This December 31, 2023, Queen Margrethe II delivered her traditional New Year’s speech live on Danish television. To everyone’s surprise, the 83-year-old queen, on the Danish throne for more than half a century, announced his upcoming abdication. On January 14, 2024, Crown Princess Mary will therefore become queen of Denmark.
The latter was born in 1972 in Hobart, capital of Tasmania, an Australian island, to two parents of British nationality, exiled on the other side of the world. Mary worked in advertising before meeting Queen Margrethe II’s eldest son in a pub in Sydney in 2000. A former career on which our media colleagues Hello! leaned over. According to their information, During a two-year contract with Mojo Partners, Mary from Denmark appeared in an advertisement television for the Victoria regional public transport system, V/Line. The advertisement, broadcast in 1998, shows the next crowned headthen aged 26, sitting in a window seat as a passenger on a train. The proof in pictures.
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Mary and Frederik from Denmark: their meeting in Australia
In September 2000, Prince Frederik of Denmark is 32 years old. Single, her charm does not go unnoticed by the Danes, but also on the other side of the planet, in Australia, where a certain Mary Donaldson lives. At the time, the 28-year-old worked in advertising in Sydney. This year, Australia hosted the Summer Olympics. It is therefore impossible for Frederik not to go there to welcome the Danish team. The meeting between Mary and the son of Queen Margrethe II takes place on the evening of September 16. Frederik is accompanied by Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and one of the nephews of the King of Spain, formerly Juan Carlos. After following the trials of their compatriots, the young friends decide to discover the nightlife of Sydney. They are quickly joined by other people, including a young man who decided to bring back his roommate… Mary Donaldson. The love story between Mary and Frederik begins like this.
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