She is Denmark’s future Queen, but today we take a look at the life of Crown Princess Mary before her marriage to Crown Prince Frederik.
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Australia, as the third daughter and youngest child of John Donaldson and the late Henrietta Horne. Mary’s parents were both Scots, and they were married in Scotland on 31 August 1963.
New official portrait of Crown Prince Frederik unveiled by Queen Margrethe and the Crown Prince family
25th May 2018
Today, Crown Prince Frederik unveiled a new portrait of himself at the National Museum of History at Frederiksborg Castle as part of his 50th birthday celebrations. He was joined by Queen Margrethe as well as Crown Princess Mary and their four children.
Only Queen Margrethe…
On 23 May, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark visited Aarhus as part of Crown Prince Frederik’s 50th birthday celebrations.
Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary travelled with the Dannebrog, the royal yacht, from Copenhagen to Aarhus.
On 20 April, Crown Princess Mary opened the new Danish Women’s Crisis Centre in Copenhagen.
The Crisis Centre is a residence and counselling centre for women who are abused. The new centre will focus on newborn mothers and pregnant women, and it can accommodate 20 women and their children, making it one of the largest shelters in the country.
The Crisis Centre is supported by the Mary…
There was uncertainty associated with the dinner hosted by Queen Margrethe of Denmark this week. This meant that there was an unusually large press turnout outside Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. Both Danish and Scandinavian press were present and tried as best they could…
Queen Margrethe talks about her son's relationship with Scandinavia's Crown Prince(ss) couples
17th February 2017
Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark has recently given an interview to the magazine “Norden nu” owned by the association “Norden”. In the interview, the Queen spoke about many topics that she thinks are important, including cooperation in the…
On 30 October 2016 Crown Princess Mary of Denmark was on hand in Odense to present the 2016 Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award.
This year’s winner, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, has had his books translated into more than 50 languages. The ceremony took place at Odense City Hall on Sunday afternoon and saw a guest lecture from the author and the premier of a new piece of music which…
New Photographs show Danish Princely family in Greenlandic dress
18th October 2016
As recognition of their forthcoming copper anniversary, 12.5 years of marriage, Post Greenland have released stamps this week of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary together with their family in the traditional Greenlandic dress. The pictures were taken by Steen…
Crown Princess Mary opens Copenhagen Cultural Children's Summit
5th October 2016
Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is back from the USA and she has resumed her national agenda.
Crown Prince Frederik’s wife was in charge of opening the conference in connection with the “Copenhagen Cultural Children’s Summit”…
When you spend as much of your time as we do browsing for articles, photos and glimpses of our site’s namesake, Kate (Better and more properly known as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge) it’s easy to forget that there are other Royal families out there beyond the British Royal family. And even easier to forget that there is another Royal who shares many of the same qualities as…
