On 7 June, Prince Joachim of Denmark celebrated his 50th birthday. In the evening, Queen Margrethe hosted a gala dinner at Christian VIII’s Palace to celebrate her youngest son’s birthday. For the first time, the Queen’s eight grandchildren attended a gala dinner. Only Prince Nikolai had attended an official dinner before, as he is the only one of the Queen’s grandchildren…
On 3 June, Crown Prince Frederik, Prince Joachim, and Princess Marie attended a concert hosted in honour of Prince Joachim’s 50th birthday. Prince Joachim will celebrate his birthday on 7 June, but several musicians decided to organise a show for him to thank him for…
Eleven years ago today, Prince Joachim married his fiancée, Marie Cavallier in Mogeltonder Church, in South Jutland.
Prince Joachim and Princess Marie met while Joachim was still married to his first wife, Countess Alexandra. They were invited to a dinner and, being the…
On 13 May, the Danish Court announced that Prince Joachim had agreed to become Patron of the Orders and Medals Society of Denmark, taking over from Prince Henrik. Prince Henrik had been the patron of the association from 1978 until his death. It aims to promote the study of the history of orders and medals. The Society cooperates with similar societies in Belgium, the UK, Germany, Austria and the…
On 30 April, Princess Marie was in Skive to visit two projects supported by the DanChurchAid foundation of which she is the patron.
Princess Marie first visited the company Nordic Food Partners, which produces organic rice for primarily Nordic retail chains. The company…
On 25 April, Princess Marie attended the presentation of Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium’s 2014 book 10 Femmes Prix Nobel de la Paix (10 Women who won the Nobel Peace Prize) in Rungsted.
In 2014, Princess Marie-Esmeralda interviewed the nine women who won the Nobel…
While Princess Marie was in Paris, France, on 28 March to open the new Galeries Lafayette building on the Champs-Elysées, she gave an interview to French magazine Point de Vue about her family’s future move to France in the summer.
On 30 January, the Danish Royal Court announced that Prince Joachim, Princess Marie and their children, Prince Henrik and Princess Athena would move to Paris…
World Autism Day is 2 April, and Princess Marie, as Patron of the Danish Association for Autism, took part in the day’s events through a video message.
The Danish Association for Autism held a conference for autistic people about self-understanding, anxiety and “a…
Yesterday, Princess Marie attended the Day of the French Language at the Dansk Industri in Copenhagen. The Day of the French Language (Journée de la Francophonie) is celebrated every 20th of March across the world. The date was chosen to commemorate the creation of the…
On 20 February, Queen Margrethe organised a concert in the Chapel of Fredensborg Palace to commemorate the first anniversary of Prince Henrik’s death. She was joined by Crown Prince Frederik, Crown Princess Mary, Prince Joachim, and Princess Marie. Other guests included members of the Court and friends of Prince Henrik. Surprisingly, Princess Benedikte, Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg…
