Prince Joachim and Princess Marie of Denmark have opened up for the first time about his life-threatening stroke last summer.
Joachim, 51, was on holiday with his family in France when he suddenly suffered a blood clot and had to be rushed to Toulouse University Hospital to receive emergency surgery.
Joachim, who lives in Paris with Marie, 45, spent the rest of the summer recuperating at the Danish royals summer residence, Chateau de Cayx in Cahors in southern France before returning to Paris, to start a new job as a Defense Attaché at the Danish Embassy in September.
Eight months on, the Danish Prince and his wife opened up about the ordeal in an interview with Hjernesagen s member magazine, where Marie admitted the stroke could have changed their lives.
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