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Prince Joachim’s Wife, Kids to Skip His Brother’s Accession to Danish Throne

The younger prince moved his family to Washington after his mother stripped his children of royal titles.

Prince Joachim of Denmark, Princess Marie of Denmark, Count Nikolai of Denmark, Count Felix of Denmark, Count Henrik of Denmark and Countess Athena of Denmark at the balcony of Amalienborg Palace.

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Prince Joachim of Denmark will attend his older brother Frederik’s accession to the throne—but he reportedly won’t be bringing the wife and kids. Hello! notes that Joachim decamped to Washington after his mother, Queen Margrethe, decided his kids would eventually be stripped of their royal titles—while Frederik’s offspring get to keep theirs. “The children go to school, there is no special reason,” a palace mouthpiece told the magazine. Frederik is becoming king just weeks after Margrethe made the surprise announcement that she is abdicating.

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