Princess Marie and Prince Joachim with their children Prince Felix,Princess Athena,Prince Henrik and Prince Nikolai in September.Credit:AP
He is currently working as a defence attaché in Paris,a post he has held since 2020. He is expected to cross the Atlantic in the second half of the year.
Margrethe said her decision to remove the titles was intended to ensure the country’s monarchy was “keeping with the times”.
Her grandchildren Nikolai,23,Felix,20,Henrik,13,and Athena,10,now all go by the title of Count or Countess of Monpezat.
Denmark,Sweden and Belgium have all made moves to slim down their royal families and King Charles III is reportedly considering plans to follow suit.
Voicing his anger at the time,Joachim said:“We are all very sad. It’s never fun to see your children being harmed.
“They have been put in a situation they do not understand,” he toldEkstra Bladet.