Princess Isabella of Denmark begins 11-month military service as part of expanded national conscription policy.
Princess Isabella of Denmark has arrived at the military barracks in Slagelse to begin an 11-month service period. As the eldest daughter of King Frederik and Queen Mary, she is one of 1,600 recruits starting under a significant expansion of the country's military conscription policy. This expansion, first announced in 2024, includes women for the first time and extends the standard service from four to 11 months to address escalating Arctic security concerns and the conflict in Ukraine. Princess Isabella will complete her service without pay, relying on her parents' financial support. The new cohort of conscripts will be deployed to Greenland later this month, a territory that President Trump has pushed to annex, though Danish and Greenlandic authorities have consistently rejected the demands. The new program includes five months of basic training followed by six months of operational service, with new tracks such as a drone platoon being introduced to the user-s-s.