Danish prince Joachim, his wife intend to divorce

Updated: 2004-09-17 14:58

Danish prince Joachim, his wife intend to divorce

就在今年5月份，丹麦皇储腓烈特和澳大利亚灰姑娘唐纳森的婚礼还传为佳话，为童话王国丹麦再现一段经典浪漫。而短短几个月内，又传来了未来国王的弟弟、35岁的约阿希姆王子和他原籍香港的王妃文雅丽决定离婚的消息。这是自1846年弗雷德里克国王七世离婚以来，欧洲历史最悠久的丹麦皇室再次有成员离婚。

Danish prince Joachim, his wife intend to divorce

The Danish Royal Court has announced that Prince Joachim and his Hong Kong-born wife, Princess Alexandra, have decided to separate.

The 35-year-old Prince Joachim and 40-year-old Princess Alexandra announced through the court that they are separating with the intention to divorce after a marriage of nearly nine years.

It would be the first divorce in the Danish royal family in 165 years and comes just four months after Prince Frederik, Joachim's elder brother and the heir to the throne, married an Australian commoner in a glittering Copenhagen Cathedral ceremony.

Alexandra will live together with their two sons, 5-year-old Prince Nikolai and two-year-old Prince Felix. She will retain the title "Her Highness" following separation proceedings.

In a statement, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed his government's "great regret" at the news.

(CRIENGLISH.com)

Vocabulary:

commoner : one of the common people; one having no rank of nobility（平民）

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