Prince Joachim and Princess Marie’s non-public house has been used as one of the vital filming places for a truth TV sequence, it’s been published. Schackenborg Citadel in Møgeltønder served as a backdrop for an episode of the TV2 display “Farmer In search of Love” – the Danish model of “Farmer Desires a Spouse”.
A publish at the Citadel’s Instagram account learn: “We’ve got been maintaining a secret… Charter Day set Schackenborg within the body for an excessively particular seek advice from from @tv2playdk & TV2, the place they recorded Farmer searching for love. Right here – in the midst of the ancient surroundings and adventurous setting – TV2 had noticed the easiest position for a romantic date.”
In the back of-the-scenes snaps display the team filming within the stunning tree-lined grounds of the property, which dates again to the early 1660s. For 11 generations, the fortress belonged to the von Schack circle of relatives prior to reverting to the Danish royal circle of relatives once more in 1978.
The property was once Prince Joachim’s non-public place of dwelling from 1993 to 2014. He lived at the property together with his first spouse, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, and their two sons, Depend Nikolai, 26, and Depend Felix, 23, all over their formative years.
Joachim bought the valuables in 2014, however he and his 2d spouse, Princess Marie, whom he married in 2008, once in a while go back to are living at Schackenborg for brief classes of time. The couple, who’re oldsters to Depend Henrik, 16, and Countess Athena, 13, also are at the board of the Schackenborg Citadel Basis. Joachim even planted 4 timber at the property to mark the delivery of every of his kids.
Dwelling out of the country
Joachim, Marie and their teenage kids were dwelling in Washington D.C. in the United States since 2023, when the prince took up the position of defence business attaché on the Danish Embassy. Previous to relocating stateside, the circle of relatives lived in Paris, having moved to France in 2019.
However in June, he hinted at plans to go back house to Denmark all over a TV interview with TV2, pronouncing: “Now we have a need to come back house. However we additionally don’t rule out the potential for staying out of the country. Now we need to see. For now, it’s on our radar, when the publish right here stops, we will be able to go back house.”
His position on the Danish Embassy will final for 3 years, till 2026, with the potential for extension, however the prince didn’t categorical plans to stay in the United States. In the meantime, Princess Marie returned to Copenhagen final month to hold out engagements with a few of her patronages, together with Copenhagen Cooking pageant, the place she was once joined through Depend Henrik and Countess Athena.