Funeral service for Prince Henrik of Denmark

The funeral service for Prince Henrik of Denmark, who died at Fredensborg on Tuesday 13 February 2018, took place today, 20 February 2018, at Christiansborg Palace Church in Copenhagen. Following the wishes of the deceased, the funeral service was kept private with only the closest family members as well as representatives of the court and the official Denmark present.

The Danish Royal Court issued the following list of family members and other dignitaries, 60 persons in all:

The Queen's family

• Queen Margrethe II
• Crown Prince Frederik
• Crown Princess Mary
• Prince Christian
• Princess Isabella
• Prince Vincent
• Princess Josephine
• Prince Joachim
• Princess Marie
• Prince Nikolai
• Prince Felix
• Prince Henrik
• Princess Athena
• Princess Benedikte (of Denmark and of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg)
• Queen Anne-Marie of the Hellenes, née Princess of Denmark
• King Constantine of the Hellenes
• Princess Elisabeth
• Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
• Countess Sussie of Rosenborg
• Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg (former wife of Prince Joachim)

Prince Henrik's family

• Francoise Bardin Monpezat
• Étienne de Monpezat
• Isabelle de Monpezat
• Jean Baptiste de Monpezat 
• Gill de Monpezat
• Catherine de Monpezat 
• Guillaume Bardin
• Laurence Bardin
• Charles Henri Keller 

Others

• Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen
• Chairman of Folketinget (the Parliament) Pia Kjærsgaard
• President of the Supreme Court Thomas Rørdam
• The French Ambassador to Denmark, François Zimeray 
• Several present and former court members.

Go here for the full list.The funeral service was conducted by bishop emeritus Erik Norman Svendsen. His speech can be read here (in Danish), while the program of the service can be read here (also in Danish).

As I have mentioned earlier, Prince Henrik declared last year that he didn't want to be interred together with Queen Margrethe at Roskilde Cathedral. Instead he will be cremated and his ashes partly scattered on sea and partly put in an urn which will be interred in the private garden at Fredensborg Palace. Hopefully the urn grave will be marked by a headstone. I am sure that more information on this will be available later. The private garden is open to the public in July and early August.