Prince Joachim and Princess Marie’s little son Henrik’s first Christmas is approaching, and the parents have already begun the planning. Prince Joachim told reporters that it would be a good guess to say that they will spend it at Marselisborg Castle.

However, Princes Nikolai and Felix will unfortunately not be able to there, as they spent their last Christmas with their father, and therefore, as per their usual arrangement, will spend this one with their mother the Countess of Frederiksborg and their step-father Martin Joergensen.

It is also expected that the Crown Princely family will spend Christmas with the Queen and the other Prince Henrik in Marselisborg as well.

For more information, please see this thread.

alex001 Danish Royals Christmas, Countess Alexandra, HH Prince Henrik, Martin Jørgensen, Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince Joachim, Prince Nikolai, Princess Marie

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Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, former wife of Prince Joachim, attended on the 23rd the launch at the D’Angleterre Hotel in Copenhagen of friend Dennis Knudsen’s first make-up range, Ink By Denis Knudsen. She was accompanied by her husband Martin Joergensen and other celebrity customers of Knudsen’s, including Maria Montell and Janni Kjær.

The Countess is also not only a customer of his store, but also of his holiday homes in Turkey, where she and her family have previously holidayed and have now bought themselves a property. The house, in Alanya, is rumoured to be 220 square meters, with a luxury jacuzzi, air conditioning, marble floors and have acces to Danish television channels.

For more information, please see this thread.

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Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, the former wife of Prince Joachim, will be selling two of her most ‘delicious’ bags, one by Burberry and one by Versace, on trendsales.dk to benefit UNICEF. Other participating in the celebrity auction include Crown Princess Mary’s stylist Anja Camilla Alajdi and Marianne Dulong. Going on sale on October 5th, the starting price is DKK0, but it is hoped that plenty of money will be raised for a good cause.

For more information, please see this thread.

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According to politiken.dk, the Danish Royal Family will next year receive an increase in their allowances totalling 1.9 million kroner.

The Queen’s husband Prince Henrik will receive a total budget of 7.1 million kroner, which is a rise of 200,000 klroner from last year, whilst Prince Joachim and Princess Marie will receive an increase of 100,000 kroner, for a total of 3.1 million. Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary will have their budget increased by 400,000 kroner, to a total of 17.6 million. Princess Benedikte, sister of Queen Margrethe, will be given a total of 1.1 million kroner, and even Count Ingolf, the cousin of the Queen, will receive an increase of 100,000 kroner.

The former wife of Prince Joachim, Countess Alexandra, will also be given an increased budget of 2.1 million kroner, an increase of 100,000 upon last year. However, as a private citizen, the Countess does not have tax-exempt status and will as such  be paying tax upon it.

For more information, please see this thread.

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Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, former wife of Prince Joachim, has refused an invitation to participate in the Danish version of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’, a show which sees minor celebrities and would-be celebrities dance in competition with each other to win the competition with their dancing, and perhaps get their ‘15 minutes of fame’.

Alexandra was allegedly also offered a position on the show two years ago, which she politely refused. Crown Princess Mary’s father John Donaldson has apparently also been offered a chance, but he too has declined, according to magazine Her og Nu.

For more information, please see this thread.

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Countess Alexandra, as Patron of the Danish Association of the Blind, yesterday handed out prizes to talented young researchers in the field of the prevention and cure of eye diseases of 1.5 million Danish kroner together with the Chairman of the Danish Blind Society, Thorkild Olesen.

The Countess has been the patron of the organisation since 1996, one year after she became a Princess of Denmark, and the prizes have been awarded annually since 1983.

According to handicapportalen.dk,

Eye Fund aims to prevent blindness by supporting and promoting ocular research, research on the alleviation of visual impairment as well as education and public awareness. The funds are primarily raised through the appropriations from the Danish Association of the Blind, and donations from people who want to support Eye Fund work. All administrative costs covered by the Danish Association of the Blind.

For more information, please see this thread.

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Countess Alexandra has joined VL Group 42, which is an organisation for business networking. She says “To enter a VL group is for me a great way to say with firm voice that I am very interested in business. But one of the most important things of VL-groups is the network. It was one of my criteria for entering – to have a large network. Not only with the group members but also with other groups on the days when all the groups meet, and where there are hundreds of people.”

As well as being the Countess of Frederiksborg, Alexandra is a director of Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Before coming to Denmark as a Princess she worked in business in Hong Kong, working for GT Managment (Asia) Ltd as a deputy chief executive.

VL Group 42 itself is the most prestigious organisation of its kind in Denmark, with  a membership of only forty people. To join an invitation from another member is crucial (thanks to TRF Danish member Lilla for the information).

For more information, please see this thread.

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Countess Alexandra, recently returned from a holiday in Hong Kong, celebrated International Parkinson’s Day on Saturday, releasing 1,000 balloons  from Aarhus during a conference at Skejby Hospital.

She also, as Patron of the Parkinson’s Association, celebrated the appointment of Anne-Mette Rasmussen as an ambassador for the association, saying that she  was “… pleased that Anne-Mette has been named. I have met her many times and I think she will be able to roll her sleeves up and work on the matter, for it is just what we need. When it comes to sick and weak people, you always have a focus.”

For more information, please see this thread.

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 Countess Alexandra, her husband and two sons Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix have been spending the last month on holiday in Hong Kong, where Alexandra was born. If possible, Alexandra tries to take her children to Hong Kong every year to see her sister Nicola and her three children, who are the only ones now  of her family who still live in HK (her parents live in Vienna, and her other sister in the UK) and so that she can catch up with her friends.

They are expected to be back by Easter, and Alexandra will apparently resume her schedule of engagements on the 24th.

For more information, please see this thread.

alex001 Danish Royals Countess Alexandra, Martin Jørgensen, Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince Nikolai

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Countess Alexandra appears on the cover of the current issue of Costume magazine, in which she gives her second interview to the magazine; the first was in 2004, when she was still a Princess.

The Countess wore a dress that had been specially designed by Jesper Høvring for the occasion, using 40 metres of fabric and taking three men two weeks to make. It was made of silk flown over from London and cost approximately 100,000DK. When asked how working with the Countess has been Høvring said that it had “…been fantastic. She is superbly beautiful, cordial, obliging and very pleasant to work with.” The inspiration for the dress came firstly from the location in which it was shot, in front of the pantomime theatre in Tivoli, and secondly from his wish to match the Countess’ “class and power of penetration.”

In the interview Alexandra talked about her fantastic relationship with Marie and Joachim, her feelings on having a husband 14 years younger than her and her charities and patronages. Read more…

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