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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.
Their relationship was kept low-profile, although some Danish media reported the two were dating. On 24 September 2003, it was announced that Frederik's mother, Queen Margrethe II, intended to give her consent to the marriage at the State Council meeting scheduled for 8 October 2003. Frederik and Mary became officially engaged on 8 October 2003.
Last weekend, King Frederik X became the new Danish monarch after his mother, Queen Margrethe, abdicated the throne. His accession was a joyous moment, and he even shared a kiss on the balcony ...
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 ...
Denmark’s King Frederik X has taken the throne after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe II, looking emotional as he waved to the thousands who gathered in the capital Copenhagen to ...
King Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark visit Seoul, South Korea, on 10 May 2012 (Getty Images)
Prince Frederik as an infant in the arms of his mother, 1968. Frederik was born by emergency caesarean section at Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital in Copenhagen, on 26 May 1968 at 23:50 [5] to the then Princess Margrethe (later Queen Margrethe II), oldest daughter of King Frederik IX and heir presumptive to the Danish throne, and Prince Henrik.
In January, Crown Prince Frederik became King Frederik X, following his mother Queen Margrethe's abdication.. Frederik, who is 55 years old, is one of the youngest monarchs in the world—the only ...