{"id":624732,"date":"2025-12-10T18:35:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/624732\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:35:44","slug":"the-danish-royal-familys-festive-little-sibling-challenge-gets-heated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/624732\/","title":{"rendered":"The Danish Royal Family&#8217;s Festive &#8220;Little Sibling Challenge\u201d Gets Heated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"c8d6cea7-76fd-4f19-877c-486f7b4ce8dd\">King Frederik and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-mary-denmark-wears-kate-middleton-jenny-packham-glittering-gown\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/queen-mary-denmark-wears-kate-middleton-jenny-packham-glittering-gown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Mary\u2019s<\/a> four children are getting into the Christmas spirit at Amalienborg Palace in Denmark. After last week\u2019s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-charlene-prince-albert-christmas-wonderland\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-charlene-prince-albert-christmas-wonderland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas tree<\/a> decorating video, Prince Christian, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-isabella-tiara-debut-18th-birthday-heirloom\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-isabella-tiara-debut-18th-birthday-heirloom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Isabella<\/a>, Prince Vincent, and Princess Josephine created \u201cjulekagenhus,\u201d gingerbread houses, in a boys versus girls competition <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSErQMcjVQJ\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSErQMcjVQJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"noopener\">shared on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you ready for a little sibling challenge?\u201d Crown Prince Christian asked his younger siblings, as they were divided into two teams. In their private kitchen at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/royal-dog-relatable-christmas-video-mary-frederik\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/royal-dog-relatable-christmas-video-mary-frederik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amalienborg Palace<\/a>, the princes and the princesses were divided by a wood panel so they couldn\u2019t peek at the opposing creations. \u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to look at each other\u2019s,\u201d <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-isabella-borrows-queen-mary-chanel-shoes\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-isabella-borrows-queen-mary-chanel-shoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Josephine<\/a> declared in Danish as the competition began.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:118.21%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/irmsLaGELPhZw3QizsPuc7.png\" alt=\"Princess Isabella and Princess Josephine made royal &amp;ldquo;julekagenhus.&amp;rdquo;\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/irmsLaGELPhZw3QizsPuc7.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/irmsLaGELPhZw3QizsPuc7.png\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Princess Isabella and Princess Josephine made royal \u201cjulekagenhus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Kongehuset\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:118.23%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c5oqa4WPobZh9TpzhRyNJ6.png\" alt=\"Queen Mary's Dog Coco\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c5oqa4WPobZh9TpzhRyNJ6.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c5oqa4WPobZh9TpzhRyNJ6.png\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Queen Mary&#8217;s border collie, Coco, hopes for crumbs.<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Kongehuset\/Instagram)<\/p>\n<p id=\"90381fa0-8c57-409d-b02d-091ab003c63e\">Princess Isabella and Princess Josephine worked hard to create a gingerbread house creation from cookies, icing, and doughnuts. The family\u2019s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-princess-kate-rarely-seen-family-member\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-princess-kate-rarely-seen-family-member\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dog<\/a>, a border collie named Coco, looked on, hoping for a crumb to fall from the immaculate, modern kitchen counters.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prince Christian and Prince Vincent\u2019s construction kept falling down, until they magically pulled a beautifully decorated \u201cjulekagenhus\u201d from beneath the kitchen counter. When the two teams revealed their creations, Princess Isabella exclaimed in Danish, \u201cOh come on, why is theirs ten times nicer?\u201d Accusations began to fly, with the elder <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/kate-middleton-response-to-young-girl-asking-if-she-is-a-real-princess\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/kate-middleton-response-to-young-girl-asking-if-she-is-a-real-princess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">princess<\/a> saying \u201cyou didn\u2019t make that one!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:113.72%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Dkyyd4mP7wgGMZQfQMvEX.png\" alt=\"Danish Royal Family Gingerbread House Competition\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" 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