In recent weeks, there has been uncertainty about the future of Prince Joachim and his family. It became clear this autumn that the son of the Danish queen was going to leave his job in Paris, but where the journey was to continue first became known as November came to an end. The prince will move to the United States, with Princess Marie and their two childrne, where he will work in the defence industry.
The prince has scored a new top job within the defence industry in Washington, D.C. and thus will leave Paris in the summer of 2023. It was the Danish newspaper “BT” that first reported this, after having the news confirmed by several independent sources. However, the Danish Royal Court`s communications department will not confirm the information about the prince’s new job.
It can be considered a step up the career ladder for the prince, who has been defence attaché in Paris since September 2020. Although France and Denmark have close cooperation, the USA is, as is well known, Denmark’s most important ally when it comes to defence.
The job in the USA is probably also limited in time and after that, no one knows what the future holds for the prince and his family. Exact details of the job haven’t yet been revealed while reports suggest the family could move to Washington D.C., Maryland or Virginia.
The job naturally also means that Prince Joachim is moving even further away from Denmark after a tumultuous autumn in the Royal family. A crisis broke out, when the Queen decided to take away the titles from all of Prince Joachim’s children. This led to the prince, Princess Marie and Joachim’s former wife, Countess Alexandra, saying that their children felt abandoned by the royal family.
In 2019, Prince Joachim began France’s highest-ranked military education at the Center des Hautes Études Militaires and the Institut des Hautes Études de la Défense Nationale in Paris. In 2020, he received his diploma, and the prince is also a colonel of the reserve forces in Denmark.
