Egeskov Castle set the stage for one of the most talked-about society weddings in recent memory. Among the guests dressed in tailcoats and tiaras was a face that royal watchers weren’t entirely sure would show up: Count Nikolai of Monpezat. Crossing his chest was the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, one of Denmark’s highest honors and a gift from his uncle, King Frederik X; it’s a decoration that arrived years after his grandmother, Queen Margrethe II, stripped him of his princely title.
Nikolai has spoken candidly about that chapter of his life before. On this particular afternoon, though, none of it mattered. He was simply one of…
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