How to make a royal granny feel old...

The first born grandchild of Margrethe II of Denmark turns 14 today and some new photos have appeared on the Danish royal household's website to mark the occasion.  And very grown up he looks too.  If becoming a grandparent marks a new phase in life then seeing that little baby looking like a young man must mark another.  Suddenly that little baby that left the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen in his mother's arms fourteen years ago looks like a young man. 

 

Prince Nikolai of Denmark who turns fourteen today

(photo Steen Brogaard)

 

Nikolai is also shown with little brother, Felix, who at 11 looks very far from little.  Both boys no split their time between the new homes of their parents, Joachim and Alexandra, who divorced in 2005 after a short separation. 

 



 

Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix of Denmark in another photo to mark big brother's fourteenth birthday

(photo Steen Brogaard)

 

It's ben a big year for the eldest of the queen's grandchildren with his confirmation earlier in the summer.  And he's continuing with another royal tradition by attending Krebs School in Copenhagen - just like his father and his uncle, Crown Prince Frederik.

 

 

The first glimpse of the first grandchild of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark - Nikolai leaves hospital in mum Alexandra's arms in 1999