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Censored video portrays Danish queen as Nazi

A fake movie trailer showing Queen Margrethe standing under Nazi flags and leading foreign invasions has been censored despite its creators saying it is merely "an absurd fiction created solely for the sake of entertainment." See it here.

A fake movie trailer that portrays Queen Margrethe as a Nazi and a blood-thirsty invader has been censored by the Danish television channel TV2 Zulu. 
 
The heavily, and obviously, edited video was produced for the satire programme Nørgaards Netflix, hosted by comedian Martin Nørgaard. 
 
The clip shows Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik surrounded by swastikas in one scene and attacking foreign countries in others. 
 
“In a not too distant future, a nation of losers rises up. Led by one woman. This summer, Queen Margrethe takes what is rightfully hers,” the fake trailer for Gud Bevare Danmark (God Save Denmark) says. The fake movie's subtitle is: "Margrethe the Second gives zero fucks."
 
The clip manipulates the queen’s real words so that it appears she is preparing to take over the world.
 
“Denmark is not big. That’s a lie. Now I will show them. No one should feel safe,” the queen’s manipulated words say before she is shown leading a contingent of Star Wars AT-AT walkers through Greenland and dropping bombs from a Danish F-16.
 
Although the clip is obviously satirical, it proved too much for the folks at TV2 Zulu. According to Nørgaard, the station has said that it will not air the clip unless much of the objectionable material is censored out. 
 
“If you have seen the entire video, there can be no doubt that this is a silly internet video that has no message whatsoever. The clip was put together to create a bit of buzz around our season premiere. And it must be said that it succeeded, although in a slightly different way than expected,” the comedian told Politiken. 
 
Nørgaard said he was surprised by TV2 Zulu’s decision. 
 
“Particularly in relation to the public debate over recent weeks. And especially because there isn’t anything offensive about it unless you want to be offended. If people interpret it as us calling the queen a Nazi, we can't control that. But it should be clear to everyone that this is an absurd fiction created solely for the sake of entertainment,” he said. 
 
TV2 spokesman Sune Roland denied that the clip had been censored but said “we shouldn’t make noise just to make noise”. 
 
“There should be a balance in everything we air and it should be as funny and well-functioning as possible. I don’t think this is a case of censorship. It is a question of taste,” he told Politiken. 
 
See the video and judge for yourself:

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How a German castle has sparked civil war in Monaco’s royal family

Prince Ernst August of Hanover, the husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, is suing his son to win back control of a German castle and prevent it from falling into public hands, a court has said.

How a German castle has sparked civil war in Monaco's royal family
Marienburg Castle in Lower Saxony pictured during the recent snow. Photo: DPA

Ernst August, 66, gave his son the fairytale-like Marienburg castle and several other properties between 2004 and 2007, but now wants them back citingĀ  “gross ingratitude”, the district court of Hanover said in a statement on Tuesday.

It is the latest public spat to hit the aristocratic family, whosepatriarch has over the years been nicknamed “the party prince” and even “the brawling prince” over his jetset lifestyle and drunken escapades.

According to the court statement, Ernst August filed a lawsuit at the end of last year seeking to revoke the gifts of Marienburg Castle, the Calenburg manor house and a royal property in Herrenhausen.

He accuses his son, Ernst August junior, of acting against his wishes and going behind his back by offering Marienburg Castle to the state of Lower Saxony as public property – partly because of the huge costs of maintaining the mid-19th century Gothic-style building.

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The plaintiff, who lives in Austria, also accuses his son of improperly appropriating artworks and antiques owned by the family.

Ernst August senior estimates the total value of the disputed properties and items at some five million euros, the court said.

Ernst August junior, 37, told German news agency DPA that the case had no merit, saying all the arguments raised “have already been invalidated out-of-court in the past”.

He said the deal struck to transfer ownership of Marienburg Castle to the regional authorities of Lower Saxony was “legally secure”.

“There's nothing that stands in the way of the long-term preservation of Marienburg as a central cultural monument of Lower Saxony, open to all,” he said.

The court has not yet set a date for a hearing.

Ernst August senior has been feuding for years with his son over the family's royal properties.

So severe was the spat that he declined his official consent to his son's 2017 marriage to Russian-born fashion designer Ekaterina Malysheva and stayed away from the wedding.

Princess Caroline, who has been separated from her husband since 2009, did attend the nuptials.

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