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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Today was the christening of Prince Henrik Carl Joachim Alain, the son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie in Mogeltonder. The Prince is Henrik after his paternal grandfather, Carl after an old king, Joachim after his father and Alain after his maternal grandfather. The names have been kept secret in accordance with tradition, known only to the family and Bishop of Copenhagen.
The christening took place at 5:30 this afternoon when Princess Marie entered with Prince Henrik, dressed in a christening robe designed by Henrik Hvis, dozing in her arms, although he did not manage to sleep once the organ began.
It was attended by 140 relatives and friends of the Prince and Princess, including Marie’s mother Francoise Grassiot, the Queen and the elder Prince Henrik, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Princes Felix and Nikolai, Joachim’s two sons from his marriage to the-now Countess of Frederiksborg, who did not attend, and Princess Benedikte.
For more information, please see this thread.
alex001 Danish Royals Christening, HH Prince Henrik, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie
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Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, along with their new baby son, arrived today on the royal ship Danneborg, joining Queen Margrethe and Princes Henrik, Nikolai and Felix at Haderslev ahead of the christening, due to take place this Sunday at Møgeltønder Church, the same church where Prince Joachim and Princess Marie were married.
The christening will take place at 17:30, with two hundred guests attending and is likely to be a relatively informal affair, with a reception at 19:15 at Schackenborg, the family home of Joachim and Marie.
It will also be then when, in keeping with tradition, the names – probably four – of the baby prince shall finally be revealed (and forum members will find out which of the over 276 guesses was correct/closest).
Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik are currently continuing their annual tour on the Dannebrog.
For more information, please see this thread.
alex001 Danish Royals Christening, Dannebrog, HH Prince Henrik, Margrethe II, Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince Henrik the Prince Consort, Prince Joachim, Prince Nikolai, Princess Marie
Earlier this week, the Danish Royal Court released a series of ten images featuring the newborn son of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie. Prince Joachim’s eldest sons, Nikolai and Felix, also appear in the series.
Click to see the gallery at Kongehuset
The image series, photographed at the couple’s Schackenborg Castle home by royal photographer Steen Brogaard; comprises of two photographs of the proud parents with their son, one of the nearly two-month-old prince with his parents and brothers, a tender portrait of a sleeping prince on his mother Marie’s shoulder, and six individual shots showing the prince’s gorgeous dark blue eyes and an apparent inquisitive nature.
The next big event for the little prince is his christening on July 26th, at the Møgeltønder Church, where his parents wed in May 2008.
Please visit this thread to read comments and post your own about the portraits. If you feel up to guessing what the little prince will be named visit this thread, suggestions for godparents can be made here.
JessRulz Danish Royals HH Prince Henrik, Portraits, Prince Felix of Denmark, Prince Joachim, Prince Nikolai, Princess Marie
It has been announced that the christening of Prince Joachim and Princess Marie’s new baby son will take place in Møgeltønder Church, the same church where Prince Joachim marrie Princess Marie, at 17:30 on July 26th. As is customary, the name for the new prince has yet to be announced, but nevertheless TRF members have been putting forward possible names and suggesting who will be the prince’s godparents.
The baby was born earlier this month, on May 4th, and is Prince Joachim and Princess Marie’s first child together, although Prince Joachim alreayd has two sons, Princes Nikolai and Felix, from his previous marriage to the Countess of Frederiksborg.
alex001 Danish Royals Christening, HH Prince Henrik, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie
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At 1pm today Princess Marie and Prince Joachim left Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen with their new baby son. As they walked out, balloons were realeased by the hospital workers to celebrate the baby’s birth.
Although Princess Marie was a little hesitant in answering questions in Danish, understandably as she has not been learning the language for long, she did confirm that the baby’s name would be a secret for now and that he will be bilingual, as is Prince Joachim (his father, Prince Henrik, is French and that is the language in which they converse). Prince Joachim told the reporters “you can see a mother who is radiant and I think that speaks for itself”. And Marie certainly was looking radiant – indeed, some posters commented that Joachim was looking more exhuasted than she!
For more information, please see this thread.
alex001 Danish Royals HH Prince Henrik, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie
It has been announced today that Princess Marie has given birth to a boy at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.
The baby was born at 4.57 a.m. local time, weighed 3032 grams, and measured 49 cm in length.
Congratulations to Princess Marie and family! For more information, please see this thread.
alex001 Danish Royals Birth, HH Prince Henrik, Prince Joachim, Princess Marie
