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B.T.'s Royal Correspondent on Prince Christian's FCK Scarf: 'A Wakeup Call for the Crown Prince Couple' | BT Royale - www.bt.dk Prince Christian set fire to social media the other day when he dared to wear a FC Copenhagen scarf for a match in the Park. And while almost all of us can agree that the media storm against the prince has been insane, we should instead talk about how the royal children will get through shitstorms in the future. The Royal House's communications manager, Lene Balleby, otherwise tried to save Prince Christian by saying that the media storm against the young prince was 'unreasonable'. We can easily agree on that, but the facts are just that no one can stop Twitter and the social media, which functions like the Wild West in an otherwise quite reasonable Danish media landscape. Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik for the Crown Princess' 50th birthday in February. The Royal House has sensible agreements with the Danish media to ensure fair treatment for the royal children. We do not take pictures without parental consent. But when the Crown Prince and Crown Princess let Prince Christian take in the Park's VIP area on the A grandstand, one must also assume that they accept that pictures of the prince will come out. Everything else would be hopelessly naive. When we at B.T. occasionally falling over controversial images of the kids on social media, we choose not to bring them. It is a really good idea to let children be children for as long as possible. The Crown Prince Couple's children are facing a harsh media reality. That way, we also get some more solid, sensible royal kids who don’t have to worry about ending up as click baskers until they are of age. The honest rules do not exist on social media, and we can do nothing about it. But instead of reveling in self-pity over how unfair it is, the House of Lords must shift from a defensive strategy to an offensive strategy. Because there are lots of things the Crown Prince's family and the Royal Family can do to better equip the children for the digital age. It's unknown waters, because when the Crown Prince was a teenager, he did not have to worry about either Twitter, Facebook or Instagram. The reality today is quite different for Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. The royal children have already starred in the media several times. In the spring of 2021, Princess Isabella ended up on everyone's lips as she talked about herself on the stairs to her big brother's confirmation. Princess Isabella asked her mother if she was 'completely gone'. In March, it was 16-year-old Prince Christian who got his ears in the machine when he went viral in a video in which he sprayed champagne on his friends on a skiing holiday in France. I feel pretty convinced that the Royal Family naturally spends time training the young people. But the question is whether they train them to commit themselves in the traditional Danish media world or on social media. And that is probably the last thing that is most important if they are to be able to commit in the future. The royal children must know that even now they can not count on being private when they leave the land register. The moment they move around in public, they can be photographed, because all people have smartphones and social media. They also need to know that their words may be recorded, and an adult should have explained to Prince Christian what could happen if he wrapped himself in blue-and-white colors in the Park. While this may sound unreasonable, it is the harsh reality. The Royal Family must make every effort to teach the children to get used to the new media reality, because Prince Christian would be reluctant to lose heart before he has even grown up. Jacob Heinel Jensen Jacob Heinel Jensen is a journalist at B.T. and B.T.'s royal correspondent. In addition, he is B.T.'s US expert. Jakob Illeborg B.T.s verdict Be good at your home SPORT ABROAD B.T.s verdict Review confirms New claim: Expert warns How I did Handball Big mystery abroad Shock accusation sounds alarm: While you slept ABROAD Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13