumultuous period for the Danish royals. In 2022, Queen Margrethe made headlines when she stripped four of her grandchildren\u2014her younger son Prince Joachim\u2019s children\u2014of their royal titles in a move to modernize the monarchy.<\/p>\n

\"DanishDanish King Frederik X and Queen Mary kiss on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace shortly after his proclamation on January 14, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Sean Gallup\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Tensions within the family spilled beyond palace walls when Joachim expressed his hurt and dismay at the move. <\/p>\n

Then Frederik found himself at the center of a speculative storm after being photographed during an outing in Madrid with Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova (as opposed to his wife, the now-Queen Mary). Rumors of an affair<\/a> gained traction and both parties were forced to deny any romantic involvement.<\/p>\n

\"Danish Danish King Frederik X and wife Queen Mary of Denmark wave after their proclamation by the Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen on the balcony of Christiansborg Palace on January 14, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Samir Hussein\/WireImage <\/p>\n

The family has sought to rebrand itself since as young and dynamic, and the image of the princess with phone in hand will certainly do that. <\/p>\n

It has, unsurprisingly perhaps, been widely circulated on social media. <\/p>\n

In a caption posted alongside the images, Isabella wrote, \u201cThank you so much to everyone who helped me celebrate my 18th birthday. It has been really nice that so many people have spent their time, thought and effort to make my day so special. This means a lot to me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a moment that perfectly captures the clash of tradition and TikTok, Princess Isabella of Denmark has marked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[365,5105,7710,519,11571,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-46500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-denmark","9":"tag-royal","10":"tag-royal-families","11":"tag-royal-family","12":"tag-royalist","13":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114392763868246957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}