Crown Princess Mary
Majestic appearance in the storm
The Crown Prince couple Mary and Frederik at the Danish Royal Family’s New Year’s banquet.
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Crown Princess Mary dazzled everyone in her velvet dress at the Danish royal family’s New Year’s banquet in rainy Copenhagen.
In a dark red velvet dress with a train and a festive tiara in her dark hair, Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (51) outshone everyone and everything at the royal family’s annual New Year’s banquet on Monday evening. Photos from the evening also show an extremely caring husband, Crown Prince Frederik (55), in uniform, escorting his wife up the steps to Amalienborg Palace in rainy and stormy Copenhagen.
After the resignation announcement
In her speech, the 83-year-old said she had taken stock after back surgery last year and decided it was time to “leave responsibility to the next generation” – namely her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik.
Popular crown prince couple
Princess Mary has won over the Danish public with her commitment to royal duties and her fluency in the language. According to a recent survey, 85 percent of Danes have a positive opinion of the 51-year-old. Her husband is similarly popular, having transformed his public image from an odd outlier and party animal in his youth to a “sensible” family man.
The abdication means Mary, who met Frederik in Sydney, will soon become the world’s first Australian-born queen.