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I hope he will recover fully and soon.
I don´t like Jokke, that is no secret - but really, it is like disliking a family member. When you are hit by something like this, you forget what you disagree about.

Joachim started his job as military attache today. He looks moderately unhealthy - which means pretty much back to normal. Maybe a little more pale than he is normally.

Marie visiting a danish paintings exhibition at the Nouveau Palais in Paris. Her waist looks thicker which makes me wonder if she could be pregnant.

If  you click on the right arrow in the picture you can scroll through several pictures.

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I would be very surprised if she was pregnant, but you never know.

It is a lovely photo, I agree! Athena took it. Kids take brilliant pictures of their parents. I think it is because the parents are relaxed around their own kids.

I also think that Jokke has changed after his heart attack - to the BETTER. A week ago I saw an interview with him, and I actually LIKED him! He also insisted on the more informal titulation, which earlier he demanded reporters to use highly formal titles when addressing him.
I am glad for the change and wish him further good recovery.

Congrats to her!!
Apart from the eyes, I think she looks a lot like her mother.

So true, Tiger! It will be explosive! Norway, Sweden, Denmark, SPAIN, Netherlands, Belgium - and a few years later ENGLAND!

OMG, please kids, just grow up already!

We were discussing what happened to Jokke in the Harry-Meghan thread, here is an analysis by a Danish newspaper. Google Translate, sorry!


B.T.'s Royal Correspondent: The Earth Burns Under Prince Joachim

We all know the story of the company man. Him who always praises the company and the bosses, and him who always arrives on time. Neatly he makes sure to carry out his work with great pli and duty.

The company has to cut back and the company man is out in a firing round. Lost and without identity, he stands on the street with his hat in his hand.

That man is Prince Joachim.

At least if we mention the Royal House as they do in Britain. Like 'The Firm'.

Joachim was awarded apanage - 300,000 kroner a month. For that money he cut strings and carried out the protection work that the Queen, Prince Henrik and the Crown Prince could not overcome. He did so with great pride. The prince did what he was supposed to. He held on to the royal forms of indictment, and he was proud to represent the royal house into which he was born.


He served in the military. In 1988 he became a sergeant, in 1989 a lieutenant, in 1990 a first lieutenant and in 2015 a colonel of the reserve.

But times changed.

The then Princess Alexandra had to leave after the divorce, and with her she got a bag of money. Annuity. Then Crown Prince Frederik married Mary, and Prince Joachim found love again with Marie. In all, the brothers had eight children. Prince Joachim got Prince Felix and Prince Nikolai with Alexandra, and Prince Henrik and Princess Athena with Marie. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess received Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.

A giant royal expansion was a reality.


It was clear to Amalienborg that one could not ask the population to finance such a large royal house in the future. There would not be enough work. There are just not that many strings to be cut in little Denmark. It was decided that the heir to the throne, Prince Christian, was the only one who could count on getting on the Finance Act.

Thus the royal house of the future was founded. It should be slimmer.

But it also became clear to everyone that Prince Joachim stood with one leg in the past and one leg in the future - and that his position was under pressure. Despite his high apanage, the duties became fewer and fewer. Power in the Royal House was centralized around the Crown Prince Couple. Prince Joachim's court was closed down - and then came the bomb: His days in Denmark were numbered, and he was sent to France.

Although it was said that it was Joachim's own wish, it was a truth with modifications. The reality is that he had no choice. He was no longer a desired asset for the Danish royal family. Princess Marie told the truth when I met her at the Chateau de Cayx in the summer of 2020:

“It is not always us who decides. I think it's important to know. "

In other words: Powerful forces in the Royal House wanted to get rid of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie.

Now the couple is talking openly about the conflict in the French magazine, Point De Vue.

“Between us, it’s more complicated. The Crown Prince simply has to follow the course of events. But nothing is defined for the second and the person's wife, neither in writing nor in speech. My father became acquainted with the same dissatisfaction and never managed to get his place in the royal family ready. But it is not always easy. We have to find out for ourselves, while staying within the role of number two in the series, "said Prince Joachim.

The interview hit like a bomb in Denmark the other day, and it detonated just three days before Prince Christian's confirmation. On social media, there were divided opinions about Prince Joachim's thoughts.

Many people are - understandably - tired of listening to royal whining, but everyone has the right to be heard. I think it's liberating with honest talk from the usually fairly closed royal house. Prince Joachim is unhappy and we must take a serious debate on Prince Joachim's future.

Right now he receives appanage of 3.8 million kroner a year - but he does not really work for the Royal House. He works diligently for Denmark as a defense attaché in Paris. It is a job that usually brings in 1.2 million kroner in salary plus housing expenses. Thus, the prince is greatly overpaid. We can not get around that.

Prince Joachim will of course disagree, for he has always reckoned that his apanage is for life. This is actually not so strange, because that was what he was put in view. Now Joachim probably feels the earth burning beneath him.


It does, too.

In the summer of 2020, Countess Alexandra resigned her appanage of DKK 2.6 million. She saw the writing on the wall well in advance. Prince Joachim should do the same - the popular support for his annuities is gone, and the question is what happens on the day the Queen is no longer here.

I hear that it is extremely unlikely that our future Queen Mary - who will de facto rule the royal house of the future - will suddenly give Prince Joachim a new role. She has no desire for that.

The company man probably knows very well that he is dead man walking - but he can still manage to retire in time and thus keep the honor.

Unfortunately for Joachim, this is probably the only resort.

https://www.bt.dk/royale/bts-royale-korrespondent-jorden-braender-under-prins-joachim