The relationship between
Marie and Joachim is an interesting one. I have a lot of time on my hands today so I thought I would compile a timeline. It might be slightly off, so correct me if I made any mistakes:
We first heard about her back in the summer of 2005 when she accompanied Joachim on a trip to the south of France. Then we heard nothing for quite some time.
Then on March 16, 2006, the big reveal: Billed Bladet found out who the mysterious French lady and her name was
Marie.
She essentially disappeared only to reemerge shouting to the press that she "loved" Joachim, but he didn't know it yet.
This was around March 2006.
Sometime early last summer (around June or July) the couple broke up. According to sources that DRWs found:
Billed Bladet has reported this week that Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier have ended their relationship. Marie Cavallier has told that they are no longer dating while walking with her from her local patisserie in Geneva. The reporter said she seemed pensive and suggested they ask Prince Joachim if they wanted more information.
The Copenhagen post had
this to say about the break up:
After a ten month relationship characterised by long telephone calls, e-mails and shared vacations, Prince Joachim and his French girlfriend Marie Cavallier have called their relationship quits.
'We're not dating any longer" Cavallier told weekly magazine Billed-Bladet.
In the late summer of 2006, the rumors started flying that Alexandra might be engaged to be married.
SE og HØR is reporting that Martin Jørgensen has proposed to Princess Alexandra.
The press picks up that Alexandra and Martin have officially "gone public" by attending a wedding where Joachim is also a guest. Photos of the three looking happy signals that something big is about to happen.
By late winter, Marie is back in Copenhagen happier than ever (I wonder why? ) DRWs quotes Seg og Hor:
...Prince Joachim and Marie Cavallier are seeing each other again. A journalist from
SE og HØR saw them in Copenhagen on Saturday night in Café Zeze.
SE og HØR says they kissed and cuddled late into the night. The journalist asked Joachim if he and Marie were back together and he replied, "Yes, as you can see."
Then Billed Bladet jumps on the Marie bandwagon again. According to the Billed Bladet translations at DRWs:
What I said to you the last time was true," she said, refering to the end-of-summer break up. "At that time we weren’t together, and it wasn’t a lie, we really took a break. We were apart for a while. For how long, you figure out yourselves,” are the words from Marie, who used the period after the break up to really contemplate the relationship. The pause was good for her as well as Joachim. In just a couple of months they regained control on thoughts and feelings and together they reached the conclusion that they neither could, nor would, do without each other, says Billed Bladet.
They missed each other, so they had to meet again and the reunification was a success.
“Was it Joachim who made contact with you in order to restart the relationship?”
The question almost make Marie nod in confirmation, but at the last moment she didn't and laughed instead.
“I really can’t answer that,” she says leaving little doubt about who re-established contact.
Soon, the press is all over her butt and follows her every move in Geneva (oh and her dog is there too), then she hops on over to Copenhagen to spend New Year's with Joachim, the kids, Alexandra, and Martin.
Back in Geneva, Marie is chatty again. She, once again, decides to
talk to the press (Billed Bladet) about their relationship (she still doesn't get it, but whatever.)
By late January,
Joachim announces that this year, "... 2007 are... our relationship this year will be both challenging and exciting. But, I cannot reaveal anything in what way,” answered Joachim, short and precise, and then with a teasing smile dodged further questions..."
souce Billed Bladet via DRWs.
In Febuary, the Danish medias' greatest wish has come true, a
photo call with Marie, Joachim, and the kids in Switzerland. Oh, and
[URL="http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k69/KateGT/BBno707-MCApple.jpg"]Apple[/URL] is there too stuffed into Marie's backpack. Billed Bladet asked Marie about their relationship, and again she replied:
...Billed Bladet's reporter Ulrik Ulriksen asked Prince Joachim whether an engagement was in the wind and Joachim replied he and Marie were keeping that to themselves while having a great time together in the meantime.
Nice winter photo
Her & Nu reports:
For Joachim and Marie the appetite seems to have been greater for love and kisses than for beef and burgers, because they have problems keeping their eyes from each other and Marie frequently cuddles up to her 'dream prince'.
Love has been victorious. Marie has melted Joachim’s heart and it can hardly be long before he is engaged to the beautiful French girl and abducts her to Schackenborg, so that life will again return to the marsh [Schackenborg Estate is near marshland in southern Jutland near the German border]. She loves him. She has never concealed that. And Joachim does not hide that he loves her too.
source: DRWs
To be continued...
*All photos and quoted comments from articles are from DRWs who are no way shape or form journalists. They are a fan site.*