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Frederik and Mary became officially engaged on 8 October 2003. Frederik presented Mary with an engagement ring featuring an emerald cut diamond and two emerald cut ruby baguettes. [3] Prior to the wedding, Mary, who had previously been a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom, was granted Danish citizenship.
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born 5 February 1972 at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania. [2] She is youngest of four children to Scottish parents, Henrietta (née Horne), an executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, and John Dalgleish Donaldson, an academic, mathematics professor and member of the Clan Donald.
After Prince Frederik and Princess Mary's wedding, the royal family stepped out on the balcony of Christian VII's Palace to wave to crowds. Ian Waldie - Getty Images 2003
Queen Mary's new portraits featured a subtle nod to her husband of 20 years, King Frederik Image credits: Chris Jackson/Getty Images Image credits: Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images The queen's ...
The abdication leaves Denmark with two queens: Margrethe keeps her title, while Frederik’s wife becomes Queen Mary. Frederik and Mary’s eldest son Christian, 18, has become crown prince and ...
Since her death, the line of succession has consisted only of descendants of King Frederik IX. Queen Margrethe II's youngest sister, Anne-Marie, married King Constantine II of Greece in 1964. As she was marrying a foreign ruler, although he was himself a prince of Denmark, consent to the marriage was given on the condition that Anne-Marie ...
On Jan. 14, Denmark’s Crown Prince Frederik, 55, is set to take the throne alongside his wife, currently Crown Princess Mary, 51, whose appointment as the first Australian-born Queen Consort is ...
King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark visit Seoul, South Korea, on 10 May 2012 (Getty Images)