{"id":61840,"date":"2025-08-12T06:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61840\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T06:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T06:08:13","slug":"according-to-her-wish-queen-marys-youngest-daughter-princess-josephine-14-makes-big-call-about-her-future-in-a-move-that-sets-her-apart-from-her-royal-siblings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/61840\/","title":{"rendered":"‘According to her wish’: Queen Mary’s youngest daughter, Princess Josephine, 14, makes big call about her future in a move that sets her apart from her royal siblings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Josephine, the youngest daughter of Queen Mary and King Frederik X, has made a surprising call about her education- one that will see her chart her own course away from her royal siblings.<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old princess, who is the twin sister of Prince Vincent<\/a>, has opted to continue her studies at Spir Efterskole, a boarding school in Snaptun, Jutland, the Danish royal palace has announced.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the palace released updates about all of King Frederik and Queen Mary’s children and their plans for the upcoming year, including Josephine’s unorthodox choice, made entirely on her own.<\/p>\n

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“Her Royal Highness Princess Josephine has chosen, according to her wish, to continue her schooling in 8 Class at Spir Boarding School,” the palace said in a statement on social media, translated by Sky News Australia.<\/p>\n

Josephine began her education in August 2016 at the age of six at Traneg\u00e5rdsskolen in Hellerup alongside her twin brother.<\/p>\n

In 2023, she moved to Kildegaard Privatskole, also in Hellerup, for 6th grade.<\/p>\n

Her latest move will see her living around three hours away from her parents’ main residence, Frederik VIII’s Palace in Copenhagen, a new level of independence for the young royal.<\/p>\n

Denmark’s Efterskole system describes itself as a “research-informed continued education school that aims to support young people in developing professionally, personally and socially in a strong community \u2013 based on new knowledge about learning and well-being.”<\/p>\n

According to Royal Central, Josephine is the first among her siblings to live away from home for her education.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Prince Vincent will continue his studies at Traneg\u00e5rdsskolen.<\/p>\n

As for Josephine’s older siblings, Princess Isabella, who recently turned 18, will complete her final year at Hellerup\u2019s \u00d8reg\u00e5rd Gymnasium.<\/p>\n

Crown Prince Christian, 19, has returned to the Antvorskov barracks to continue his military career, beginning Lieutenant\u2019s training after graduating from the Guard Hussar Regiment earlier this year.<\/p>\n

It’s not yet known which subjects Josephine will pursue at Spir Efterskole, but she is expected to continue her passion for theatre and acting alongside her academic studies.<\/p>\n

Last year, she surprised audiences with her acting debut in the Danish Christmas series Tidsrejsen 2 (Time Travel 2)<\/a>, a role secured through an open casting process.<\/p>\n

“Princess Josephine attended the casting for Time Travel 2 on an equal footing with everyone else and then got the role,” confirmed Lene Balleby, the Danish Royal Household’s communications manager.<\/p>\n

The young royal’s love for performing was already clear in 2023, when she made her stage debut in the Adventure Theatre’s production of Peter Pan, following in the creative footsteps of her paternal grandmother, Queen Margrethe II, who has long championed Danish arts and culture.<\/p>\n

While Josephine’s mother, Queen Mary,<\/a> was born in Hobart, Tasmania, she surprisingly began her education in the United States, attending Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n

She later returned to Hobart, where she went on to Sandy Bay Infants School, Waimea Heights Primary School, Taroona High School, and Hobart Matriculation College.<\/p>\n

The future Queen went on to study at the University of Tasmania, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Commerce and Law, before earning additional qualifications in advertising and direct marketing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Josephine, the youngest daughter of Queen Mary and King Frederik X, has made a surprising call about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,49889,30645],"class_list":["post-61840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-princess-josephine","tag-queen-mary-of-denmark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}