Joachim of Denmark will soon move to the United States. A choice similar to the one made by Prince Harry a few years ago. The opportunity to discover the link uniting these two men who have decided to cross the Atlantic to get away from the Crown.
Like a feeling of deja-vu? Although Mary of Denmark denied the persistent rumor that agitated the Danish press lately, the Danish palace put an end to the suspense by announcing that Joachim of Denmark would set foot in the United States later this year: “On September 1, 2023, His Royal Highness, Prince Joachim, will take up a new position in the Ministry of Defense as Attaché at the Danish Embassy in Washington D.C.” Like Prince Harry, who has been settled in the West Coast celebrity enclave of Montecito, California since 2020, family disputes were a catalyst for Prince Joachim’s move.
As a reminder, this need to get away comes after Queen Margrethe II’s shock announcement that she stripped her youngest son’s four children – Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena – of their titles of prince and princess. Yet, beyond their shared scabrous relationship with the Crown, Joachim of Denmark and Meghan Markle’s husband cultivate a long-standing friendship, as reported by the Daily Express. A bond that has been consolidated around a common profession, since Harry became a captain in the British army, while Joachim was commander of a tank squadron in the Danish army. Thus, in 2017, during a visit to Copenhagen, Archie and Lilibet’s father was accompanied by Prince Joachim on the occasion of several programs for veterans.
Prince Harry and Prince Joachim of Denmark visit a veterans’ center, which uses sports in the rehabilitation of soldiers, in Copenhagen. October 26, 2017
Joachim of Denmark behind Prince Harry despite the storms
If Prince Harry has attracted the wrath of his British peers in recent years by multiplying controversial statements, his friend Joachim of Denmark did not hesitate to support him. Indeed, the former husband of Alexandra Manley had followed very closely the shock interview of Meghan Markle and her husband with Oprah Winfrey, in March 2021. According to the revelations of our colleagues of Tatler, the Earl of Monpezat would have then described the media intervention of the Sussexes of “courageous”. A word symbolizing the friendly relationship between the two exiled princes.
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