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Queen Mary's nephew Count Nikolai puts in loved-up appearance with girlfriend Benedikte Thoustrup after split rumours as the budding model attends Australian Fashion Week


Count Nikolai of Monpezat is making moves in the fashion world after being stripped of his royal title.

The 25-year-old, who is the nephew of Australian-born Queen Mary of Denmark, made a surprise appearance at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney on Monday night. She said it would 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. We are saddened and in shock,' she said in a statement from her press advisor Helle von Wildenrath Løvgreen, reported Danish magazine Se og Hør.

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