HRH Joachim Holger Waldemar Christian, Prince of Denmark, is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Prince Consort Henrik, formerly Henri de Laborde de Monpezat.

He married, on November 18, 1995, Alexandra Christina Manley, a Hong Kong-born former banker of English, Chinese, Polish, and Austrian ancestry. They have two sons, Prince Nikolai and Prince Felix.