Simply days after supporting Danish athletes on the Paris 2024 Olympics, King Frederik and Queen Mary have been reunited with Frederik’s brother, Prince Joachim, and Princess Marie.
The royals attended the funeral of Per Thornit, the previous Chief of Court docket for Denmark’s royal household, at Holmens Church in Copenhagen on Thursday.
As they arrived on the service, they have been every seen comforting Per’s widow, Ulla.
And in {a photograph} printed by Billed Bladet, Frederik, 56, and Joachim, 55, have been additionally noticed embracing each other, whereas Mary and Marie exchanged heat glances.
© GettyMourners on the service have been respectfully wearing black with Mary, 52, wore a shirt, a pleated skirt and a wide-brimmed hat, whereas her sister-in-law Marie, 48, donned a trouser swimsuit.
© GettyMary was additionally seen sporting a plaster on her chin, with the Danish royal palace confirming to Billed Bladet, that the queen caught it whereas out horse using.
© GettyPer Thornit, who died on 30 July 2024 aged 82, was a former Danish Lord Chamberlain earlier than he turned Frederik’s head of courtroom when he was Crown Prince.
© GettyHe’s mentioned to have given Australian-born Mary “princess classes” earlier than she married Frederik in 2004. He resigned from his place in 2010.
© Tim Rooke/ShutterstockDanish royals’ summer season plans
Joachim and Marie at the moment reside in Washington D.C. the place Joachim works as the protection business attaché on the Danish Embassy. Previous to that, they lived in Paris, the place Marie was born.
The couple have been spending the summer season on the Danish royal household’s property Château de Cayx in southern France, with their kids, Rely Henrik, 15, and Countess Athena, 12, and Joachim’s sons, Rely Nikolai, 24, and Rely Felix, 22.
© Instagram / @detdanskekongehusFinal weekend, Joachim, Marie, Henrik and Athena attended the Copenhagen Grand Prix, whereas Nikolai watched his girlfriend, Benedikte Thoustrup, make her debut on the runway at Copenhagen Trend Week.
Each Nikolai and Felix, whose mom is Joachim’s ex-wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, each have modelling contracts of their very own.
© GettyIn the meantime, Frederik and Mary took up their summer season residence at Gråsten Palace final month, as is custom for the Danish monarch.
The couple additionally travelled to Paris to look at the motion on the Olympics, attending a gala earlier than the Video games and the Opening Ceremony.
© Instagram / @detdanskekongehusMary has been among the many spectators on the dressage, handball and swimming occasions, whereas Frederik has cheered on athletes in basketball, badminton, athletics and tennis.
The king and queen’s son, Crown Prince Christian, 18, has been performing as regent whereas his mother and father have been overseas.
© GettyChristian graduated from highschool earlier this summer season. Frederik and Mary are additionally mother and father to Princess Isabella, 17, and 13-year-old twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, who joined them on their tour of Greenland in July.
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