Prince Joachim of Denmark announces plan to move to the US

By William On Dec 4, 2022

Prince Joachim of Denmark and his family are moving to the US after he got a new job in the defense industry in Washington, according to local media reports.

The 53-year-old Danish royal decided to move to Washington DC with his wife, Princess Marie, and their two young children, Prince Henrik, 13, and Princess Athena, 10, according to the Danish newspaper. BT informed.

The royal couple is currently based in Paris, where the prince has worked as a defense attaché since 2020. However, that job is expected to end in June, meaning the sticks are likely to rise. in the second half of the year.

The new job could mean Joachim will move even further away from Denmark following a tumultuous fall in the Danish royal family after his mother, Queen Margrethe II, stripped her four children of their titles of prince and princess.

Prince Joachim plans to move to the US with his family after his children Princess Athena, 10, (third from left) and Prince Henrik, 13, (right) were stripped of their titles, report the local media.

Prince Joachim’s children Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13 and Athena, 10, will lose their titles on January 1, 2023.

The communications department of the Danish Royal Court did not confirm Joachim’s next reported move.

In September, the Danish monarch announced that her grandchildren Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13 and Athena, 10, will no longer hold ‘Her Highness’ titles from January 2023.

At the time, the monarch insisted that the measure will be “good for them in their future” and will allow the children – who have maintained their positions in the line of succession – to “shape their own lives without being constrained by considerations and special duties ‘ which implies a formal affiliation with the Danish royal family.

However, Prince Joachim publicly spoke out against his mother’s decision in the days that followed, claiming that his children had been “harmed” in the process.

In September, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. 82, announced that four of her grandchildren will no longer have Her Highness titles

Prince Joachim gave an update on his relationship with his family while attending the annual Christmas Bazaar at the Danish Church in Paris with his wife, Princess Marie, on Friday.

Two months later, the sixth in line to the throne recently admitted that “communication was lacking” within the Royal Family in the lead up to the shock announcement.

He told the local news agency BT.: ‘There is a lot to work on. Communication was what was missing. Now we have found each other and we are on the right path.’

Earlier this month, it was announced that the Danish royal family will spend Christmas separately this year.

According to an official announcement from the house, Queen Margrethe will spend the festive season at Marselisborg Castle in Aarhus as usual.

Queen Margrethe beamed as she arrived for the premiere of The Nutcracker ballet at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen last weekend.

Also attending the ballet were her eldest son Crown Prince Frederik (left), his wife Crown Princess Mary, and their two younger children, twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.

The monarch will be accompanied by her younger sister, Princess Beneikte, and a group of ‘private friends’.

Outside of a title: The four grandchildren who will no longer be TRHs

Nikolai from Denmark, 23: The Copenhagen Business School student and model regularly tops lists of the world’s most eligible bachelors. He lives in Denmark but has traveled the world to walk for designers in Paris and London. Nikolai has also graced the cover of Vogue Scandinavia.

Felix of Denmark, 20: Following in his brother’s footsteps, Prince Felix has also found success as a model and has starred in a Georg Jensen ad campaign. He had a brief stint at the Royal Danish Military Academy, but resigned after two months as “it wasn’t for him”.

Henrik, 13, and Athena, 10, from Denmark: The youngest of Prince Joachim’s four children, Henrik and Athena, are the product of his second marriage to Princess Marie. They live with their parents in Paris.

Meanwhile, Queen Margrethe’s eldest son, Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, 54, will travel to Australia with his wife Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, 50, and their children Prince Christian, 17, Princess Elizabeth, 15, and Prince Vincent, 11. and Princess Josephine, 11.

The official announcement highlighted how “five years have passed since the Crown Prince couple together with their four children last visited the Crown Princess’s homeland” as the reason for not spending Christmas in Denmark this year.

Additionally, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie will spend Christmas on a “longer planned overseas trip” with their children, although the family has not disclosed the location.

Shortly after his sons were stripped of their titles, Prince Joachim claimed that he had only been given five days’ notice before the news was made public.

Instead of being Princes and Princesses, they will be Counts and Countesses and will be referred to as Their Excellencies.

Following his announcement, Joachim spoke to Danish publication Ekstra Bladet outside the Danish embassy in Paris, where he lives with his French-born wife Princess Marie and their two youngest children, saying their four children had been “injured”. by the decision of his grandmother.

Meanwhile, his ex-wife Alexandra, 58, who was married to Prince Joachim for 10 years until 2005, said their children had felt “excluded” from the institution and the decision had come “like a bolt of lightning”.

Denmark’s Prince Joachim said his four children have been hurt by their grandmother Queen Margrethe’s decision to strip them of their royal titles when she spoke for the first time since the bomb announcement in September.

It was reported that Prince Joachim was first informed of his mother’s decision in May, however he claimed at the time that he was only informed of the decision five days prior.

They gave me five days notice to tell them. In May, they presented me with a plan which, broadly speaking, was that when the kids turned 25, it would happen.

Now she only had five days to tell him. Athena turns 11 in January,” he clarified

The Royal Household then issued another statement, saying: “As the Queen said yesterday, the decision has been a long time coming.

“We understand there are a lot of emotions at play at the moment, but we hope that the Queen’s wish to prepare the Royal House for the future is respected.”