Power is changing in Denmark, but Prince Joachim’s entire family will not be there for the celebrations.
Prince Joachim arrives in Denmark from the United States to watch Queen Margaret abdicate her crown. PDO
Queen Margaret, 83, will officially abdicate on Sunday, January 14. At that time, the crown prince Frederick is crowned king of the land. The prince who moved to the United States with his family last year Joachim arrives alone at the event in Christiansborg Palace. His consort the princess Marie and their children don’t come, says People.
Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and the family’s two children moved to the United States in Washington nine months after Queen Margareta stripped Joachim’s four children of their royal titles.
Now one can wonder if this is related to the fact that Joachim’s entire family is not present at an event important to the Danish monarchy.
– Prince Joachim will be there, but the children go to school. There is no important reason to come, the Danish court tells People magazine.
Prince Joachim has four children. He had his two eldest sons Count Nikolai’s24, and Count Felix’s, 21, with his first wife Alexandra. The couple divorced in 2005, and Joachim remarried in 2008. He has two children with Princess Marie, Count Henrik13, and the Countess Athena11.
Count Nikolai, Princess Marie, Countess Athena, Count Henrik, Prince Joachim and Count Felix pictured in 2023. PDO
Queen Margareta’s decision to deprive children of royal titles was a real surprise decision that caused a great uproar in Denmark. The children of the family were previously called princes and princesses and Their Royal Highnesses from birth. However, the children kept their place in the order of succession to the crown.