Public Role
Count Ingolf sometimes takes part in major public events associated with the royal family; he and Countess Sussie attended the wedding on 14 May 2004 of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark at Copenhagen Cathedral, and the subsequent reception at Fredensborg Palace. They also attended the Memorial Service in honour of Empress Maria Feodorovna held on 22 September 2006. On some occasions, they are listed as members of the Royal Family, such as when they attended the wedding of Prince Joachim in 2008 and the luncheon to celebrate the 75th birthday of Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark at Fredensborg Palace on 11 June 2009 On other occasions, such as the celebrations for the 70th birthday of Margrethe II of Denmark, they are listed along with non-royal guests but even in this case, usually at the ceremonies themselves they are given precedence immediately after his sister Princess Elisabeth of Denmark. Count Ingolf and Countess Sussie attended the ruby jubilee celebrations for Queen Margrethe.
Ingolf receives an annual allowance of 1.4 million kroner according to the Danish Royal House web-site. Presumably this is to compensate him for having been displaced in the order of succession to the throne by the introduction of female dynasts (Princesses Margrethe, Benedikte and Anne-Marie) ahead of him. Neither his sister Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, nor his brother Count Christian of Rosenborg, formerly Prince Christian of Denmark, receive such an allowance, even though in 1971 Count Christian also lost his rights to the throne, while Princess Elisabeth remains in the line of succession.
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