Crown Prince Frederik Kicks Smoking Habit

The heir to the Danish throne sat down with reporters recently, telling them about how he finally quit his longtime smoking habit.

“It was my wife’s fault, reinforced by the fact that I wanted to quit, but thought it was too difficult. With her position of ‘no smoking’ was much easier,” Crown Prince Frederik said.

“The Crown Princess is a very harsh critic. She of course I can confirm, but only in a positive way.”

The Prince grew up in a family of smokers. His parents, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik are frequent smokers. Even his younger brother, Prince Joachim has a taste for nicotine. But Frederik was determined to quit, and now had succeeded.

“It’s also nice that our house does not smell like smoke. We had children quite quickly and I was not here to change diapers with nicotine fingers,” he said.

Although it is well known that the royal family smokes quite often, it has not been an issue for the Danish population. A recent survey says 78 percent see smoking as a private matter, even for the House of Glucksburg.