Prince Joachim in shock over treatment of the children:
– We are all very sad. It’s never fun to see your kids treated like candy. They themselves find themselves in a situation they do not understand, says a clearly affected Prince Joachim Extra Magazinewho met him outside the Danish embassy in Paris on Thursday morning.
Got a few days notice
A decision that Prince Joachim, according to the royal house, should have been aware of since May, but according to Prince Joachim himself, it is not quite so.
– I was given five days’ notice, says the prince to Ekstra Bladet.
– I heard that you found out about this in May. Isn’t that right?
– In May, I was presented with a plan, which initially stated that when the children were 25 years old, it had to happen. Athena turns 11 in January, says a clearly impressed Prince Joachim.
Will not elaborate on the relationship with his mother
He was also asked how the decision has affected the relationship with his mother, Queen Margrethe.
– I don’t think I need to elaborate on this, says Prince Joachim.
On Wednesday evening, Ekstra Bladet met Queen Margrethe outside the National Museum in Copenhagen. She also found it difficult to put into words the atmosphere in the family.
Here, Ekstra Bladet asked how it affects her that her decision has made the four grandchildren feel ostracized.
– I didn’t put it myself, she said, after saying «uhhhh» and «hmmm» several times.
After this she hurried on towards the museum.
From 1 January 2023, Prince Joachim’s four children will be given the titles Count and Countess instead of Prince and Princess.
Royal house expert surprised by the reaction
TV 2’s royal house expert, Ole-Jørgen Schulsrud-Hansen, is also surprised by the queen’s choice.
– I haven’t managed to notice that this was going to happen, he says to TV 2.
It is not often that someone is stripped of their titles from a royal house.
– It seems to her that this is in line with the general thinking that the monarchy should be slimmed down, he says.
He is surprised by Prince Joachim’s reaction.
– At the same time, it seems that the prince is more in line with his father, Prince Henrik, who went out at the turn of the millennium and said that it was unfair that he, as a man, was paid by his wife, and that he would have liked to have been king, says Schulsrud – Hansen.
According to experts, Denmark is the great monarchy in Scandinavia.