Princess Marie and Prince Joachim of Denmark.Photo: BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty
Prince Joachim of Denmark is coming to America!
The palaceannouncedon Friday that Prince Joachim and his wife, Princess Marie, are moving to Washington, D.C. this summer. The second son ofQueen Margrethewill start a new job at the Danish Embassy under the Ministry of Defense on September 1, helping strengthen the defense industrial cooperation with the United States and Canada in the coming years.
The announcement said that Prince Joachim and his “family” will make the move, likely meaning the couple’s two children, 13-year-old son Henrik and 11-year-old daughter Athena, will join them. Joachim is also a father to sons Nikolai, 23, and Felix, 20, from his previous marriage to Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg.
Prince Joachim, 53, and Princess Marie, 47, moved to France four years ago. “The reason was that Prince Joachim initiated France’s highest-ranking military training course as a supplement to the Prince’s long-term commitment to the Defense,” the palace said. “After completing the education, both the Prince and Princess were associated with the Danish Embassy in Paris as the Defence Attaché and Special Cultural Representative, respectively.”
Shortly after the announcement was made, the monarch issued anapologysaying she “underestimated” how greatly the shock of the news would affect the family dynamic and calling the change “necessary future-proofing of the monarchy.”
Prince Joachim with his wife, Princess Marie, and four children.MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images
While Prince Joachim and Princess Marie are about to call the United States home, another royal resident isleaving the country. The Swedish palaceannouncedearlier this month thatPrincess Madeleineof Sweden will return to her home countryafter living in Floridawith her husband and their three children since 2018.
“HRH Princess Madeleine and Mr. Christopher O’Neill, together with their children, will move to Stockholm in August 2023,” they said in a statement, adding that they’ll relocate to Sweden “indefinitely.” They will reside in an apartment at Stockholm’s Royal Stables.
Their two eldest children, 9-year-old Princess Leonore and 7-year-old Prince Nicolas, will begin elementary school in Stockholm in the fall, while 4-year-old Princess Adrienne will start preschool.
Princess Madeleine of Sweden with her husband and three children.Rune Hellestad/Getty Images
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Prince Joachim will join some other royal residents in the U.S.Prince HarryandMeghan Marklerelocated to her home state of California in 2020 after stepping back from their royal roles within the British royal family. They live in Montecito with their children, 3-year-old sonPrince Archieand 1-year-old daughterPrincess Lilibet.
Royal sisters (andPrince Harry’s cousins)Princess BeatriceandPrincess Eugeniehave also lived in the United States at points in the recent past.
Japan’s formerPrincess Makogave up her royal status to marry her college boyfriend. The couple moved to New York City in 2021, and Mako reportedlygot a jobassisting curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
source: people.com
