Prince Harry is on everyone’s lips with his criticism of the British royal family. There is a similar potential for conflict in Denmark: Prince Joachim speaks openly in an interview about his frustration with his position in the palace.
The fact that Prince Joachim, 51, and his wife Princess Marie, 45, are dissatisfied with how things are going for them in the royal family, the two of them already let through to the press in the summer of 2020. Now the son of Queen Margrethe, 81, is clearly stepping up.
The problem with number 2 in the palace
“It’s a little more complicated between us,” says Joachim of the French newspaper “Point de Vue”, which he invited to his apartment in Paris for an interview. “The Crown Prince only needs to follow the given path. But as far as number two and his wife are concerned, nothing is defined […]. Neither in writing nor orally. My father felt the same dissatisfaction and has never been able to clarify his place in the royal family. “
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Prince Henrik, who died in 2018, complained for many years about being only a prince consort besides his Margarethe, but not a king. He felt that he was being treated unfairly and wanted to be treated like his wife. When asked whether it wouldn’t be up to him to define his role, Prince Joachim replied: “It’s not always that easy.”
There are parallels between Prince Joachim and Prince Harry
If you think of the current conflict in the British royal family with Prince Harry, 36, when reading these lines, you are not so wrong. Prince Joachim himself goes into his “counterpart” in an interview:
I have enormous respect for Prince Harry. He is very brave. He dared to follow his heart. He’s the only one who knows how he thinks [was in seinem Kopf vorgeht, Anm. der Red.].
However, the 51-year-old later points out that his conversation with “Point de Vue” was started before the controversial Oprah interview in March 2021.
It is obvious that Joachim can show understanding for Harry. Both have to give up behind their brothers who will one day become king. Both have wives who come from abroad, and both have moved to the homeland of their loved ones: Joachim to France, Harry to the USA. A crucial difference, however, is that Joachim and Marie did not leave voluntarily in the summer of 2019 and did not turn their backs on their royal family.
It’s serious
It is clear that the interview will hit Denmark. “You have to say that he turns up the drama control here himself when he compares his situation with that of Prince Henrik. That is very sensational after Henrik problems in the royal family were the biggest in the conflict of the 2000s. If he himself now Prince Henrik draws a card, then he does it because he has something serious to say, “said royal family expert Jacob Heinel Jensenin from the BT newspaper, assessing Joachim’s statements.
Source used: Dana Press, pointdevue.fr