After a stay in Africa

Crown Prince Christian completes his military service in 2025

Crown Prince Christian returns to Denmark after his stay in Africa. In the new year, King Frederik's son starts his military service.(Bild: APA/AFP/Ritzau Scanpix/Thomas Traasdahl)

Danish Crown Prince Christian's (19) stay in Africa is slowly coming to an end. He is now also looking forward to returning to his family in Denmark and celebrating Christmas in a few weeks' time, wrote the son of King Frederik X. (56) and Queen Mary (52) in a message published on Instagram. 

In February, he will then begin his service as a conscript with a regiment in Slagelse, Denmark, he announced.

"An experience I will never forget"
He has now been in East Africa for almost three months and everyday life there is very different to at home, Christian reported. "The food, the culture, the climate, the wildlife, the tasks and the people make it an experience I will never forget."

In the past few weeks, he has been involved in nature conservation, looked after the office work on a farm, helped to build new houses for the employees there and also played soccer with the locals.

Since the beginning of the year Crown Prince
Christian has been Crown Prince of Denmark since his father's accession to the throne at the beginning of the year. In the summer, he graduated from high school, and at the beginning of September he set off on his extended stay in East Africa, where he wanted to gain an insight into life on farms and local nature conservation.

The royal family has not since revealed which country or countries he is in.