Article 6TBY4 Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland

Danish king changes coat of arms amid row with Trump over Greenland

by
Miranda Bryant Nordic correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6TBY4)

Design shows intent to keep control of Faroe Islands and Greenland - which Trump says he would like the US to buy

The Danish king has shocked some historians by changing the royal coat of arms to more prominently feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands - in what has also been seen as a rebuke to Donald Trump.

Less than a year since succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe, after she stood down on New Year's Eve 2023, King Frederik has made a clear statement of intent to keep the autonomous Danish territory and former colony within the kingdom of Denmark.

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