Princess Mary’s nephew Count Nikolai of Denmark is having a ball in Sydney as he starts a new life Down Under after being stripped of his royal HRH title by his grandmother.
Count Nikolai, 23, looked every inch the lively undergraduate as he enjoyed drinks at UTS university bar in Ultimo with his girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup on Thursday.
The Copenhagen native rocked a smart casual look for the outing – wearing a black jumper and jeans, and he accessorised with a chain necklace.
The Danish royal’s jet black hair was freshly styled and he looked to be having the time of his life as he laughed and joked with local students over drinks.
He also gazed into the eyes of his beautiful girlfriend and stayed close to the brunette beauty at the popular student drinking hole.
Princess Mary’s nephew Count Nikolai of Denmark (pictured) is currently staying in Sydney, as he prepares to start a new chapter of his life after being stripped of his royal HRH title by his grandmother
And on Sunday, Nikolai, 23, looked every inch the lively undergraduate as he enjoyed drinks at a university bar in the scenic suburb of Ultimo
Nikolai looked like he is adapting well to life Down Under as he partied the night away with his new Australian friends.
The count has travelled Down Under to study on exchange at University of Technology Sydney for a semester.
The pair live together in Copenhagen, but have moved to Sydney to study from August 1 to November 30.
The Copenhagen native rocked a smart casual look for the outing in a black jumper and jeans, and accessorised with a chain necklace
The Danish royal’s jet black hair was freshly styled and he looked to be having the time of his life as he laughed it up with local students over drinks
He could not wipe the smile off his face as he enjoyed a drink with his beautiful girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup (right) at the popular student drinking hole
Nikolai, whose father is Prince Joachim of Denmark – the younger brother of Princess Mary’s husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark – is seventh in line to the Danish throne.
In March, Count Nikolai of Denmark launched a new Instagram account to promote his modelling career after being stripped of his ‘HRH’ status by his grandmother, Queen Margrethe.
It was a tumultuous year for the Danish Royal Family after the monarch controversially took the title from Prince Joachim’s eldest son, as well as also taking the prince and princess titles from his younger children Athena, 11, Prince Felix, 20, and Prince Henrik, 13.
Nikolai looked like he is adapting well to life Down Under as he partied the night away with his stunning girlfriend and new Australian friends
The count has travelled Down Under to study on exchange at University of Technology Sydney for a semester, accompanied by his glamorous designer girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup
The pair live together in Copenhagen, but have moved to Sydney to study from August 1 to November 30
Nikolai, whose father is Prince Joachim of Denmark – the younger brother of Princess Mary’s husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark – is seventh in line to the Danish throne
They are now Counts and Countess and referred to as Their Excellencies – and in January this year the Danish Royal Family updated their website to show the new status.
The Queen insisted the move will be ‘good for them in their future’ and allow the children – who have maintained their positions in the line of succession – to ‘shape their own lives without being limited by the special considerations and duties’ that a formal affiliation with the Danish Royal Family involves.
Following his grandmother’s move to strip him and his siblings of their titles ‘for their own good’, Count Nikolai said that he was sad, shocked and confused.
‘My whole family and I are of course very sad. We are, as my parents have also stated, in shock at this decision and at how quickly it has actually gone,’ he told Danish newspaper Extrabladet.
In March, Count Nikolai of Denmark launched a new Instagram account to promote his modelling career after being stripped of his ‘HRH’ status by his grandmother, Queen Margrethe
It was a tumultuous year for the Danish Royal Family after the monarch controversially took the title from Prince Joachim’s children
They are now Counts and Countess and referred to as Their Excellencies – and in January this year the Danish Royal Family updated their website to show the new status
Following his grandmother’s move to strip him and his siblings of their titles ‘for their own good’, Count Nikolai said that he was sad, shocked and confused