The Sydney pub where the future king and queen of Denmark met during the 2000 Olympic Games is celebrating with food and drinks named after the couple.
Crown Prince Frederik will formally take the Danish throne from his mother on Sunday in a program that will include a small reception with guests,a cannon salute and fireworks to honour Queen Margrethe.
Lingering tension over outgoing Queen Margrethe II’s decision to strip her grandchildren of their titles last year risks overshadowing Mary’s accession to the throne.
Meet the Sydney deportment coach who taught a young Mary Donaldson how to “enter a room with poise and grace”.
Even staunch republicans concede that the soon-to-be queen has brought warmth and modernity to the royal family with her personality and charity work – and helped transform her husband from playboy to regent material.
Elegance over trends – and an eye towards sustainability – has kept the Australian-born royal out of the style spotlight and ready to reign.
Not content with their own royal family,British newspapers are trying to claim Denmark’s next queen,Crown Princess Mary,as one of their own.
Denmark’s king-in-waiting,Frederik,and his Australian-born wife Mary,have been raucously cheered by crowds at their first public appearance since Queen Margrethe’s shock abdication.
The abdication announcement by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe caught even veteran observers of Europe’s oldest ruling monarchy unawares.
Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II will abdicate on January 14 after 52 years on the throne,she said in her annual New Year’s Eve speech on Sunday.