Denmark’s most eligible bachelor, Count Félix de Montpezat, has made public his relationship with his glamorous girlfriend.
The king’s nephew, 21, has found love with Chilean-Danish actress Mie Sofia Elers, 23, a royal spokesperson confirmed to Billed Bladet.
Felix, who is the youngest son of Prince Joachim and his first wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, is visiting her and her brother Mathias in Spain, where he is studying.
The young royal, who was stripped of the title of Prince by his grandmother Queen Margaret last year, lives in Copenhagen and is currently studying international trade and transport education at Copenhagen Business School.
Like her heartthrob older brother, Count Nikolai, she also models and fronts campaigns for Georg Jensen.
The king’s nephew, 21, has found love with Chilean-Danish actress Mie Sofia Elers, 23, a royal spokesperson confirmed to Billed Bladet.
Félix, youngest son of Prince Joachim and his first wife Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, is visiting her and her brother Matías in Spain, where he is studying.
Mie Sofia was born in Pucón Chile, to a Chilean mother and Danish father, and studied at the Copenhagen Film and Theater School before moving to Madrid.
She has starred in films such as Laced Silk, about a housewife who discovers the body of a little girl on the beach, and the television show Strowlers.
Despite living in Denmark, Felix did not attend his uncle’s coronation last month, following Margrethe’s abdication.
His stepmother Marie and his two half-siblings, Count Henrik, 14, and Countess Athena de Monpezat, 11, remained in Washington DC, where the family now lives after Joachim became a defense industry attaché. at the Danish embassy.
A palace spokesperson told Hello!: “Prince Joachim will be there, but the children are going to school, there is no special reason.”
However, there appear to be no hard feelings from her eldest son, Nikolai, who posted sweet photos with his uncle and grandmother on his Instagram account.
The student, who is currently studying in Sydney and holidaying in Bali, added that he was eating Danish food, perhaps as a sign that he was missing home.
In 2022, Queen Margaret shocked royal watchers when she sensationally announced that all four of Joachim’s children would lose their titles.
Nikolai, 24, Felix, 21, Henrik, 13, and Athena, 11, are now known as “Count and Countess” and are referred to as Their Excellencies, rather than Their Royal Highness.
Mie Sofia was born in Pucón Chile, to a Chilean mother and Danish father, and studied at the Copenhagen Film and Theater School before moving to Madrid.
She has starred in films such as Laced Silk, about a housewife who discovers the body of a little girl on the beach, and the television show Strowlers.
Mie is currently studying in Spain and has received a visit from her boyfriend.
The Queen insisted the move would be “good for them in their future” and would allow the children – who have maintained their positions in the line of succession – “to shape their own lives without being limited by special considerations and duties.” which represents a formal election. implies affiliation to the Danish Royal Family.
After the family was stripped of their titles in September 2022, Prince Joachim claimed that his mother’s decision had “harmed” her children.
Months later, the sixth in line to the throne admitted there was a “lack of communication” within the Royal Family in the run-up to the shock announcement.
Joachim told local media outlet BT: ‘There is a lot to work on. What was missing was communication. Now we have found each other and we are on the right path.’
He added that he had only been given five days’ notice before the news was made public.
Prince Felix (third from right) was accompanied on his confirmation day in 2017 by his maternal grandmother Christa Manley (front left) and (from left) his brother Nikolai, his mother Countess Alexandra, his brother Henrik, his grandmother Queen Margaret, his father Prince Joachim. stepmother, Princess Mary, his sister Athena and his grandfather, Prince Henrik.
The Danish queen (pictured with her children and their wives) has said the decision was aimed at allowing Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20 – born from Joachim’s first marriage – and Henrik, 13, and Athena , out of 10, could live a normal life without real obligations
The Royal Family of Denmark has updated its website to show the new status of four of Queen Margaret’s grandchildren after they were stripped of their HRH titles. In the photo, Count Nikolai, left and right, Count Felix.
The 82-year-old monarch announced in September that the four children of her youngest son, Prince Joachim, 53, would no longer be able to use the title of prince and princess after January 1. In the photo, Countess Athena, on the left. , and to the right, Count Henrik
Following the Queen’s announcement, Joachim spoke to Danish publication Ekstra Bladet outside the Danish embassy in Paris, where he lived with his French wife, Princess Mary, and their two youngest children, and said his four children had been “injured.” “by his grandmother’s decision. .
‘They gave me five days notice to tell them. In May, they presented me with a plan that, in general, was that when each of the children turned 25, it would happen. Now I only had five days to tell him. Athena will be 11 years old in January,’ he clarified at the time.
Speaking to BT, Joachim and his second wife Marie also admitted that their relationship with Prince Frederick and Princess Mary is “complicated”.
Meanwhile, Alexandra, Prince Joachim’s ex-wife, said her sons Nikolai and Felix had felt “excluded” from the institution and that the decision had come as a “bolt of the blue.”
The Royal Family issued an additional statement stating that “the decision has been a long time coming.”
“We understand that there are many emotions at play at this time, but we hope that the Queen’s wish to prepare the Royal Household for the future will be respected,” the statement added.