Prince Joachim of Denmark will attend Crown Prince Frederik's coronation ceremony without his wife, Princess Marie, and their two children, who have been stripped of their royal titles.

Following Queen Margrethe’s shocking abdication, Denmark will have a new king and queen on Sunday, with Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Crown Princess Mary taking the throne.

However, although the coronation is a historic event, not all members of the Danish royal family will be in attendance.

According to Hello!, Frederic’s younger brother Prince Joachim will be attending the event alone to support his brother.

After Joachim became defense industry attaché at the Danish embassy, his wife Princess Marie and their two children, Count Henrik, 14, and Countess Athena of Montpezat, 11, remained in Washington, D.C., where the family is currently located. live there.

A palace spokesperson said: “Prince Joachim will also attend, but his children are at school and there is no special reason for this.”Queen Margrethe’s youngest son will leave Denmark the next day and return to his home in the United States. He added that it was planned.

Prince Joachim, Princess Marie, Count Henrik of Montpezat and Countess Athena of Montpezat, May 2023 in Paris, France

Tensions arose in Denmark’s royal family after the king decided to strip his four grandchildren of their royal titles in 2022. Denmark’s royal family later apologized for the timing of the announcement, but supported the move.

Joachim opposed his mother’s decision over the next few days, insisting that his two children from his first marriage to Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Count Nikolai (24 years old) and Count Felix (21 years old), as well as Henrik and Athena. “You can be harmed in the process.

Months later, the sixth-in-line to the throne admitted there had been a “lack of communication” within the royal family leading up to the bombshell announcement.

“There’s a lot of work to be done,” Joachim told local news outlet BT. What was missing was communication. Now we have met and are on the right path. ”

Shortly after the children were stripped of his title, Joachim claimed that he was given only five days’ notice before the news was made public.

After the Queen’s announcement, Joachim gave an interview to Danish publication Ekstra Vlade in front of the Danish embassy in Paris, explaining that he lives with his French-born wife, Princess Marie, and their two youngest children, and that his four children are dependent on their grandmother’s decision. “I was hurt,” he said. .

“I was given five days’ notice to tell them that.” In May, I was presented with a plan that, broadly speaking, would come true when each of my children turned 25. . Well, I only had 5 days to tell them that. Athena will turn 11 in January,” he revealed at the time.

Joachim and his second wife Marie also admitted in an interview with BT that Prince Frederik’s relationship with Princess Mary is “complicated”.

Meanwhile, Joachim’s ex-wife Alexandra said the decision was like “a bolt out of the blue” as her sons Nikolai and Felix felt “banished” from the facility.

Denmark will welcome a new king and queen on Sunday following Queen Margrethe’s shocking abdication. Crown Prince Frederik and his wife Crown Princess Mary are pictured together in January)

Count Nikolai and Count Felix, Queen Margrethe, Princess Marie, Countess Athena, Prince Joachim, and Count Henrik (April 2022)

The royal family issued a further statement, saying: “As the Queen said yesterday, this decision has been a long time coming.”

“We know there are many emotions at stake at this time, but we hope that the Queen’s wishes to protect the future of the Royal Family will be respected.”

The news that Joachim will be attending Sunday’s event comes after royal writers say the Crown Princess of Denmark is the real “power behind the throne” and that people in the country already refer to her as “King Mary.” It was announced after claiming that

Mr. Trine Villeman also said hello! The Australian mother-of-four, 51, said she was a “much better communicator and speaker” than her husband Prince Frederick.

The 55-year-old prince will become King Frederick X on January 14, following the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe.

Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, 83, announced his plans to step down in a dramatic New Year’s Eve speech.

Ahead of Margrethe’s daughter-in-law becoming Queen, Danish royal author Trine said, “Mary is truly the power behind the throne and will continue to be so for decades to come – about it.” There is no doubt about it.”

“Frederic is a nice person and very popular, but Mary is a better communicator and better at public speaking. She has great skills and enormous talent, and the Danish people admire her. I call her “King Mary.”

Royal author Trine Wilman wrote about Hello! The Australian mother-of-four, 51, is said to have “much better communication and public speaking skills” than her husband, Prince Frederick (pictured together in November).

Queen Margrethe announced on January 14 that she would abdicate the throne and hand it over to her son, Crown Prince Frederik.Photo: His Majesty’s New Year’s speech announcing his abdication

“Her approval rating is also higher than that of any other royal family…As we say in Denmark, long live King Mary!”

Denmark’s new king and queen, who are due to be sworn in this weekend, have the support of more than 80 percent of the Danish public, a recent poll has found.

A survey carried out for Ritzau revealed that Princess Mary is slightly more popular among Danes than Crown Prince Frederik as she prepares to take the throne on January 14.

The poll asked how suitable Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik were to serve as Queen Mary I and King Frederik X, ahead of Queen Margrethe’s abdication.