Frederik X said the new royal insignia “strengthens the prominence” of Denmark’s Commonwealth, including Greenland, as Donald Trump again proposes buying the island.

The three crowns that had been on the coat of arms, the royal family said, had been removed “as it is no longer relevant.”

The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump.King Frederik has made a clear show of his intention to retain the territory within the kingdom of Denmark – and so continue to control its foreign and security policy – after US president-elect Donald Trump expressed his desire to buy Greenland for the US.