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King Frederik X and Queen Maryhave been carefully crafting a polished and united image of the Danish monarchy in the first year and a half of their reign.

This façade has undoubtedly been easier to maintain with more than 6,500km separating them from the warring faction of theirroyal family.

For two years, Frederik, 57, and Mary, 53, have enjoyed a reprieve from the tensions that boiled over publicly amid the King’s falling-out with his brother Prince Joachim.

In the aftermath of their rift – triggered by their motherQueen Margrethe II‘s decision to remove the princely titles from all four of Joachim’s children in a bid to streamline the monarchy -Joachim took up a posting in the U.S. with hiswife Princess Marieand their two children, Count Henrik and Countess Athena of Monpezat.

Now, with only a year left to run on his contract as Defence industry attaché at the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C., Joachim has begun to make murmurs about his family’s plans to return to Denmark.

In early June, the normally private youngest son of the former queen told Norwegian network TV2 that his family had ‘a desire to come home’.

He also said in the televised interview: ‘For now, it is on our radar. When the post here stops, we will return home.’

On the back of this admission, experts have weighed in on exactly how the self-exiled royal could slot back into the Danish royal family fold.

Royal commentators expressed optimism about there being a position for Joachim and his family – but only if everyone can look beyond the previous familial unrest.

Royal expert Lars Hovbakke Sørensen championed Joachim’s return as something the royal household sorely needs on account of the recent change in leadership.

During the Prince’s U.S. stint, his older brother Frederik and sister-in-law Mary were promoted to the head of the monarchy in January 2024.

The reigning King and Queen now have additional duties and responsibilities. In the wake of this, they have had to abandon a number of formerly important tasks, engagements and patronages, which they no longer have the capacity to undertake.

Lars believes the return of Joachim and Princess Marie, 49, could, therefore, be a handy pick-up for the working royal roster.

‘There is more room for them than when they left,’ Lars told Danish publication B.T.

‘One can well imagine that the Royal Couple would hand over some of their patronages to Prince Joachim and Princess Marie, because there are many events where they have to go out and represent Denmark, and [the King and Queen have] less time for that now.’

Sørensen says the most likely outcome is that Joachim will continue his royal duties, supported by an appanage.

For the unaware, an appanage essentially means receiving provisions like money or residence in a royal homestead. Essentially, it means being on the royal family payroll.

But after working most recently in a military role, the experts wondered if Joachim would be content to give up this line of work in favour of a more traditional full-time working royal position.

An alternative offered by another expert is that Joachim may use his military background to take on a hybrid role, while also still being remunerated via the appanage.

Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, the founder of the defence media outlet Olfi who has in-depth knowledge of the Armed Forces, felt that Joachim’s skills would easily transfer to ‘an administrative job in, for example, the Defence Command’.

Alternatively, Peter told B.T. the royal could become an officer: ‘The Defence is seriously short of personnel, so it wouldn’t surprise me if he got a position there.’

While there are certainly Denmark-based work opportunities for the expat prince out there, what’s being overlooked are the reasons why he departed in the first place.

In late 2022, under the reign of former monarch Queen Margrethe II, she made the unexpected decision to remove the prince and princess titles from Joachim’s children.

She did so as a means to ‘future-proof’ the institution and ‘slim down’ the royal court.

The then-Queen felt that removing her grandchildren’s titles would allow Joachim’s kids to ‘shape their own lives, without being limited by the special considerations and obligations that a formal affiliation to the Royal House of Denmark entails’.

The decree downgraded Joachim’s four children Nikolai, 25, Felix, 23, Henrik, 16, and Athena, 13, to counts and countesses of Monpezat.

Meanwhile, Frederik and Mary’s four children, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, all retained their HRH titles.

Joachim responded angrily to the title revocation – as did his wife Marie and ex-wife Countess Alexandra, who is the mother of Nikolai and Felix.

He declared his children had been ‘mistreated’ and his entire family was ‘very sad’.

‘Why should their identity be removed? Why must they be punished in this way?’ he said.

‘It’s never fun to see your children being harmed. They have been put in a situation they do not understand.’

The royal demotion immediately generated worldwide headlines.

Queen Margrethe soon conceded she had mishandled the situation and ‘underestimated the extent to which my younger son and his family feel affected… and for that I am sorry’.

But the apology wasn’t enough. The damage had been done – and it served to widen a simmering rift between Prince Joachim and the core royal family members.

Shortly thereafter, Joachim opted to take up the Washington, D.C., position and moved to America with his family. Since then, their return visits to Denmark for official engagements have been few and far between.

For the moment, the past issues between the exiled prince and the main Danish royal court appear to be firmly swept under the cross-continental rug.

But now the door to Joachim’s family’s return has started to open, a reunion of the extended of House of Glücksburg appears likely – if they can resolve their issues.

Royal watchers will certainly be keeping tabs on whether Mary and Frederik address these past hurts head-on – or continue to bury their heads in the sand for the sake of maintaining a united royal family front.

But the royal couple do appear to have already begun quietly taking steps to repair the fracture – for instance, when the King recently awarded a special title to his nephews, Count Nikolai and Count Felix.

However, one big unknown is howJoachim andMarie will react.Will they toe the royal line and quietly set aside past grievances, if it means a homecoming accompanied by prestigious jobs and a generous appanage?

Or will the Danish royals face something far messier: a public unravelling to rival Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s bombshell exit from the British monarchy?

Mark the calendar – in a year, we’ll have an answer.

The subtle real estate move that proves who’s really the boss

By Sharon Hunt

Real estate disputes always make for fascinating reading – and all the more so when it involves a royal squabble.

Within the British royal family, there’s been ongoing property rumblings as King Charles IIIreportedly makes repeated attempts to boot his scandal-plagued brother Prince Andrew out of the Royal Lodge.

The now-disgraced Duke of York took up residence there in 2004 during the reign of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.

He continues to live in the 30-room mansion with his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, the mother of his daughters Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, with whom he has remained on good terms since their divorce.

With a ‘cast-iron lease’ that is set to expire in 2078, Prince Andrew has apparently dug in his heels and refuses to budge.

This is despite Charles offering him thefar more modest Frogmore Cottage as alternative digs. (You may remember that home was vacated by itsformer tenants, Harry and Meghan, because they wanted something bigger instead.)

This property power play got me thinking of another royal real estate dilemma that unfolded in the Danish household recently – although, it’s far less scandalous compared to Andrew’s threatened eviction.

After Queen Margrethe chose to abdicate, her eldest son King Frederik ascended in January 2024.

This is in stark contrast to the usual transfer of succession, which more commonly occurs when a monarch dies.

Margrethe may have handed in her royal resignation and embraced retirement, but there appears to be one former perk of the job she refuses to let go of.

The main palace residence.

The Danish royal couple recently made their annual summer pilgrimage to the shore of Lake Esrum in Fredensborg, with Frederik, Mary and the children joining the former queen at the royal summer abode, Fredensborg Palace.

But even though the King and Queen are well over a year into their reign, it surprised royal watchers to note that they once again took up residence in the palace’s eastern wing, known as Chancellery House.

Queen Margrethe, despite stepping down as monarch, continues to summer – as she always has – at the palace’s main residence.

A royal expert was recently at pains to explain it was ‘completely unproblematic’ to have the current King and his family residing in the palace’s secondary residence.

The Danish journalist told B.T. that it was a ‘different situation’ on account of Margrethe being ‘a living, former regent’.

It’s said to be a similar story over at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, where Mary and Frederik haven’t occupied a ‘specific building for the regent’, but instead continue to stay in the area of the palace where they have ‘always lived’.

The King and Queen may have the crowns, but it would seem they don’t quite yet have a tight grip on those royal title deeds!