Danish Royal Family to Get a Raise

Despite hard economic times, the Danish government will increase their budget and the salary of the House of Glucksburg. The increase will be at 2.7 percent, or 95.5 million kroner (18.4 million dollars) from taxpayers.

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All members of the royal family will receive more money. However, it is the Crown Princely couple – Frederik and Mary – who will see the biggest raise. Their pay will increase 400,000 kroner to 17.6 million.

Meanwhile, Queen Margrethe II, Prince Henrik, and the Queen’s sister Princess Benedikte together will see a raise of 1.9 million. The Queen will get 63 million kroner, while her husband gets 7.1 million and Benedikte gets 1.1 million.

Prince Joachim will have 3.1 million more in his wallet. His former wife, Alexandra the Countess of Frederiksborg, will also see a an increase of 2.1 million, but since she is now a private citizen, she would be taxed. It is not known how much Joachim’s second wife, Princess Marie, would receive.

If this sounds like a lot during a global economic recession, the Danish media is reporting last year, the average Dane’s wages went up 5 percent.

However, recent polls have shown a decrease in popularity for the Danish royals. Whether or not a salary raise would affect them remains to be seen.