The subject is only discussed here on TRF. There is no republican movenment on the rise in DK, nor is there any fear of the entire DRF being wiped out at the same time.
But such what-if's are of course discussed from time to time and in this day and age with co-ordinated terrorist attacks the idea is not that far out.
So IMO this discussion is valid, if somewhat morbid.
It's akin to your child asking: What happens to me should you and mom die?
The Danes seem a flexible sort of people to me, but will they be thát elastic to make Gustav zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg their next King? I think the chance that Parliament will vote for the Republic of Denmark is bigger.
I doubt very much Gustav would even be considered. He has never had any particular affiliation with DK and he has his estate to run, so the chance of him turning down an offer to become monarch is very high IMO.
Nathalie or Alexandra are more likely. They both have affiliations to DK and children.
And indeed the chances of DK becoming a republic instead are very high indeed.
That is the constitutional part of the story. No doubt that this will be perfectly covered by the Danish Government. The Regency Council in the Netherlands is to safeguard the private interests of the underaged monarch. To ensure that the Regent is not able to sell private assets, stock portfolios, estates, jewels, artworks, etc. and to ensure that decisions the Regent makes for the underaged monarch are in his/her best interest indeed. Without the control by a Regency Council, the person of the Regent can do immense harm and bring damage to the private interests of the underaged monarch. By poor decisionmaking, by engaging in ruthless financial adventures, by selling priceless items to generate cashflow, etc.
I can not imagine that the Danish Government has a say in the management of the private wealth of the underaged King? I assumed, to make sure that non-Danish mama and Regentess Mary only makes decisions in the best interest of underaged King Christian, she will be controlled by a Regency Council as well?
We again imagine that Frederik dies and Mary become Rigsforstander.
Mary as Christian's mother is automatically his guardian. And as a mother she would, we must safely assume, look after his best personal interests and assests
Should both Christian's parents die a guardian and a Rigsforstander will be appointed.
The guardian will look after Christian's (and the other children) personal interests, upbringing, education, assets and so on.
That guardian is likely to be Joachim, but it could also be Benedikte or John Donaldson or perhaps even a close friend of M&F. Say Caroline Heering.
The Rigsforstander will in
anything but name be monarch and head of the DRF until Christian turns eighteen and has signed a pledge to obey the Constitution.
But the Rigsforstander and the guardian need not be the same person but they can be.
Of course Rigsrådet (the State Council) will keep an eye on things.
But Mary, as Rigsforstander, is in fact entitled to dispose over the personal fortune and assets of the DRF - minus Joachim an Benedikte's personal wealth of course.
She would of course have to answer some unpleasant questions should she start to act totally silly, both from the rest of the DRF as well as Rigsrådet.
And ultimately the Parliament can relieve her of her duties as Rigsforstander and appoint a new one.
- Then we are talking about a situation comparable to the monarch being mentally unstable.