Prince Joachim unhappy with title decision

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Denmark's Prince Joachim is "very sad" that his children have lost their royal titles. The 53-year-old royal's mother, Queen Margrethe announced on Wednesday (28.

09. 22) that the prince's four children, Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20, Henrik, 13, and 10-year-old Athena will no longer be known as Prince or Princess and will lose their His/Her Highness titles and instead will be titled His/Her Excellency Count/ Countess of Monpezat from 1 January, 2023, and Joachim claimed the decision has "harmed" his brood.

The prince told Danish news outlet Ekstra Bladet: "We are all very sad. It's never fun to see your children being harmed. They are been put in a situation they do not understand. " While it was reported the prince - who has his elder two children with first wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, and the younger two with spouse Princess Marie - was notified about the decision in May, he insisted that wasn't the case and he was made aware less than a week ago.

He clarified: "I was given five days' notice to tell them. In May, I was presented with a plan which, by and large, was that when the children each turned 25, it would happen.