Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
Occupation	Aristocrat
Date Of Birth	Feb 5, 1972(1972-02-05)
Age	52
Birthplace	Hobart
Country	Denmark
Horoscope	Pisces

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Biography

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark is one of the most popular and richest Aristocrat who was born on February 5, 1972 in Hobart, Denmark. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, R.E. (Mary Elizabeth; née Donaldson; born 5 February 1972) is the wife of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Frederik is the heir apparent to the throne, which means that should Frederik succeed, she will automatically become Queen of Denmark.

The couple met at the Slip Inn, a pub in Sydney when the prince was visiting Australia during the 2000 Summer Olympics. Their official engagement in 2003 and their marriage the following year was the subject of extensive attention from Australian and European news media, which portrayed the marriage as a modern “fairytale” romance between a prince and a commoner.

In June 2000, she moved to a smaller Australian agency, Love Branding, working for a short time as the company’s first account director. However, in the (Australian) spring of 2000 until December 2001, she became sales director and a member of the management team of Belle Property, a real estate firm specialising in luxury property. In the first half of 2002 Donaldson taught English at a business school in Paris but, on moving to Denmark permanently, she was employed by Microsoft Business Solutions (5 September 2002 – 24 September 2003) near Copenhagen as a project consultant for business development, communications and marketing.

Frederik presented her with an engagement ring featuring an emerald-cut diamond and two emerald-cut ruby baguettes, which are similar to the colour of Denmark’s flag. The couple became officially engaged on 8 October 2003.

Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born the youngest of four children to Scottish parents, Henrietta (née Horne), an executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, and Prof. John Dalgleish Donaldson, an academic and mathematics professor. Her paternal grandfather was Captain Peter Donaldson (1911–1978). She was named after her grandmothers, Mary Dalgleish and Elizabeth Gibson Melrose, and was born and raised in Hobart, Australia. During her childhood she was involved in sports and other extracurricular activities both at school and elsewhere. She studied music, playing piano, flute, and clarinet, also playing basketball and hockey. Her mother died on 20 November 1997. In 2001 her father married the British author and novelist Susan Horwood.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Net Worth

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark is one of the richest Aristocrat from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She worked for Australian and global advertising agencies after graduating in

1995. Upon graduation she moved to Melbourne to work in advertising. She became a trainee in marketing and communications with the Melbourne office of DDB Needham, taking a position of account executive. In 1996, she was employed by Mojo Partners as an account manager. In 1998, six months after her mother’s death, she resigned and travelled to America and Europe. In Edinburgh, she worked for three months as an account manager with Rapp Collins Worldwide; then, in early 1999, she was appointed as an account director with the international advertising agency Young & Rubicam in Sydney.

In 1974, Donaldson started schooling in Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas (where her father was working) and moved to Sandy Bay, Tasmania from 1975 to 1977. Her primary education, from 1978 to 1983, was at Waimea Heights with her secondary schooling (1984–1987) being at Taroona High School, and matriculation (1988–1989) at Hobart College. She studied at the University of Tasmania from 1990 to 1994, graduating with a combined Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degree on 27 May 1995. Between 1994 and 1996, she attended a graduate program and qualified with certificates in advertising from the Advertising Federation of Australia (AFA) and direct marketing from the Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA). Her native language is English, and she studied French during her secondary education. In 2002, she briefly worked as an English tutor in Paris. After meeting Frederik at the Slip Inn during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Donaldson studied Danish as a foreign language at Studieskolen in Copenhagen in 2003.

Donaldson met Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn during the 2000 Summer Olympics on 16 September in Sydney. He was not identified by her friends as the Crown Prince of Denmark until after they met. They conducted a long- distance relationship and Frederik made a number of discreet visits to Australia. On 15 November 2001 the Danish weekly magazine Billed Bladet named Mary as Frederik’s girlfriend. She then moved from Australia to Denmark in December 2001, while she was working as an English tutor in Paris. On 24 September 2003 the Danish court announced that Queen Margrethe II intended to give her consent to the marriage at the State Council meeting scheduled for 8 October 2003.

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Who is Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark Dating?

According to our records, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark married to Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. As of December 1, 2023, Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark’s is not dating anyone.

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Donaldson and Frederik married on 14 May 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral, in Copenhagen. She wore a wedding gown designed by Danish designer Uffe Frank and had a small bridal party which included her two sisters and her friend Amber Petty, a radio announcer on commercial radio in Australia. Frederik was supported by his brother Prince Joachim. Three of her nieces, Erin and Kate Stephens and Madisson Woods, were flower girls; Frederik’s nephew Prince Nikolai of Denmark and first cousin once removed, Count Richard von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth were pageboys. The wedding was celebrated in Copenhagen and at Fredensborg Palace. The couple reportedly spent their honeymoon in Africa.

Facts & Trivia

Mary, Ranked on the list of most popular Aristocrat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark celebrates birthday on February 5 of every year.

In the context of immigrant issues in Denmark, Mary has visited the disadvantaged migrant areas of Vollsmose (2006), Gellerup (2007), and Viborg (2010),and has participated in integration projects including the teaching of the Danish language to refugees. As patron of the Danish Refugee Council, Mary visited Uganda (2008) and East Africa (2011) and supports fundraising for the region.

Top Facts about Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

1. Mary is the wife of Crown Prince Frederik.
2. She was born in Tasmania, Australia in 1972.
3. Mary met Frederik at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
4. They married in Copenhagen in May 2004.
5. The couple has four children: Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine.
6. Mary is an advocate for health and social issues.
7. She supports various charities and organizations.
8. Mary speaks Danish, English, French and German fluently.
9. She is known for her fashion sense and style icon status.
10. In 2020, she celebrated her 16th wedding anniversary with Frederik.

Does Crown Princess Mary speak Danish?

But others claimed they could still pick up Mary’s Aussie twang. “Actually, I heard much of her accent still there,” one said. “Of course she will have to concentrate on mostly speaking Danish which will affect her accent but I found that when she spoke English, her Australian accent was still coming through.”

Is Princess Mary of Denmark related to Queen Elizabeth?

Mary
Years of service| 2008–present
Rank| Captain

Are Mary and Frederic still together?

Since their wedding, the royal couple have celebrated a number of milestones: their honeymoon in Africa, the undertaking of royal duties, and raising their own royal family together. They have four children: Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.

What nationality is Crown Princess Mary of Denmark?

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Is Princess Mary still an Australian citizen?

Despite having to fulfil a demanding series of requirements – she agreed to relinquish her Australian citizenship , convert from her Presbyterian faith to the Danish Lutheran Church, learn Danish and agree to give up her rights to the couple’s children in case of divorce – Mary tackled the challenge of her new position …