Denmark’s well-liked Australian-born Crown Princess Mary will grow to be queen on January 14 when her husband Crown Prince Frederik accedes to the throne after his mom’s abdication, capping her real-life fairytale.
Born in Hobart, Australia, on February 5, 1972, Mary Donaldson was working as an promoting govt in Australia when she met the longer term king whereas out with mates at Sydney’s Slip Inn bar, throughout the summer season Olympics in 2000.
She solely found later that he was the crown prince of Denmark and his group of mates was made up of different European royals– together with his youthful brother Prince Joachim and cousin Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark.
“The primary time we met, we shook arms,” she stated in an interview a number of years in the past.
“I did not know he was the prince of Denmark. Half an hour later, somebody got here as much as me and stated, ‘Have you learnt who these persons are?'”
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After a discreet long-distance relationship and quite a few under-the-radar visits, the couple turned formally engaged in October 2003 and married on Could 14, 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral.
They’re now dad and mom to 4 youngsters: Prince Christian, 18, who will in the future grow to be king after his father, Princess Isabella, 16, and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, who flip 13 subsequent week.
Mary will grow to be queen on January 14, after Margrethe II introduced in her annual New Yr’s Eve speech on Sunday that she would abdicate in favour of her son, citing age and well being points.
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The abdication announcement got here as a shock, as Margrethe had repeatedly insisted over time that she would by no means abdicate.
She is at the moment Europe’s longest-reigning monarch, and may have served for 52 years to the day when she steps down.
Mary made a splash in Denmark from the beginning, impressing Danes together with her potential to study the Danish language rapidly.
A ballot printed by Danish tv TV2 in December declared her Denmark’s third-most well-liked royal, behind the immensely-popular queen and Mary’s husband Frederik.
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She is usually in comparison with Britain’s Crown Princess Kate for her sense of vogue type and lengthy darkish locks, frequently making the best-dressed pages of Danish and worldwide magazines.
She can be identified for her work to battle bullying, home violence and social isolation, in addition to selling psychological well being and girls’s rights.
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Mary and Frederik are thought of a contemporary couple, who love pop music, fashionable artwork and sports activities, based on historian Sebastian Olden-Jorgensen.
They’ve tried to offer their 4 youngsters as regular an upbringing as potential, sending them primarily to state colleges.
Their first-born, 18-year-old Prince Christian, was the primary Danish royal to attend daycare.
They “don’t characterize a possible revolution in comparison with the queen”, however a cautious transition adapting to the occasions, Olden-Jorgensen stated.
Mary has made common visits again to Australia together with her husband and kids over time, the place she is keenly adopted by the media.
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