Denmark

Questions arise after two former princes appear to still be using their royal titles

It has been revealed that Prince Joachim’s children are still referred to as princes and princesses, despite the removal of their official titles at the start of 2023. At of the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day, in an effort to slim down the Danish monarchy, Queen Margrethe removed the titles of Prince Joachim’s children, making them counts and countesses. Despite the…
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Danish Royal House releases new images of royal twins

The Danish Royal House has released new images to mark the birthday of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary’s twins. Solo images of Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine were released on the morning of their 12th birthday, taken by Jens Rosenfeldt. Usually, the Royal House releases a photo of the twins together and then one of each child by themselves; however, this year…
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The royal children who left Denmark as Princes & Princesses, but returned a few days later as Counts & Countesses

It was a different Christmas to usual for the Danish Royal Family in 2022. Queen Margrethe celebrated the festivities for the first time at Djursland alongside her sister, Princess Benedikte. Meanwhile, the Crown Prince & Princess and their children spent Christmas in Australia with Crown Princess Mary’s family. Until this week, however, it was not known where Prince Joachim and his…
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On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day - four royals stripped of their titles in major shake-up

Four members of the Danish Royal Family woke up with new titles this morning after Queen Margrethe’s shock decision to remove her grandchildren’s titles came into effect. As of today, all four children of Prince Joachim—Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena—are to be known as Count and Countess of Monpezat after Queen Margrethe decided to remove their prince/princess titles. In…
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