After King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark's balcony PDA was dubbed forced, how an uneasy public kiss can be the sign of trouble in paradise

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It’s no doubt supposed to be a show of public affection to reassure onlookers that all is well in their marriage – but kisses shared between Europe’s royal couples don’t always go to plan. 

Just yesterday, the newly-appointed King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark seemed to miss the mark as they kissed one another during their balcony appearance at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen.

Waving to the crowds who had gathered following the monarch’s accession to the throne after his mother Queen Margrethe II’s shock abdication, the couple eventually shared a kiss to mark the occasion.

However, the affection was labelled ‘forced’ and ‘cringey’ by viewers online and comes amid rumours the pair’s marriage is on the rocks after Frederik was pictured on a night out with Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova in Madrid without his wife in October.

But Denmark’s new King and Queen aren’t the only royal couple to suffer an awkward kiss in public – especially when surrounded by rumours of trouble in paradise. Here, FEMAIL reveals the royal kisses that seemingly failed to scream romance… 

King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark  

After becoming King on Sunday, a beaming Frederik took to Christiansborg Palace balcony, where he shared a public kiss with his wife – the newly crowned Queen Mary of Denmark

After becoming King on Sunday, a beaming Frederik took to Christiansborg Palace balcony, where he shared a public kiss with his wife – the newly crowned Queen Mary of Denmark.

But Frederik’s ‘genuinely happy and highly emotional display’ revealed potential tensions in his marriage, a body language expert revealed.

Adrianne Carter told FEMAIL: ‘When Mary joins him we initially see quite a distance between the two of them as they hold hands, he moves closer which she accepts. A literal distance can often mean a distance in a relationship.

‘When the children join them, they all move in together. Mary encompasses her children showing that’s her important focus.’

However, when the King pulls Mary close as the children leave the balcony – the Queen is ‘the first to pull away’.

She continued: ‘Frederik pulls her in for a kiss, which he tries to do a few times before it actually happens. This is something he has planned, rather than something spontaneous.’

Adrianne also noted that when Frederik tries to kiss Mary on the side of the forehead, she ‘doesn’t react in any way; she just accepts’.

The body language expert mused whether Frederik is ‘still in the dog house’ after rumours of an alleged affair with Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova.

The new King and Queen shared a kiss shortly after Frederik succeeded the throne (pictured)

Adrianne said: ‘We see Frederik pull in Mary and plant a kiss on the side of her forehead. She doesn’t react in any way; she just accepts. Is Frederik still in the doghouse I wonder?’

Rumours of an affair circulated late last year, after the King was spotted on a night out with Genoveva in Madrid.

The Mexican socialite later denied what she labelled ‘malicious’ rumours after photos surfaced of herself with the Crown Prince in the Spanish capital.

Spanish magazine Lecturas reported they had dined together and watched Flamenco dancing until 1am.

Mary has remained tight-lipped about her husband’s dinner with the socialite, and the royal couple have put on a united display in a number of public appearances. 

However, speculation has mounted that Queen Margrethe’s decision to abdicate may have been a bid to keep Frederik’s wife of 19 years on side. 

Mary is incredibly popular with the Danish people, and was labelled the real ‘power behind the throne’ and ‘king Mary’ last week, according to a royal author.

Trine Villemann also told Hello! that the Australian mother-of-four, 51, is a ‘much better communicator and public speaker’ than her husband, Crown Prince Frederik.

Ahead of Margrethe’s daughter-in-law becoming Queen, Danish royal author Trine said: ‘Mary truly is the power behind the throne and will be for decades to come – there’s no doubt about that.

‘Frederik is a lovely guy and he’s very popular, but Mary is a much better communicator and public speaker. She has great skill and enormous talent, and people in Demark are calling her ‘King Mary’.

‘Her approval ratings are higher than those of the rest of the royals, too… As we say in Denmark: Long live King Mary!’

Charles and Diana

Diana turned away as Charles leant in to kiss her on the cheek at a prize-giving ceremony following a polo match in Jaipur, India in 1992, pictured

The breakdown of Diana and Charles’ marriage was almost confirmed to the world when the princess swerved her head at the moment of a kiss in India in 1992, leaving her husband’s painfully pursed lips making contact with the side of her hair.

Princess Diana turned away as Charles, then the Prince of Wales, leaned in to kiss her on the cheek at the prize-giving ceremony following the polo match in Jaipur.

Body language expert Judi James previously said of the kiss: ‘Charles and Diana looked as though they had no relationship or even connection between them in private. 

‘The kiss was clumsy and awkward with no suggestion of a normally tactile relationship or even chemistry together. There is no synchronicity here. 

Charles and Diana also shared a tense and distant peck following his polo victory in 1985, just four years after their wedding

‘Diana leans forward but also away from her husband and their clutches look misplaced and lacking in any affection. 

‘Diana has deflected the kiss by turning her head away. This rejection means Charles is left to plant his kiss on her hair instead of her cheek.

‘His splayed fingers on her back showed a lack of desire for any form of touch and his ugly grimace as he miss-kisses looks miserable.’

Meanwhile, in 1985, just a few months after the birth of Prince Harry, the couple shared an awkward and distant kiss following Charles’ polo victory.

The couple also looked tense on a number of other occasions, with Diana looking glum as Charles showed off his sporting prowess on the pitch.

Prince Albert of Monaco and Princess Charlene 

Charlene – who appeared to share a very awkward kiss with Albert at their wedding in 2011 – appeared serious and in floods of tears during the ceremony prompting much speculation

It was set to be the wedding of the year that threatened to put Kate and Prince William’s nuptials a few months earlier in the shade.

But days before the big day, rumours began to circulate that Princess Charlene of Monaco had tried to flee the country on three occasions with a one-way ticket to Johannesburg.

A Parisian news magazine reported that Charlene had been stopped at Nice airport after allegedly learning a ‘distressing’ revelation about her future husband’s private life.

A senior Monaco detective claimed at the time: ‘Charlene had her passport confiscated so that the Prince’s entourage could persuade her to stay’.

The rumour mill in France went into overdrive. Charlene had, it was suggested, heard talk of another illegitimate child, conceived when she was dating Prince Albert in 2005, and who would bring his tally of children born out of wedlock to three.

But the Princess would go on to dismiss the ‘hilarious’ rumours. She said: ‘Why would he go through all this effort to have our dearest friends come join us, for us to be reluctant?’

Prince Albert added: ‘My family have long been the subject of rumours born out of jealousy.’

In July 2011, Charlene, then 33, and 53-year-old Albert’s three-day wedding, thought to cost around £53million, got underway.

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The kiss coupled with Charlene’s wedding day tears sparked speculation all was not well

The couple shared another awkward kiss during the religious ceremony on July 2

Under blue skies, the former Olympic swimmer transformed into a Princess and became her Serene Highness Princess Charlene of Monaco.

But Charlene – who appeared to share a very awkward kiss with Albert at their wedding – appeared serious and in floods of tears during the ceremony prompting much speculation.

Speaking about her big day, Charlene said later in an interview: ‘Everything was just so overwhelming and there were all the mixed emotions because of the rumours, and obviously the tension built up and I burst into tears [immediately after the ceremony].

‘And then I burst into tears some more because I was thinking “Oh no, now the whole world has seen me cry”’.

She continued: ‘I think I kind of went into Olympic mode. I was in the zone, and I don’t think anything was affecting me at that time. When all the rumours had started and people were questioning this and that, I just totally ignored it.’

Albert insisted their composed expressions had been misinterpreted and were ‘unfair’.

Turning to his wife, he said: ‘I thought I paid attention to you, smiled at you many times – but maybe that’s not enough for some people.’