Danish Crown Princess is new Patron of Copenhagen Zoo
13th March 2019
Crown Princess Mary has been announced as the successor to the late Prince Henrik as the Royal Patron of Copenhagen Zoo. Prince Henrik had been the patron of the zoo since 1972 until his passing in 2018, but there have been connections between the Danish Royal Family and the Zoo since its inception in 1859.
At one hundred and sixty years old it is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. The zoo was…