Prince Joachim of Denmark Turns 50!

Today, 7 June, Prince Joachim of Denmark celebrated his fiftieth birthday surrounded by family and friends. Accompanied by his wife Princess Marie and his four children, the prince was the guest at a dinner hosted by his mother Queen Margarethe II at Amalienborg Palace this evening. The Crown Princely couple and their four children were also on hand to celebrate Prince Joachim's birthday. Joachim's first wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, was amongst the guests.

All photographs (c) Keld Navntoft, Kongehuset

Also present were Joachim's first cousins Prince Nikolaos and Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark as well as Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and her husband Count Michael Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Bille, who married in May. Other Danish relatives included in the celebratory affair were Count Valdemar of Rosenborg and his sister Countess Marina, the grandchildren of Prince Erik of Denmark and his Canadian wife Lois Frances Booth.

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