Danish palace shares a photo of Prince Joachim’s wife on Instagram amid ‘row’ over titles

The Danish royal court today posted a photo of Prince Joachim’s wife, Princess Marie, on its official Instagram account after the prince reacted to the Queen’s decision to strip his children of their royal titles.

The Det Danske Kongehus account posted the photo of Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier as she appeared via a pre-recorded video message at a food waste event in Denmark attended by school children in Year 6.

The caption read: ‘Her Royal Highness Princess Marie, who has been fighting food waste for several years, sent school children a video greeting from her kitchen in Paris.’

LR: Princess Marie, Prince Joachim, Princess Athena, Prince Felix, Prince Henrik and Prince Nikolai at Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee earlier this month

Some royal fans may consider the post an olive branch after Queen Margrethe of Denmark announced that Princess Marie’s children with Prince Joachim would be stripped of their royal titles from January 1 next year – which her youngest son claimed had “damaged them.” inflicted’.

Speak with Extra Bladet This morning, Prince Joachim said he and his children, Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and Athena, 10, were “all very sad” about the decision.

He told the outlet, “It’s never fun to see your kids get hurt. They are put in a situation they do not understand.’

The prince added that despite reports that he was informed of the Queen’s decision in May, he actually only had five days to process the news before passing it on to his children.

He said, “I was given five days’ notice to tell them. In May, I was presented with a plan that was basically that when the kids turned 25 each, it would happen.

Prince Joachim’s children, Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena, from his two marriages, will be stripped of their prince/princess titles

“Now I only had five days to tell them. Athena will be 11 in January,” he clarified.

Prince Joachim, sixth in line to the throne behind his brother and his children, spoke outside the Danish embassy in Paris, where he lives with his second wife Marie and their children Henrik and Athena.

Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix’s mother says she is ‘in shock’ by decision to strip them of their royal titles

Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg – the ex-wife of Prince Joachim and mother of Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix – said she is “in shock” at Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s decision to strip her sons of their royal titles.

Nikolai, 23, and Felix, 20, along with their younger siblings Prince Henri, 13, and Princess Athen, 10, from their father’s second marriage, will all have their titles of Prince and Princess removed from January 1, 2023, the palace announced yesterday .

“We are all confused by the decision. We are saddened and in shock,” Alexandra said in a statement from her press adviser Helle von Wildenrath Løvgreen, the Danish magazine reported. Se og Hor.

Earlier this month, Alexandra attended Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at the Danish Royal Theater in Copenhagen (pictured)

The statement continued: “This comes like a bolt from the blue. The children feel alienated. They don’t understand why their identity is being taken away.’

Earlier this month, Alexandra attended Queen Margrethe’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at the Danish Royal Theater in Copenhagen.

Prince Joachim married his second wife Princess Marie in 2008 and later they welcomed Prince Henrik and Princess Athena.

His eldest children Nikolai and Felix, who are both models, are the product of his first marriage to Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg.

Alexandra, 58, who was married to Prince Joachim for 10 years until 2005, said the news “came like a storm from the sky” and her sons now feel “exiled by their families.” Her spokesperson also claimed that Joachim learned the news through a royal aide, rather than directly from his mother.

In a statement to the Danish magazine Se og Hør, she added: “This is like a bolt from the blue. The children feel alienated. They don’t understand why their identity is being taken away.’

Her spokesperson Helle von Wildenrath Løvgreen told another news organization that Joachim had been informed of the fate of his children through an assistant.

Queen Margrethe has allegedly spoken neither to her sons nor to her grandchildren.

“The children have been notified that they are losing their titles, delivered by their father, just as Countess Alexandra was told by Prince Joachim,” the spokesperson added.

A spokesman for the Danish royal family said today: ‘As the Queen said yesterday, the decision has been long in coming.

“We understand that there are many emotions at stake at the moment, but we hope that the Queen’s wish to future-proof the Royal House is respected.”

Queen Margrethe, 82, announced in a statement yesterday the move to remove the titles Prince and Princess and HRH from Prince Joachim’s children, saying she hoped it would allow her grandchildren to “shape their own lives.” without being constrained by the special considerations and duties’ associated with formal affiliation with the Danish Royal Family.

The four children of Margrethe’s eldest son and heir Crown Prince Frederik, and his Australian-born wife Crown Princess Mary – Prince Christian, 16, Princess Isabella, 15, and 11-year-old twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine – retain their titles.

It is seen as a step to streamline the monarchy – echoing King Charles’s desire for the British royal family and that of other European royal households.

The full statement read: ‘In April 2008, Her Majesty the Queen conferred the titles of Count, Countess and Count of Monpezat on her sons, their husbands and their descendants.

In May 2016, it was also announced that His Royal Highness Prince Christian, the only one of the Queen’s grandchildren, is expected to receive a state annuity as an adult.

As a logical follow-up to this, Her Majesty has decided that from January 1, 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim may only use their titles as Count and Countess of Monpezat, as their previous titles as Prince and Princess of Denmark. will expire.

‘The descendants of Prince Joachim will henceforth have to be addressed as Excellencies.

‘The Queen’s decision is in line with similar adjustments that other royal houses have made in different ways in recent years.

With her decision, Her Majesty the Queen wants to create the framework for the four grandchildren to shape their lives much more without being limited by the special considerations and duties that a formal affiliation with the Royal House of Denmark entails as an institution.

“All four grandchildren retain their place in the order of succession,” the statement said.