Mary Donaldson

Queen of Denmark . She is the wife of Frederick X and the mother of Crown Prince Christian , Princess Isabella , Prince Vincent , and Princess Josephine .

He was born as the fourth of three sons and daughters to John Dalglesh Donaldson, a professor of mathematics at the University of Tasmania, and Henrietta Clark Horn, a secretary to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania. He grew up in Hobart, Australia, majored in business administration and law at the University of Tasmania, and then worked at an advertising agency in Melbourne . When my mother died in 1997[2] After quitting his job, he traveled to the United States , Europe , and Scotland the following year. After returning from a trip in 1999, he moved to Sydney and worked as a real estate agent.

Frederick , who was visiting Australia during the 2000 Sydney Olympics, first met Mary in a pub. Frederick has a younger brother, Prince Joachim , and a half-cousin, Prince Nikolaos of Greece.[3] , King Felipe VI , and Princess Merta Louise of Norway , and it is said that Felipe and Mary's roommate knew each other. Frederick, who fell in love with Mary at first sight, asked her on a date to take her on a tour of Australia , and Mary happily accepted. At the time, Mary thought Frederick was a rower who participated in the Olympics and did not know that he was the Crown Prince of Denmark.

Since then, he has begun a long -distance relationship, and Frederik has visited Australia secretly. When I was away, I exchanged letters and emails. In November 2001, a magazine revealed that Mary was a lover of Frederik. In the first half of 2002, Mary, France, After teaching English in Paris , he moved to Denmark in the second half and began working as a consultant at Microsoft.

After engaged in August 2003 , he had a wedding at the Copenhagen Cathedral on May 24, 2004 . At that time, he received a lot of attention to the novels of Australia's general public and Prince Denmark.

In the early days, I had little Danish , but after a few years of marriage, I used Denmark to the native speakers. In 2007, the Mary Foundation was established to guarantee children's education, to eradicate bullying issues in Denmark, protect women, and eradicate human trafficking.

On December 31, 2023, her mother-in-law, Margrethe II , announced her abdication during her lifetime, and as her husband Frederick ascended the throne on January 14, 2024, Mary also ascended the throne as queen. For the first time in history, an Australian queen was born.[4] Her father, Professor John Donaldson, was unable to attend due to his age and health, but her older sister Jane attended the coronation ceremony.