Prince Joachim Makes Rare Comment After Kids Stripped of Royal Titles
Prince Joachim of Denmark is thinking about the future.
Two years after moving to the United States in the wake of his mom Margrethe II stripping his kids Nikolai, 25, and Felix, 22, Henrik, 16, and Athena, 13, of their royal titles, the 55-year-old opened up about potential plans to return to the motherland.
"We have a desire to come home," Joachim told TV2 in an interview translated from Danish. "But we also do not rule out the possibility of staying abroad."
Noting how he's in the middle of a three-year job with the Danish Embassy under the Ministry of Defense, Joachim—who shares his adult sons with ex-wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg and his younger children with wife Princess Marie—continued, "For now, it is on our radar, when the post here stops, we will return home."
Joachim relocated to the U.S. with Marie and their two kids in the summer of 2023, months after then-queen Margrethe ruled all of his children will no longer be addressed as prince or princess as "necessary future-proofing of the monarchy."
As the Danish Royal House explained in a September 2022 statement, "Her Majesty The Queen wishes to create the framework for the four grandchildren to be able to shape their own lives to a much greater extent without being limited by the special considerations and duties that a formal affiliation with the Royal House of Denmark as an institution involves."
Margrethe added in a personal statement at the time, "It is my duty and my desire as Queen to ensure that the monarchy always shapes itself in keeping with the times. Sometimes, this means that difficult decisions must be made, and it will always be difficult to find the right moment."
The 85-year-old went on to abdicate her post as monarch in 2024, breaking a 900-year tradition. Her eldest son—Joachim's older brother King Frederik X—succeeded the throne.
As for how Joachim's kids are adapting to life without their royal titles? "We are each busy in our own way," he told TV2. "The kids are at school, where they enjoy being challenged and have an ever-growing social circle, and I have my job."
"We are our little nuclear family and enjoy it, and we make sure as much as possible that we also have time for each other," Joachim continued. "That it doesn't always get in the way of work, school and homework."
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