Like their friends Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark are in no rush to leave the United States—in fact, they'e just confirmed they'll be staying put for the next few years. The couple relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2023 for Joachim to take a post as a defense industry attaché at the Danish Embassy—a move that happened after Joachim's mother, Queen Margrethe, stripped his childrens' royal titles. Now, a new statement from the Danish Ministry of Defense confirms that Prince Joachim and his family will be extending their stay in the USA until 2027.
In 2022, Queen Margrethe—who went on to abdicate the throne in January 2024—shocked the nation by slimming down its monarchy and stripping Joachim's four children of their prince and princess styles. Speaking to Danish media outlet B.T., he said, "I was given five days' notice on this. To tell my children that on New Year's Day their identity will be taken from them. I am very, very sad to see them sad and incomprehensible to what is happening above their heads."
