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Prince Joachim addresses return to Denmark after years abroad in the US
Prince Joachim of Denmark has shared a “desire to come home” after years of living abroad in the United States.
The royal, who is the son of Margrethe II and the younger brother of King Frederik X, moved to Washington D.C in 2023 with his wife and two youngest children to take up a position at the Danish Embassy under the Ministry of Defence.
Two years on from their move, the Danish royal has opened up about a potential return.
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“We have a desire to come home,” he told Denmark’s TV2 in a new interview.
“But we also do not rule out the possibility of staying abroad,” he added.
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“Now we have to see. For now, it is on our radar, when the post here stops, we will return home.”
Prince Joachim and his family’s moved overseas after all four of his children’s royal titles were stripped away.
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The royal has four children from two marriages.
He shares eldest sons Nikolai, 25, and Felix, 22, from his previous relationship with his first wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg.
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Joachim then welcomed son Henrik, 16, and daughter Athena, 13 with his second wife, Princess Marie, whom he has been married to since 2008.
In September 2022, Margrethe II announced Joachim’s children would no longer have their His/Her Royal Highness titles from January 1, 2023.
Shortly after, Joachim’s eldest son, Count Nikolai of Monpezat, moved to Sydney.
Speaking to 9Honey in September 2023 of his family’s move to the US, Count Nikolai said he was “so excited for them”.
“I miss all of them all four of them”.
“But they’ve been living in Paris for the past four years so I think we’ve grown sort of used to this abroad family relationship, although it’s much further away now.”
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