Prince Joachim of Denmark and his fiancee, Marie Cavallier, arrive for a press conference at the Riddersalen (Great Hall) of the Amalienborg Palace on Oct. 3, 2007, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The two announced their engagement at the session and said the wedding will take place in the spring of 2008.
Denmark's Prince Joachim and his French fiancee, Marie Cavallier, pose for the Danish press at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. After the spring wedding, Cavallier, 31, will be given the title Princess Marie, the royal court said in a brief statement.
This is an official photo released by the Danish Royal Court after the engagement between Danish Prince Joachim and his French girlfriend, Marie Cavallier, was announced in Copenhagen on Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007. From left to right, rear: Francoise Grassiot and Alain Cavallier, mother and father of Marie Cavallier, Denmark's Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik. Front, from left: Marie Cavallier and Prince Joachim.
Marie Cavallier, fiancee of Denmark's Prince Joachim, meets the Danish press at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. Cavallier, a Roman Catholic, will join the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Denmark and will renounce her French citizenship so she can apply for Danish citizenship.
Denmark's Prince Joachim and his fiancee, Marie Cavallier, show off her engagement ring during a press conference at the Riddersalen (Great Hall) of the Amalienborg Palace on Oct. 3, 2007, in Copenhagen, Denmark. The two have been dating for several years.
Here is a close-up of the ruby-diamond-and-sapphire engagement ring Denmark's Prince Joachim gave his French fiancee, Marie Cavallier. The divorced prince proposed during a holiday in Turkey several months ago, Cavallier said.
Marie Cavallier shows her engagement ring to the press at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, after her engagement to Danish Prince Joachim was announced Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. Born in Paris, Cavallier lived with her mother in Switzerland after her parents divorced. Cavallier studied commerce and marketing at Boston College and worked in New York before joining her father's investment company in Geneva.
In this official photo, Danish Prince Joachim and fiancee Marie Cavallier are in the front row with the prince's sons, Prince Nikolai, left, and Price Felix, right. At rear, from left, are Christian Grassiot, Cavallier's stepfather; Francoise Grassiot and Alain Cavallier, Cavallier's parents; Denmark's Queen Margrethe and her husband, Prince Henrik. The queen and Prince Henrik are Joachim's parents.
Denmark's Prince Joachim and his French fiancee, Marie Cavallier, kiss in front of the Danish press at Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark, Wednesday Oct. 3, 2007, after their engagement was announced. Joachim was divorced from Hong Kong-born Princess Alexandra in 2005. It was the first split in Europe's oldest monarchy in nearly 160 years.
Denmark's Prince Joachim and fiancee Marie Cavallier are seen in this August 2007 file photo in Copenhagen, Denmark. Joachim is fourth in line to Denmark's throne after his brother, Crown Prince Frederik, and Frederik's children, Prince Christian and Princess Isabella. Joachim's first wife gave up her royal title earlier this year when she married a Dane.
Denmark's Prince Joachim, center right, and finacee Marie Cavallier, center left in white, stand with members of the royal family and the Danish Parliament Oct. 3, 2007, in the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen. Among those in photo are Queen Margrethe, center right in plaid; Crown Prince Frederik, behind the queen; Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, ninth right; and Prince Henrik, in blue tie behind Cavallier.