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{{Short description|Queen of Denmark since 2024}}
''Her Royal Highness'' '''Crown Princess Mary of Denmark''' (née ''Mary Elizabeth Donaldson'', born in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], [[5 February]] [[1972]]), styled '''''HRH The Crown Princess''''' is the [[wife]] of [[Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark]].
{{redirect|Mary Donaldson|other people|Mary Donaldson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox royalty
| consort = yes
| name = Mary
| title =
| image = Mary of Denmark, October 2024.jpg
| caption = Mary in October 2024
| succession = [[Queen consort of Denmark]]
| reign = 14 January 2024 – present
| birth_name = Mary Elizabeth Donaldson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|2|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Battery Point, Tasmania|Battery Point]], [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]], Australia
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Frederik X]]|14 May 2004}}
| issue = {{plain list|
* [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian]]
* [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella]]
* [[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Prince Vincent]]
* [[Princess Josephine of Denmark|Princess Josephine]]
}}
| father = [[John Dalgleish Donaldson]]
| mother = Henrietta Clark Horne
| signature = Signature of Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark.jpeg
}}
{{Danish Royal Family}}
'''Mary'''<!-- , {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Order of the Elephant|R.E.]], [[Order of the Dannebrog|S.Kmd]]}} post-nominal letters are rarely used for consorts--> (born '''Mary Elizabeth Donaldson'''; 5 February 1972) is [[List of Danish royal consorts|Queen of Denmark]] as the wife of [[King Frederik X]].


Mary met Frederik (then [[Crown Prince of Denmark]]) while attending the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]]. [[Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson|They married]] on 14 May 2004 at [[Copenhagen Cathedral]]. They have four children: [[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Christian]], [[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Isabella]], [[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Vincent]] and [[Princess Josephine of Denmark|Josephine]]. Since her marriage, she has carried out engagements on behalf of the Danish monarchy, and she serves as patron of over 30 charitable organisations, including the [[United Nations Population Fund]], the European regional office of the [[World Health Organization#Regional offices|World Health Organization]], the [[Danish Refugee Council]] and [[Julemærkefonden]]. She founded her award-winning social organisation, the Mary Foundation, in 2007.
==Family==


In 2019, Mary was made a ''rigsforstander'', which allows her to act as regent when the monarch is abroad. She became the first Australian-born queen consort of any country upon [[Abdication of Margrethe II|the abdication]] of her mother-in-law, [[Queen Margrethe II]], on 14 January 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67860144|work=BBC News|title=Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark: Australia celebrates an unexpected queen|date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
The Crown Princess's father is Dr. John Dalgleish Donaldson, who is presently a professor in the Division of [[Applied Mathematics]] at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in [[South Korea]]. Until 2003, he was employed by the [[University of Tasmania]], where he was head of the Department of Mathematics and, later, Academic Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology. He served as a guest professor at the [[University of Aarhus]] (Crown Prince Fredrick's [[alma mater]]) and has taught at [[Oxford University]]. He also was a senior fellow at the National Science Foundation in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], in the 1970s, and was a visiting professor at the [[University of Houston]]. The Crown Princess's mother was Henrietta Donaldson (née Clark), who was the executive assistant to the [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of Tasmania]]. She died in 1997, following a heart operation. Both of the Crown Princess's parents were born in Scotland and moved to Tasmania in 1963.


==Early life==
In 2001, John Donaldson married [[Susan Moody]] (née Susan Elizabeth Horwood), the writer of popular crime novels. She also writes under the name [[Susannah James]] and [[Susan Madison]].
Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born 5 February 1972 at [[Queen Alexandra Hospital, Hobart|Queen Alexandra Hospital]] in [[Battery Point, Tasmania|Battery Point]], a suburb of [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Palshoj |first1=Karin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6KcBQAAQBAJ&dq=mary+donaldson+born+Hobart+hospital&pg=PA1 |title=Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark |last2=Redder |first2=Gitte |last3=Mallett |first3=Zanne Jappe |date=2005-11-01 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |isbn=978-1-74115-887-8 |language=en |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> She is youngest of four children to [[Scottish Australians|Scottish]] parents, Henrietta (née Horne), an executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the [[University of Tasmania]], and [[John Dalgleish Donaldson]], an academic, mathematics professor and member of the [[Clan Donald]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fray |first1=P. |title=Australia's Mary Donaldson becomes a princess |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/from-the-archives-2004-australia-s-mary-donaldson-becomes-a-princess-20210429-p57nld.html |access-date=26 December 2023 |publisher=The Age |date=16 May 2004 |quote=In his speech, Professor Donaldson, an academic who wore a kilt of Ancient MacDonald clan, recalled that the Vikings were driven out of Scotland in the 12th century by the grandfather of the first Donald of the clan and his men. “He would have wondered why he went to so much trouble when, some eight centuries later, we take account of today’s union between the Viking Frederik and Mary of the MacDonald Clan.”}}</ref><ref name=JDDonaldson>{{Cite web|url=https://stiften.dk/artikel/f%C3%B8dselsdag-john-dalgleish-donaldson-75-%C3%A5r|title=Fødselsdag: John Dalgleish Donaldson - 75 år|work=[[Århus Stiftstidende|Stiften]] |language=Danish|date=5 September 2016 |access-date=1 October 2022 |trans-title=Birthday: John Dalgleish Donaldson - 75 years}}</ref> Her paternal grandfather was Captain Peter Donaldson (1911–1978).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bevan|first1=J.|title=Ninth Island in Bass Strait sold for $1.2m|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/realestate/ninth-island-in-bass-strait-sold-for-12m/news-story/b9fbfd7d182649b5609a04276e58a391|publisher=Mercury – 3 March 2016|access-date=18 February 2017|quote=The island is also famous for a maritime incident involving the vessel Sheerwater, captained by the grandfather of Crown Princess of Denmark Mary Donaldson. In 1962 Captain Peter Donaldson was on a voyage from Bass Strait Islands with a cargo of livestock when it was lost off Ninth Island.}}</ref> She was named after her grandmothers, Mary Dalgleish and Elizabeth Gibson Melrose, and was born and raised in Hobart. She has two older sisters, Jane Stephens and Patricia Bailey, and an older brother, John Stuart Donaldson. Her mother died from complications following heart surgery on 20 November 1997, when Mary was 25.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kronprinsesse Mary åbner op om sin mors død: 'Det var vanskeligt at acceptere, at livet gik videre'|date=24 July 2019|url=https://www.bt.dk/kendte/kronprinsesse-mary-aabner-op-om-sin-mors-doed-det-var-vanskeligt-at-acceptere-at|publisher=[[B.T. (tabloid)|B.T.]]|access-date=8 May 2021|language=da|trans-title=Crown Princess Mary opens up about her mother's death: 'It was difficult to accept that life went on'}}</ref> In 2001, her father married the British author and novelist [[Susan Moody]] (née Horwood).<ref name=JDDonaldson/>


During her childhood, Mary was involved in sports and other extracurricular activities both at school and elsewhere. She studied music, playing piano, flute, and clarinet, and played basketball and hockey.<ref name="hello">{{cite magazine |title=Crown Princess Mary of Denmark |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/crown-princess-mary-of-denmark/ |magazine=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |access-date=9 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625104231/https://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/crown-princess-mary-of-denmark/ |archive-date=25 June 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
The Crown Princess has three siblings (as well as three stepbrothers):


==Education==
* Jane Alison Stephens (b. [[26 December]] [[1965]])
Mary began schooling at Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas, when her father, a professor of applied mathematics, worked at the [[Johnson Space Center]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Clear Lake City Elementary Celebrates 50th Anniversary|url=https://www.bayareahoustonmag.com/clear-lake-city-elementary-celebrates-50th-anniversary/|magazine=Bay Area Houston Magazine|access-date=May 15, 2023|date=July 1, 2015}}/</ref> She then 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|School]], and matriculation (1988–1989) at [[Hobart College, Tasmania|Hobart College]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A few more things about Mary|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082719622860.html |newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=24 April 2007 |access-date=3 February 2016}}</ref> She studied at the [[University of Tasmania]] from 1990 to 1994,<ref name=crprincess>{{cite web |url=http://www.kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_mary |title=HRH the Crown Princess |publisher=[[Government of Denmark]] |access-date=28 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228123135/http://kongehuset.dk/publish.php?dogtag=k_en_fam_mary |archive-date=28 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826529873.html |title=Quite contrary about princess Mary |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=8 March 2003 |access-date=4 March 2015 |last=Fray |first=Peter}}</ref> graduating with a combined [[Bachelor of Commerce]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree on 27 May 1995. From 1994 to 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).<ref name=crprincess/>
* Patricia Anne Bailey (b. [[16 March]] [[1968]])
* John Stuart Donaldson (b. [[9 July]] [[1970]])


Her native language is English, and she studied French during her secondary education. In 2002, she briefly worked as an English tutor in Paris while dating [[Frederik X|Crown Prince Frederik]].<ref name=crprincess/> After moving to Denmark and before her marriage, Mary studied Danish as a foreign language at [[Studieskolen]] in Copenhagen in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bt.dk/royale/mary-taler-perfekt-dansk/ |title=Mary taler perfekt dansk |publisher=[[BT (tabloid)|BT]] |language=da |date=20 September 2013 |access-date=21 April 2016 |trans-title=Mary speaks perfect Danish}}</ref>
==Education and career==
[[Image:Marylogo.PNG|left|frame|Crown Princess Mary's cypher]]
After having attended elementary school in [[Houston]], [[Texas]], and junior high and high school in [[Australia]], the Crown Princess attended [[Hobart College|Hobart Matriculation College]] for two years. She completed her studies at the [[University of Tasmania]], which she attended from [[1989]] until [[1994]], at which time she graduated with [[Bachelor of Commerce|Bachelors of Commerce]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|Laws]] (BCom.LLB) degrees. She later qualified for professional certificates in advertising and direct marketing. Prior to her marriage, she worked for [[Young and Rubicam]] in [[Sydney]] and [[Microsoft]] Business Solutions in [[Copenhagen]], among other employers. She also taught English at a business school in [[Paris]] and worked as a sales director at Belle Properties, a real estate firm in Sydney.
[[Image:Image_2-pN94_1.jpg|thumbnail|The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark]]


==Courtship==
==Career==
Mary worked for Australian and global advertising agencies after graduating in 1995.<ref name=crprincess/><ref>{{cite book |first1=Karin |last1=Palshoj |first2=Gitte |last2=Redder |title=Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Australia |year=2006 |isbn=1-74114-749-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Emma |last=Tom |title=Something About Mary: From Girl About Town to Crown Princess |publisher=Pluto Press Australia |location=North Melbourne |year=2005 |isbn=1-86403-273-1}}</ref> Upon graduation she moved to [[Melbourne]] to work in advertising. She became a trainee in marketing and communications with the Melbourne office of [[DDB Worldwide|DDB Needham]], taking a position of [[account executive]]. In 1996, she was employed by [[Mojo (advertising)|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.<ref name=crprincess/>


In June 2000, Mary moved to a smaller Australian agency, Love Branding, working for a short time as its first account director. In the (Australian) spring of 2000, she became sales director and a member of the management team of Belle Property, a real estate firm. In the first half of 2002, Mary taught English at a business school in Paris, but upon 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.<ref name=crprincess/>
Mary Donaldson met Crown Prince Frederik at the Slip Inn, an inner-city pub in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], Australia during the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]. "It was a party of some Australians and two nephews of the Spanish king, plus Crown Prince Frederik and Prince Joachim, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Princess Märtha Louise. I didn't know who they were," she later told Danish journalist [[Anne Wolden-Raethinge]] in a series of interviews in [[2004]] that became the basis of a bestselling book called "Kronprinsesse Mary". "Half an hour later one my flatmates came up to me and asked, Do you know these people are prince this and princess that? Of course we have Queen Elizabeth as head of state, but in many ways we are a kind of republic. We don't have royals in Australia, so it was kind of unusual to run into those kind of people. But aside from that it was quite ordinary."


==Personal life==
Donaldson and the prince became engaged in 2003 and were married on [[May 14]], [[2004]], in [[Copenhagen]], at [[Copenhagen Cathedral]]. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess reportedly spent their honeymoon in [[Tanzania]] and [[Zanzibar]], though a Danish newspaper, [[Ekstra Bladet]], said that the royal couple spent part of their honeymoon in [[Kenya]].
===Courtship and engagement===
Mary met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/04/1036308258205.html |title=Sydney lass plays lady in waiting |newspaper=[[The Age]] |date=5 November 2002}} The Slip Inn is the renamed former [[Royal George Hotel, Sydney|Royal George]] hotel.</ref> in 2000 during the [[2000 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] in Sydney. Frederik was at the bar with his brother [[Prince Joachim of Denmark|Prince Joachim]], his cousin [[Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark]], as well as the then [[Felipe VI|Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and [[Princess Märtha Louise of Norway]]. Felipe knew Mary's flatmate.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/denmark/how-mary-met-fred-olympics-and-royal-love-stories-60357/ |title=How Mary Met Fred: Olympics and Royal Love Stories |work=Royal Central |access-date=8 May 2021}}</ref> Frederik was not identified by her friends as the Crown Prince of Denmark until after they met.<ref name="hello" /> They conducted a long-distance relationship and Frederik made several discreet visits to Australia. On 15 November 2001, the Danish weekly magazine ''[[Billed Bladet]]'' named Mary as Frederik's girlfriend.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mary er Frederiks nye kæreste: Mary is Frederik's new girlfriend |url=https://www.bt.dk/royale/mary-er-frederiks-nye-kaereste|website=BT.dk|date=15 November 2001 |access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> She 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 [[Council of State (Denmark)|State Council]] meeting scheduled for 8 October 2003.<ref>[https://www.kongehuset.dk/ www.kongehuset.dk]</ref> Frederik had presented Mary with an engagement ring featuring an [[Emerald cut|emerald-cut]] diamond and two emerald-cut ruby [[baguette cut|baguettes]], which are similar to the colour of Denmark's flag.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://royalweddings.hellomagazine.com/prince-william-and-kate-middleton/galeria/20100922403/kate-middleton/prince-william/rings/1/5/#ancla |title=Crown jewels: The fabulous rings which sealed the love of Europe's royal couples |work=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]] |location=UK |access-date=6 April 2012 |archive-date=23 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523054559/http://royalweddings.hellomagazine.com/prince-william-and-kate-middleton/galeria/20100922403/kate-middleton/prince-william/rings/1/5/#ancla |url-status=dead }}</ref> The couple became officially engaged on 8 October 2003.
Prior to meeting the prince, Donaldson had been involved in a seven-year relationship with [[Brent Annells]], a public relations executive and son of the present head of [[Connex Australia]]. "Seven years is a long time, and he was there for me, when my mum died," Donaldson told Wolden-Raethinge. "He was very compassionate at that time. I couldn't have found anyone better in that situation. When I travelled out in the world, it might have been some unconscious way to test our relationship. But I think that we already knew then, that our relationship had to end."


===Marriage and children===
==Change of citizenship and prenuptial agreement==
[[File:Kronprinsessan Mary av Danmark & Kronprins Frederik av Danmark.jpg|thumb|Mary and Frederik at the [[wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill]] (Stockholm, June 2013)]]


{{further|Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson}}
The [[Denmark|Danish]] [[Folketing]] (parliament) passed a special [[law]] giving Mary Donaldson, who was a citizen of [[Australia]] and the [[United Kingdom]], Danish [[citizenship]] upon her wedding, a standard procedure for new foreign members of the royal family. A [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], she agreed to become a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]. She also signed a [[prenuptial agreement]] exactly like the ones her commoner father-in-law and her commoner sister-in-law had signed when they entered the royal family. The agreement limits any claim on the assets of her spouse and the royal family. It was officially registered moments before the court registry closed on Friday [[14 May]] [[2004]], the day of the wedding.
Mary and Frederik married on 14 May 2004 in [[Copenhagen Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article424128.ece|title=Danes cheer as estate agent marries into royal house|newspaper=The Times|date=15 May 2004|access-date=6 November 2009|first1=Anthony |last1=Browne|first2=Christopher|last2=Follett}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The couple reportedly spent their honeymoon in Africa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1313163.htm|access-date=30 April 2016|work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=28 February 2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110042048/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1313163.htm}}</ref>


The couple have four children:
==Pregnancy announced==
*[[Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark|Crown Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John]], born 15 October 2005 at [[Rigshospitalet]] in Copenhagen
*[[Princess Isabella of Denmark|Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe]], born 21 April 2007 at Rigshospitalet
*[[Prince Vincent of Denmark|Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander]], born 8 January 2011 at Rigshospitalet
*[[Princess Josephine of Denmark|Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda]], born 8 January 2011 at Rigshospitalet


The Danish [[Folketing]] (parliament) passed a special law (Mary's Law)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx?id=28968 |language=da |title=Lov om meddelelse af dansk indfødsret til Mary Elizabeth Donaldson |trans-title=Act on granting Danish nationality to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson |access-date=1 November 2013 |date=31 March 2004}}</ref> giving Mary Danish citizenship upon her marriage, a standard procedure for new foreign members of the royal family. She was previously a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom. Formerly a [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]], she converted to the [[Evangelical Lutheran]] [[Church of Denmark]] upon marriage.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-18 |title=Mary (dronning af Danmark) |url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Mary_-_dronning_af_Danmark |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Den Store Danske |language=da}}</ref>
It was widely expected after the Crown Princess's wedding that the couple would soon have children. She told [[Andrew Denton]] in an interview for Australian television in [[January]] [[2005]] that it was "no secret" that they were planning to start a family. The Crown Prince jokingly told Danish reporters that he hoped there would be "kænguruer i pungen" or "kangaroos in the pouch"" by the 2008 Olympics, an allusion to the female [[kangaroo]] that carries a juvenile (called a [[joey]]) in a [[pouch]] on the belly for up to a year.


As a native English speaker, Mary's priority from the time of her engagement was to become fluent in Danish, and she acknowledged in several interviews at the time of her engagement and marriage that this was a challenge for her.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk/video/player.php/nodeId-9112584.html?ss |title=TV 2 Nyhederne |website=nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080920103054/http://nyhederne-dyn.tv2.dk/video/player.php/nodeId-9112584.html?ss |archive-date=20 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On [[April 25]], [[2005]] the Danish royal court announced that the Crown Princess was [[pregnancy|pregnant]] with her first child, due to be born in [[October]]. If it is a boy, he will be second in line to the Danish throne; if a girl, it might spark a revision of the laws of succession, as has recently occurred in the [[Netherlands]], [[Norway]], and [[Belgium]]. Neighboring [[Sweden]] changed its laws of succession to allow the accession of the first-born child, of whatever sex, in 1979. Denmark currently holds male-preference primogeniture (the technical term is [[succession_laws|Feudal Primogeniture]]). Males are preferred for succession, and the monarch's oldest son automatically inherits the throne. If no son exists, the eldest daughter inherits the throne, as was the case with Queen [[Margrethe II of Denmark|Margrethe II]] who has two sisters.


Mary and her family reside at [[Amalienborg#Frederik VIII's Palace|Frederik VIII's Palace]], one of the four palaces that make up the [[Amalienborg Palace]] complex. Since May 2004 they have also resided at the Chancellery House, a building in the park at [[Fredensborg Palace]], during the summer months.
"If the first-born is a daughter, we'll need to change the Constitution so that women have the same succession rights as men," Pia Christmas-Moeller of the governing Conservative Party said, again according to CNN. The news service also noted that "Lawmakers from other parties have made similar statements."


Mary is a keen equestrian and has competed at several dressage events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ridehesten.com/nyheder/landsstaevnedebut-til-kronprinsesse-mary-video/82070 |title=Landsstævnedebut til Kronprinsesse Mary (video) |date=5 May 2021 |publisher=ridehesten.com |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
==Residences==


Mary is the godmother of, among others, [[Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötland|Princess Estelle of Sweden]], who was also given the secondary name Mary in her honour,<ref>{{Cite web|title=HRH Princess Estelle|url=https://www.kungahuset.se/english/royal-house/hrh-princess-estelle|website=The Royal Court of Sweden|access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> and her nephew, [[Count Henrik of Monpezat]] (then Prince Henrik of Denmark).<ref>[https://www.burkespeerage.com/royal_families.php www.burkespeerage.com]</ref>
Their official residence is the Chancellery House, an early 18th-century structure that is a wing of [[Fredensborg Palace]], about 25 miles north of Copenhagen. It was previously the home of the Crown Prince's maternal grandmother, the Queen Mother, [[Ingrid of Sweden|Queen Ingrid]]. They also have a temporary apartment in Copenhagen, at [[Levetzau Palace]], a part of the [[Amalienborg Palace]] complex, which will be their home until renovations are completed on their new home, [[Brockdorff Palace]], which is also part of Amalienborg and was the home of the Crown Prince's maternal grandparents, King [[Frederick IX of Denmark]] and [[Ingrid of Sweden|Queen Ingrid]], formerly HRH Princess Ingrid of Sweden.


==External links==
==Queen consort==
Mary became queen consort of Denmark upon the abdication of Queen Margrethe II and the subsequent accession of her husband as King Frederik X on 14 January 2024. After he was proclaimed king from the balcony of [[Christiansborg Palace]], Mary joined Frederik on the balcony to wave to the crowds. The next day, 15 January, the royal family attended a ceremony at the [[Folketing]] to mark the change of monarch,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Denmark's new King Frederik X appears before parliament |website=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmarks-new-king-frederik-x-appears-before-parliament-2024-01-15/ |access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref> and on 21 January, they attended a service at [[Aarhus Cathedral]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-21 |title=Danish royals attend church service to mark King Frederik's first visit outside the capital |url=https://apnews.com/article/denmark-royal-family-king-frederik-church-service-24e516e1cfb3836727dec91a143ffbb4 |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>


The King and Queen made their first state visits from 6–7 and 14–15 May 2024 when they visited [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]]. In June, they toured one of the autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark, [[Greenland]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kungahuset.se/arkiv/pressmeddelanden/2024-02-09-statsbesok-fran-danmark | title=Statsbesök från Danmark }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/kongeparret-besoeger-sverige-norge-faeroeerne-og-groenland | title=Kongeparret besøger Sverige, Norge, Færøerne og Grønland }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kongehuset.no/artikkel.html?tid=225223&sek=112472 | title=Danmarks kongepar på statsbesøk til Norge 14.–15. Mai }}</ref> In 2025, they will tour the other territory, the [[Faroe Islands]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://in.fo/news-detail/kongur-kemur-ikki-fyrr-enn-naesta-ar | title=Kongur kemur ikki fyrr enn næsta ár | date=21 June 2024 }}</ref>
*[http://www.hkhkronprinsen.dk/63000c Official website]

*[http://www.qtvr.dk/bryllup/ Interactive fullscreen panoramas from the Royal Wedding] (Quicktime)
==Public life, charities and patronages==
[[File:Royal guest Wedding Victoria.jpg|thumb|Mary attends the wedding of [[Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden|Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden]]. She is pictured here surrounded by (left to right): [[Frederik X|Frederik]]; [[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]]; [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands|Máxima of the Netherlands]]; [[Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway|Mette-Marit of Norway]]; and [[Beatrix of the Netherlands]].]]

Following the wedding, the Crown Prince couple embarked upon a summer working-tour of mainland Denmark aboard the royal yacht [[HDMY Dannebrog (A540)|''Dannebrog'']], then travelled to [[Greenland]] and the [[2004 Athens Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/palaces-and-the-royal-yacht/the-royal-yacht-dannebrog www.kongehuset.dk]</ref> In 2005, during the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of [[Hans Christian Andersen]], the royal family was involved in related events throughout the year. Frederik and Mary marked the anniversary in London, New York, and in Australia, where she was made Honorary Hans Christian Andersen Ambassador to Australia in the Utzon Room of the [[Sydney Opera House]].

After becoming Crown Princess, Mary made a number of international visits,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/b0000c |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051104053043/http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/b0000c |title=D.K.H. Kronprinsparret – Andre aktiviteter |work=Kronprinsparret.dk |access-date=2011-11-30 |archive-date=2005-11-04 |trans-title=D.K.H. The Crown Prince Couple - Other activities |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/b0000c/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110419203014/http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/b0000c/ |archive-date=19 April 2011 |title=D.K.H. Kronprinsparret – Andre aktiviteter |work=Kronprinsparret.dk |trans-title=D.K.H. The Crown Prince Couple - Other activities |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Frederik and Mary participated in the reburial ceremonies for Empress [[Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark)|Maria Feodorovna]] in Denmark and [[Saint Petersburg]] in 2005. In November 2009, Mary made a surprise visit to Danish soldiers in [[Helmand Province]], Afghanistan. One of her stops was [[Forward Operating Base Armadillo|FOB Armadillo]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/princess-mary-makes-surprise-afghan-visit-to-meet-with-danish-troops/story-e6frf7jo-1225806099371 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230103652/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/princess-mary-makes-surprise-afghan-visit-to-meet-with-danish-troops/story-e6frf7jo-1225806099371 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Princess Mary makes surprise Afghan visit to meet with Danish troops |newspaper=[[Herald Sun]] |date=2 December 2009 |access-date=28 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

During a [[Council of State (Denmark)|Council of State]] on 2 October 2019, the Queen's request to appoint Mary a ''rigsforstander'', a functioning regent when the monarch or the heir is out of the country, was approved by [[Frederiksen I Cabinet|the government]]. After having sworn to respect the [[Constitution of Denmark|Danish constitution]], she became the first person not born into the royal family to assume the position of rigsforstander since [[Ingrid of Sweden|Queen Ingrid]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/nyheder/hkh-kronprinsessen-bliver-rigsforstander |title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen bliver rigsforstander |date=30 September 2019 |publisher=kongehuset.com |access-date=2 October 2019 |language=da |trans-title=HRH The Crown Princess becomes head of state}}</ref>

Mary was voted Woman of the Year 2008 by the Danish magazine ''Alt for damerne'', donating her cash reward to charity.<ref>{{cite web |first=Mavis |last=Fraser |url=http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1453559.php/Popular_Princess_Mary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129160509/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/royalwatch/news/article_1453559.php/Popular_Princess_Mary |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2009 |title=Popular Princess Mary |work=Monsters and Critics |date=17 January 2009 |access-date=31 December 2010 }}</ref> She was interviewed by ''[[Parade Magazine]]'' (US),<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.parade.com/news/2009/04/what-is-royalty-in-the-21st-century.html |title=What Is Royalty In The 21st Century |magazine=[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]] |date=19 April 2009 |access-date=2011-11-30 |first=Simon |last=Winchester}}</ref> on television programs of [[Andrew Denton]] (Australia),<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1313163.htm ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 66: Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark (28/02/2005)]. Abc.net.au (28 February 2005). Retrieved on 2011-11-30.</ref> and by ''[[USA Today]]'' (US).<ref name="fyens1"/>

She serves on the board of directors of The Royal Danish Collection.<ref>[https://www.kongernessamling.dk/en/organisation/] Organisation</ref>

===Patronages and interests===
Since 2004, Mary has steadily worked to establish her relationships with various organisations, their issues, missions, programmes and staff. Her patronages range across areas of culture,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boernekor.dk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=82 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507182830/http://boernekor.dk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26&Itemid=82 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 May 2005 |title=Children's Choir of the Royal Danish Academy of Music |publisher=Boernekor.dk |date=23 December 2000 |access-date=17 January 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/31f0029 |title=TRH The Crown Prince Couple – The Danish Arts and Crafts Association |publisher=Kronprinsparret.dk |date=20 May 2005 |access-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218002117/http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/31f0029 |archive-date=18 February 2008 }}</ref> the fashion industry,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crown Princess Mary calls for end to fast fashion: 'Value is more than the price on the ticket'|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/princess-mary-global-fashion-agenda-interview-sustainable-fashion-danish-royals/43eeaa31-b4cc-4445-a6df-087cd48a26b7|access-date=2021-05-06|website=honey.nine.com.au|date=12 October 2020 |language=en-AU}}</ref> humanitarian aid,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Patron|url=https://drc.ngo/about-us/who-we-are/patron/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=drc.ngo|language=en|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507122045/https://drc.ngo/about-us/who-we-are/patron/|url-status=dead}}</ref> support for research and science,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Crown Princess Mary Of Denmark Attends The Official Opening Of Danish Science Day 2021 — Photos|url=https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/crown-princess-mary-of-denmark-attends-official-opening-danish-science-day-2021|access-date=2021-05-06|website=The Royal Observer|date=26 April 2021|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Communities|date=2019-10-16|title=Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark|url=https://www.communities.tas.gov.au/csr/information_and_resources/significant_tasmanian_women/significant_tasmanian_women_-_research_listing/hrh_crown_princess_mary_of_denmark|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Communities|language=en|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506173130/https://www.communities.tas.gov.au/csr/information_and_resources/significant_tasmanian_women/significant_tasmanian_women_-_research_listing/hrh_crown_princess_mary_of_denmark|url-status=dead}}</ref> social and health patronages<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hjerteforeningen.inforce.dk/sw645.asp |title=Danish Heart Association |publisher=Hjerteforeningen.inforce.dk |access-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215030227/http://hjerteforeningen.inforce.dk/sw645.asp |archive-date=15 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kongehuset.dk/Menu/nyheder/hkh-kronprinsessen-protektor-for-healthcare-denmark |title=H.K.H. KRONPRINSESSEN PROTEKTOR FOR HEALTHCARE DENMARK |publisher=kongehuset.dk |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amf.org.au/PatronsAmbass/|title=The Alannah and Madeline Foundation – Our Patrons and Ambassadors|publisher=Amf.org.au|date=28 April 1996|access-date=17 January 2009|archive-date=13 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813212619/http://www.amf.org.au/PatronsAmbass/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and sport.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-24|title=Crown Princess Mary visits swimming club to view anti-bullying initiative|url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/denmark/crown-princess-mary-visits-swimming-club-to-view-anti-bullying-initiative-151710/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=Royal Central|language=en-GB}}</ref> The organisations of which she is patron have reported positive outcomes through their relationships with her and there are various reports in the Danish media and on some of the organisations' websites about her being quite involved in her working relationship with them. She is currently involved in supporting anti-obesity programs through the [[World Health Organization]], Regional Office for Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/4a32774/Year/2007 |title=TRH The Crown Prince Couple – Statement of support by HRH Crown Princess Mary |publisher=Kronprinsparret.dk |date=20 February 2007 |access-date=31 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916091758/http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/4a32774/Year/2007 |archive-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref>

In the context of [[Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration (Denmark)|immigrant issues]] in Denmark, Mary has visited the disadvantaged migrant areas of Vollsmose (2006),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-4760570.html |title=Kronprinsesse Mary i Vollsmose |date=29 August 2006 |work=[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]] |language=da |trans-title=Crown Princess Mary in Vollsmose |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505211957/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-4760570.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Gellerup (2007),<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/mary-skabte-begejstring-i-gellerup |title=Mary skabte begejstring i Gellerup |date= 6 March 2007 |work=[[DR (broadcaster)]] |language=da |trans-title=Mary created excitement in Gellerup}}</ref> and Viborg (2010),<ref>{{cite news |title=Kronprinsessen besøgte "flygtningelejr" |url=http://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-33359586 |access-date=3 May 2017 |work=[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]] |date=5 September 2010 |language=da |trans-title=The Crown Princess visited "refugee camp" |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505220740/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-33359586 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and has participated in integration projects including the teaching of the Danish language to refugees.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige/ArticleFolder/2010/11/Kronprinsesse%20Mary%20paa%20skolebaenken.aspx |work=[[Billed Bladet]] |title=Kronprinsesse Mary på skolebænken |date=4 November 2010 |access-date=2011-11-30 |language=da |trans-title=Crown Princess Mary on the school bench |archive-date=29 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229221037/http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige/ArticleFolder/2010/11/Kronprinsesse%20Mary%20paa%20skolebaenken.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="fyens1">{{cite news |url=http://www.fyens.dk/article/996240:Odense--Mary-fik-froeen-tilbage-i-Vollsmose?image=1 |title=Mary fik frøen tilbage i Vollsmose |newspaper=[[Fyens Stiftstidende]] |access-date=2011-11-30 |language=da |trans-title=Mary got the frog back in Vollsmose |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030124/http://www.fyens.dk/article/996240:Odense--Mary-fik-froeen-tilbage-i-Vollsmose?image=1 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nyidanmark.dk/da-dk/Nyheder/Pressemeddelelser/Integrationsministeriet/2007/Oktober/aarets_integrationsprisvindere_er_kaaret.htm |work=Ny i Danmark |title=Årets integrationsprisvindere er kåret |date=25 October 2007 |access-date=2011-11-30 |language=da |trans-title=This year's integration award winners have been chosen}}</ref> As patron of the Danish [[Refugee]] Council, Mary visited Uganda (2008)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mary fik kram af HIV-smittede børn |url=http://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-16139860 |access-date=3 May 2017 |work=[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV 2]] |date=29 September 2008 |language=da |trans-title=Mary was hugged by HIV-infected children |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505210015/https://nyheder.tv2.dk/article.php/id-16139860 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and East Africa (2011)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201109026047/princess-mary-africa-mission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226084710/http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/201109026047/princess-mary-africa-mission |archive-date=26 December 2011 |title=Princess Mary's mercy mission to Africa |date=2 September 2011 |magazine=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]}}</ref> and supports fundraising for the region.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bt.dk/nyheder/72-millioner-til-afrikas-fattige |title=72 millioner til Afrikas fattige |newspaper=[[B.T. (tabloid)]] |access-date=2011-11-30 |trans-title=72 million to Africa's poor |date=25 January 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.billedbladet.dk/Kongelige |magazine=[[Billed Bladet]] |title=Frederik og Mary støtter indsamling til Haiti |date=20 January 2010 |access-date=2011-11-30 |language=da |trans-title=Frederik and Mary support fundraising for Haiti}}</ref><ref>[https://www.drc.ngo/ www.drc.ngo]</ref>

Mary has played an active role in promoting an anti-bullying program based on an Australian model through the auspices of Denmark's [[International Save the Children Alliance|Save the Children]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/770473_Princess_Mary_of_Denmark_promotes_anti_bullying_program |title= Princess Mary of Denmark promotes anti-bullying program |work=[[The Insider (TV program)]] |access-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208224841/http://www.theinsider.com/news/770473_Princess_Mary_of_Denmark_promotes_anti_bullying_program |archive-date=8 February 2009}}</ref> She is also involved in a campaign to raise awareness and safe practices among Danes about skin cancer through The Danish Cancer Society.

Mary is also an Honorary Life Governor of the [[Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute]] based at the Garvan Institute/[[St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney]], a member of the International Committee of Women Leaders for Mental Health and a member of various sporting clubs (riding, golf and yachting). In June 2010, it was announced that Mary had become Patron of UNFPA, the [[United Nations Population Fund]], "to support the agency's work to promote maternal health and safer motherhood in more than 150 developing nations".<ref>[http://www.unfpa.org/hrh-crown-princess-mary-denmark Unfpa]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unric.org/en/latest-news/26199-hrh-the-crown-princess-of-denmark-becomes-patron-of-unfpa-to-support-womens-health|title=H.R.H. The Crown Princess of Denmark becomes patron of UNFPA to support women's health|work=United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC)|access-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129192414/http://unric.org/en/latest-news/26199-hrh-the-crown-princess-of-denmark-becomes-patron-of-unfpa-to-support-womens-health|archive-date=29 November 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mary lends her support to a number of other "one-off" Danish causes, industry events, and international conferences. In 2011, the Westmead Cancer Centre at [[Westmead Hospital]] in Sydney was renamed the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Care Centre Westmead.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/sydneys-westmead-cancer-centre-honours-princess-mary/story-e6frf7jx-1226201678117 |title=Sydney's Westmead cancer centre honours Princess Mary |agency=AAP |date=21 November 2011 |work=Herald Sun |access-date=23 May 2012 }}</ref>

Mary is an active patron of Denmark's third-highest-earning export industry, the fashion industry, and is Patron of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit.<ref>{{cite web|title= Copenhagen fashion summit: seven things we learned|url= https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/fashion-blog/2014/apr/24/copenhagen-fashion-summit-sustainable-things-we-learned|work= The Guardian|date= 24 April 2014}}</ref>

===The Mary Foundation===
On 11 September 2007, Mary announced the establishment of the {{ill|Mary Fonden|da}} at an inaugural meeting at [[Amalienborg Palace]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/d3000c |title=TRH The Crown Prince Couple – The Mary Foundation (Mary Fonden) |publisher=Kronprinsparret.dk |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=17 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220133715/http://www.kronprinsparret.dk/d3000c |archive-date=20 December 2008 }}</ref> The foundation's aim is to improve lives compromised by environment, heredity, illness, or other circumstances that can isolate or exclude people socially. The initial funds of DKK 1.1 million were collected in Denmark and Greenland and donated to Frederik and Mary as a wedding gift in 2004. Mary is Chairwoman of eight trusts. In 2014, she received a [[Bambi Award]] for her work with the foundation.<ref>{{cite web|title=Se billederne: Prinsesse Mary tildelt en Bambi Charity Award |url=https://jv.dk/artikel/se-billederne-prinsesse-mary-tildelt-en-bambi-charity-award |language=da |trans-title=Se the pictures: Princess Mary awarded a Bambi Charity Award|website=[[JydskeVestkysten]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=14 November 2014}}</ref>

===LGBT rights===
In 2016, on the [[International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia]], Mary gave a speech on LGBT rights at a forum in Copenhagen hosted by the Danish government. She called for an end to discrimination, oppression, and violence against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/05/17/princess-mary-we-must-build-bridges-across-europe-to-secure-lgbt-rights/#.VztTyRaUc3Y.facebook |title=Princess Mary: We must build bridges across Europe to secure LGBT rights|publisher=Pink News|author=Nick Duffy|date=2016-05-17 |access-date=2017-03-16}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sivasubramanian |first=Shami |url=http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/article/2016/05/12/princess-mary-speaks-out-favour-gay-and-trans-rights |title=Princess Mary advocates for gay and trans rights |publisher=SBS Australia |date=2016-05-12 |access-date=2017-03-16 |archive-date=19 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519070106/http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/article/2016/05/12/princess-mary-speaks-out-favour-gay-and-trans-rights |url-status=dead }}</ref> In January 2018, Mary delivered her speech on LGBTQ+ equality at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crown Princess of Denmark takes a fierce stand for LGBTQ equality|url=https://www.copenhagen2021.com/single-post/Crown-Princess-of-Denmark-LGBTQ-equality|website=copenhagen2021.com|access-date=21 March 2019|date=24 January 2018|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321023816/https://www.copenhagen2021.com/single-post/Crown-Princess-of-Denmark-LGBTQ-equality|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 25 April 2018, she was invited to present the honorary award to [[LGBT Danmark]] at the Danish Rainbow Awards – AXGIL 2018. She thus became the first ever member of the royal family to attend the Danish Rainbow Awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kjær Capkan |first=Brian |url=http://oaonline.dk/kultur/danish-rainbow-awards-axgil/item/13856-kronprinsesse-mary-skriver-lgbt-historie |title=Kronprinsesse Mary skriver LGBT-historie |publisher=Out&About Online |date=22 April 2018 |access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> She also attended the awards ceremony in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, Mary spoke at [[Copenhagen Pride]]'s virtual pride festival.

In October 2019, it was announced that Mary would serve as patron of [[WorldPride#WorldPride Copenhagen–Malmö 2021|WorldPride Copenhagen 2021]], making her the first ever royal to serve as patron for a major LGBT event.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen bliver protektor for Copenhagen 2021|language=da|trans-title=HRH The Crown Princess becomes patron of Copenhagen 2021|url=http://kongehuset.dk/nyheder/hkh-kronprinsessen-bliver-protektor-for-copenhagen-2021 |website=kongehuset.dk |access-date=11 November 2019 |date=30 October 2019}}</ref> She carried out numerous engagements in connection with the event and also gave the closing speech of the week-long celebrations on 21 August 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=HRH The Crown Princess participates in Copenhagen 2021 |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/hrh-the-crown-princess-participates-in-copenhagen-2021 |website=kongehuset.dk |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=16 August 2021}}</ref>

==Public image and style==
Mary has been named one of the world's most fashionable people in ''Vanity Fair''{{'s}} annual International Best-Dressed List<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/style/features/2010/09/the-international-best-dressed-list-slide-show-201009#slide=4 The 2010 International Best-Dressed List]. Vanityfair.com (1 August 2011). Retrieved on 2011-11-30.</ref> and has posed and given interviews for magazines including ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue Australia]]'' (where she used pieces of foreign designers, such as Hugo Boss, Prada, Louis Vuitton or Gaultier, and Danish designers, like Malene Birger and Georg Jensen), ''Dansk'' (Danish Magazine, dedicated to Danish fashion) and German ''Vogue'' (where she was photographed between pieces of Danish modern art in Amalienborg Palace).<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/30/1099028264042.html Mary shows how love is always in fashion – National]. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.</ref><ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.vogue.de/people-parties/people-news/star-news-royal-style Royal Style – VOGUE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107011542/http://www.vogue.de/people-parties/people-news/star-news-royal-style |date=7 November 2011 }}. Vogue.de. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.</ref> Mary also posed for other magazines during her life as a royal, such as ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' (to which she spoke on several occasions about her life as a royal and her family), and ''Parade''.

In 2010 her elegance was praised by designer [[Tommy Hilfiger]], who remarked "I've seen pictures of her and she dresses really well. Mary has a very sophisticated, European style that is also worthy of a princess".<ref>[http://www.bunte.de/royals/mary-von-daenemark-tommy-hilfiger-ist-ihr-groesster-mode-fan_aid_21237.html Mary von Dänemark: Tommy Hilfiger ist ihr größter], Bunte.de. Retrieved on 2011-11-30.</ref>

===50th birthday celebrations===
Numerous official events were planned for the week of Mary's 50th birthday on 5 February 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessens 50-års fødselsdag |language=da |trans-title=HRH The Crown Princess' 50th birthday |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/monarkiet-i-danmark/begivenheder-i-kongehuset/h-k-h-kronprinsessens-50-ars-fodselsdag/#program |website=kongehuset.dk |access-date=2 March 2022 |archive-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715105109/https://www.kongehuset.dk/monarkiet-i-danmark/begivenheder-i-kongehuset/h-k-h-kronprinsessens-50-ars-fodselsdag/#program |url-status=dead }}</ref> Several of these, including a gala dinner at [[Rosenborg Castle]], were cancelled due to the ongoing [[COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark|COVID-19 pandemic]], but several hundred Danes showed up at Amalienborg's courtyard at noon on Mary's birthday. Rather than stepping out onto [[Amalienborg#Frederick VIII's Palace|Frederik VIII's Palace]]'s balcony as is customary for birthday celebrations in the Danish royal family, Mary and her three oldest children came out onto the courtyard to thank the people who had shown up.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kronprinsesse Mary dukkede pludselig op for at takke danskerne foran Amalienborg |url=https://underholdning.tv2.dk/royale/2022-02-05-kronprinsesse-mary-dukkede-pludselig-op-for-at-takke-danskerne-foran-amalienborg |website=[[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> The day after her birthday, the Crown Prince family attended a televised concert held in her honour named ''Mary 50 – we’re celebrating Denmark's Crown Princess'' hosted by [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Crown Princess Mary of Denmark opens the exhibition celebrating her 50th birthday |url=https://www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/crown-princess-mary-of-denmark-opens-the-exhibition-celebrating-her-50th-birthday |website=[[Vogue (magazine)#International editions|Vogue Scandinavia]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=1 February 2022}}</ref>

For Mary's 50th birthday, several places in Denmark were named in her honour: The [[University of Copenhagen]] created a knowledge centre named the ''Crown Princess Mary Centre'' in which Mary will be part of the Advisory Committee;<ref>{{cite web|title=Opening of new knowledge center in connection with HRH The Crown Princess's 50th birthday |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/opening-of-new-knowledge-center-in-connection-with-hrh-the-crown-princess%E2%80%99s-50th-birthday |website=kongehuset.dk |access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref> [[Rigshospitalet]], the Copenhagen University Hospital, named their new department for children, teenagers, expecting mothers and their families ''Mary Elizabeth's Hospital'' in honour of Mary's extensive work with the well-being of children and youths, maternal health and the hospital's network for children with cancer;<ref>{{cite web|title=BørneRiget to have royal new name |url=https://www.rigshospitalet.dk/english/news-and-media/news/Pages/2022/january/boerneriget-to-have-royal-new-name.aspx |website=[[Rigshospitalet]] |access-date=2 March 2022 |date=1 February 2022}}</ref> and [[Copenhagen Zoo]] named the Australia-themed section of their garden ''Mary's Australian Garden''.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen fejrer fødselsdag i Zoo |url=https://www.zoo.dk/s/nyheder/kronprinsessen-fejrer-foedselsdag-i-zoo?language=da |website=[[Copenhagen Zoo]] |access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>

==Titles, styles, honours and arms==

===Titles and styles===
Upon marriage to Frederik on 14 May 2004, Mary assumed the title "Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark". When Margrethe II created the title Count of Monpezat for her male-line descendants on 29 April 2008, Mary became known as "Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat".<ref name="mary">{{cite web|url=http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-royal-house/Crown-Prince-Couple/hrh-the-crown-princess/hrh-the-crown-princess |publisher=Danish Royal Court |title=Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess |access-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101151033/http://kongehuset.dk/english/the-royal-house/Crown-Prince-Couple/hrh-the-crown-princess/hrh-the-crown-princess |archive-date=1 January 2014}}</ref> Since the accession of her husband, Mary has been styled "Her Majesty The Queen, Countess of Monpezat".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-family/hm-the-queen/|title=HM The Queen|date=14 January 2024|work=kongehuset.dk|access-date=14 January 2024|quote=Mary Elizabeth, Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat, was born on 5 February 1972 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia|url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204063643/https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/the-royal-family/hm-the-queen/%23 |archive-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>

===Military ranks===
;[[File:Danish Home Guard logo.svg|18px]] [[Home Guard (Denmark)|Danish Home Guard]]
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 2008: [[Officer cadet]]<ref name="ranks"/>
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 2009: [[Sergeant]]<ref name="ranks"/>
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 2009: [[Lieutenant]]<ref name="major"/>
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 18 September 2015: [[First Lieutenant]]<ref name="ranks">{{cite web |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/sjaelland/kronprinsesse-mary-er-udnaevnt-til-premierloejtnant |title=Kronprinsesse Mary er udnævnt til premierløjtnant |website=[[DR (broadcaster)|DR]]|date=18 September 2015 |language=da|access-date=10 May 2021 |trans-title=Crown Princess Mary has been appointed First Lieutenant|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204061736/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/regionale/sjaelland/kronprinsesse-mary-er-udnaevnt-til-premierloejtnant|archive-date=4 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 31 March 2019: [[Captain (armed forces)|Captain]]<ref name=":00">{{cite web |title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen udnævnt til kaptajn |url=http://kongehuset.dk/nyheder/hkh-kronprinsessen-udnaevnt-til-kaptajn |website=kongehuset.dk |access-date=3 April 2019 |language=da |date=31 March 2019 |trans-title=H.K.H. The Crown Princess appointed captain|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204061357/https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/hkh-kronprinsessen-udnaevnt-til-kaptajn|archive-date=4 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Denmark|army}} 4 May 2023: [[Major (rank)|Honorary Major]]<ref name="major">{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/h-k-h-kronprinsessen-udnaevnt-til-major-%C3%A1-la-suite-i-hjemmevaernet |title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen udnævnt til major á la suite i Hjemmeværnet |website=Kongehuset |date=4 May 2023 |language=da|access-date=6 May 2023|trans-title=H.K.H. The Crown Princess appointed Major á la suite in the Home Guard|quote= ... I praksis betyder det, at den pågældende person har retten til at bære tjenestestillingens uniform uden at gøre tjeneste i stillingen. [... In practice, this means that the person in question has the right to wear the uniform of the service position without serving in the position.]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204061032/https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/h-k-h-kronprinsessen-udnaevnt-til-major-%C3%A1-la-suite-i-hjemmevaernet|archive-date=4 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/action-royal-princess-mary-underwent-military-training-in-preparation-of-becoming-queen-of-denmark/news-story/20b95bf1950271e9678f6ba445fbd097|title=Action Royal: Princess Mary underwent military training in preparation of becoming Queen of Denmark|website=Sky News |date=5 January 2023 |language=da|access-date=4 February 2024|quote= After training, the new Queen became a sergeant in the Home Guard 2009, lieutenant in the Home Guard 2009, first lieutenant in the Home Guard 2015, captain in the Home Guard in 2019 and honorary major in the Home Guard in 2023.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240204055939/https://www.skynews.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity-life/action-royal-princess-mary-underwent-military-training-in-preparation-of-becoming-queen-of-denmark/news-story/20b95bf1950271e9678f6ba445fbd097|archive-date=4 February 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Honours===
{{See also|List of honours of the Danish Royal Family by country}}

====National honours====
=====Orders and appointments=====
* [[File:Order of the Elephant Ribbon bar.svg|60px]] 9 May 2004: Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]] ('''R.E.''')<ref name="Decorations">{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/den-kongelige-familie/hm-dronningen/#dekorationer |title=H.M. Dronningen |language=da |website=Kongehuset |date=6 May 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21 |trans-title=HM The Queen}}</ref>
* [[File:DNK Order of Danebrog Grand Cross BAR.png|60px]] 26 May 2024: Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] ('''S.Kmd.''')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/h-m-dronningen-er-tildelt-storkommandoerkorset-af-dannebrogordenen |title= H.M. Dronningen er tildelt Storkommandørkorset af Dannebrogordenen |work=Kongehuset |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>

=====Medals and decorations=====
* {{flag|Denmark}}:
** Dame of the [[Royal Family Order|Royal Family Decoration of Queen Margrethe II]]
** Dame of the [[Royal Family Order|Royal Family Decoration of King Frederik X]]
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Homeguard Medal of Merit]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|75th Birthday Medal of Prince Henrik]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|350th Anniversary Medal of the Royal Danish Life Guards]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|70th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Ruby Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe II]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|75th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Golden Anniversary Medal of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Prince Henrik's Commemorative Medal]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|80th Birthday Medal of Queen Margrethe II]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Golden Jubilee Medal of Queen Margrethe II]]<ref name="Decorations" />
** Recipient of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Denmark|Reserve Officers' Association in Denmark's Badge of Honor]]<ref name="Decorations" />
* {{flag|Greenland}}: Recipient of the [[Nersornaat|Nersornaat Medal for Meritorious Service in Gold]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/h-m-dronningen-modtog-groenlands-selvstyres-fortjenstmedalje-nersornaat-i-guld |title=H.M. Dronningen modtog Grønlands Selvstyres fortjenstmedalje Nersornaat i guld |language=da |website=Kongehuset |date=4 June 2024 |access-date=2024-06-04 |trans-title=HM The Queen received the Greenland Self-Government's Merit Medal Nersornaat in gold}}</ref>

====Foreign honours====
*{{flag|Belgium}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Belgium)|Order of the Crown]]<ref name="Decorations" />
*{{flag|Brazil}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Southern Cross]]<ref name="Decorations" /><ref name="BrazHMM">{{cite web|url=http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/708191/dou-secao-1-06-09-2007-pg-7 |title=DOU 06/09/2007 – p. 7 – Seção 1 &#124; Diário Oficial da União &#124; Diários JusBrasil |website=Jusbrasil.com.br |access-date=2016-04-21}}</ref>
*{{flag|Bulgaria}}: Grand Officer of the [[Order of Stara Planina|Order of the Balkan Mountains]]<ref name="Decorations" />
*{{flag|Egypt}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Virtues (Egypt)#Order of Virtues|Order of Virtues]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=ChristinZ |user=ChristinsQueens |number=1864979414154453098 |title= Queen Mary was awarded the highest class (Supreme Class) of the Order of Virtues (Al-Kamal) by Egyptian President.}}</ref>
*{{flag|Finland}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]<ref name="Decorations" />
*{{flag|France}}: Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|Order of National Merit]]
*{{flag|Greece}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Beneficence (Greece)|Order of Beneficence]]<ref name="Decorations" />
*{{Flag|Iceland}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Falcon]]<ref>[http://www.vanitatis.elconfidencial.com/multimedia/album/casas-reales/2017-01-25/mary-dinamarca-princesa-cena-gala-4000-euros_1321597#0 Vanitatis]</ref>
*{{flag|Mexico}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Aztec Eagle]]{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
*{{flag|Netherlands}}:
**Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion|Order of the Lion of the Netherlands]]<ref name="Decorations" />
**Recipient of the [[Decorations and medals of the Netherlands|King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal]]<ref name="Decorations" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kongehuset.dk/Den-kongelige-familie/Kronprinsparret/hkh-kronprinsessen|title=H.K.H. Kronprinsessen|website=Kongehuset.dk|date=18 October 2012|access-date=22 April 2016|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403071057/http://kongehuset.dk/den-kongelige-familie/kronprinsparret/hkh-kronprinsessen|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flag|Norway}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of St. Olav|Order of Saint Olav]]<ref name="Decorations" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995&q=Kronprinsesse+Mary+Elizabeth&type=27117&aarstall=|title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer|date=1 February 2008|website=Kongehuset.no|access-date=21 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308114346/http://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?aarstall=&q=kronprinsesse+mary+elizabeth&sek=27995&tid=28028&type=27117|archive-date=8 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Spain}}: Dame Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]]<ref name="IsabellaDenmark23">{{cite web|url=https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2023/10/30/pdfs/BOE-A-2023-22192.pdf|title=Royal Decree 793/2023, of October 24, by which the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic is awarded to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.|date=24 October 2023}}</ref>
*{{flag|Sweden}}:
**Member of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/nyheder/ordensudveksling-ved-statsbesoeg-til-sverige|title=Ordensudveksling ved statsbesøg til Sverige |work=Kongehuset |access-date=6 May 2024}}</ref>
**Member Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Polar Star|Royal Order of the Polar Star]]<ref name="Decorations" />
**Recipient of the [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|70th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf]]
**Recipient of the [[Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals|King Carl XVI Gustaf Golden Jubilee Medal]]

===Honorific eponyms===
====Structures====
*{{Flagu|Australia}}: ''Crown Princess Mary Cancer Care Centre Westmead'', [[Westmead Hospital]], Sydney (2011)
*{{Flagu|Denmark}}: ''Crown Princess Mary's Bridge'', [[Roskilde Fjord]] (2019)
*{{Flagu|Denmark}}: ''Mary's Australian Garden'', [[Copenhagen Zoo]], Copenhagen (2022)
*{{Flagu|Denmark}}: ''The Crown Princess Mary Centre'', [[University of Copenhagen]], Copenhagen (2022)
*{{Flagu|Denmark}}: ''Mary Elizabeth's Hospital'', [[Rigshospitalet]], Copenhagen (2026)

===Arms===
[[File:Coat of arms of Crown Princess Mary of Denmark.svg|thumb|right|210px|Marital arms of Mary of Denmark,<br> as Crown Princess]]
With the marriage in 2004, Queen Mary was invested with the [[Order of the Elephant]], and her father [[John Dalgleish Donaldson]] with the [[Order of the Dannebrog]]. In accordance with the statutes of the Danish Royal Orders, both Mary and her father were granted personal [[coats of arms]], displayed on a [[Commemorative plaque|stall plate]] in the Chapel of the Royal Orders at [[Frederiksborg Castle]]. The main field of Mary's coat of arms is [[Or (heraldry)|Or]]-[[Tincture (heraldry)|coloured]] and shows a [[Clan Donald|MacDonald]] [[Gules]] eagle and a [[sable (heraldry)|Sable]]-coloured boat both symbolising her Scottish ancestry. The [[Chief (heraldry)|Chief]] is [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]]-coloured and shows two [[Or (heraldry)|gold]] [[Commonwealth Star]]s from the [[Coat of arms of Australia|arms of Australia]], and a gold [[Rose (heraldry)|rose]] in between, depicting her personal symbol. The shield is surmounted by the [[Danish Crown Regalia|Royal Crown of Denmark]],<ref name="Heraldics">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldryaustralia.org/news_and_events.htm#denmark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705022420/http://www.heraldryaustralia.org/news_and_events.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 July 2007 |title=News & Events |website=Heraldyaustralia.org |access-date=21 April 2016 }}</ref> and surrounded by the [[Collar (order)|Collar]] of the [[Order of the Elephant]].

The coat of arms of her father, Professor John Donaldson, is almost identical to that of the Crown Princess, but a gold [[infinity symbol]] symbolises his career as an Australian mathematician, instead of her gold Rose. Above his shield is instead placed a [[Helmet (heraldry)|barred helmet]] topped with a gules [[rampant lion]], which is turned outward. The lion is derived from the [[Scottish coat of arms|arms of Scotland]] and also from the [[Coat of arms|arms]] of [[Tasmania]] and [[Hobart]]. Both armorial bearings were granted in 2006 and installed in the Chapel of the Royal Orders in 2007.<ref name="Heraldics" />

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File:Royal Monogram of Princess Mary of Denmark.svg|Royal monogram
File:Dual Cypher of Frederik and Mary of Denmark.svg|Joint monogram of Frederik and Mary
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==References==
==References==
{{Notelist}}
Australian Associated Press Ltd, 'Mary expecting new heir to Danish throne', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', [[25 April]] [[2005]]. [http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Mary-expecting-new-heir-to-Danish-thrones/2005/04/25/1114281505468.html]
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"Mary Donaldson" redirects here. For other people, see Mary Donaldson (disambiguation).

Mary
Mary in October 2024
Queen consort of Denmark
Tenure14 January 2024 – present
BornMary Elizabeth Donaldson
(1972-02-05) 5 February 1972 (age 52)
Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Issue
FatherJohn Dalgleish Donaldson
MotherHenrietta Clark Horne
SignatureMary's signature

Mary (born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson; 5 February 1972) is Queen of Denmark as the wife of King Frederik X.

Mary met Frederik (then Crown Prince of Denmark) while attending the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. They married on 14 May 2004 at Copenhagen Cathedral. They have four children: Christian, Isabella, Vincent and Josephine. Since her marriage, she has carried out engagements on behalf of the Danish monarchy, and she serves as patron of over 30 charitable organisations, including the United Nations Population Fund, the European regional office of the World Health Organization, the Danish Refugee Council and Julemærkefonden. She founded her award-winning social organisation, the Mary Foundation, in 2007.

In 2019, Mary was made a rigsforstander, which allows her to act as regent when the monarch is abroad. She became the first Australian-born queen consort of any country upon the abdication of her mother-in-law, Queen Margrethe II, on 14 January 2024.[1]

Early life

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Mary Elizabeth Donaldson was born 5 February 1972 at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Battery Point, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania.[2] She is youngest of four children to Scottish parents, Henrietta (née Horne), an executive assistant to the vice-chancellor of the University of Tasmania, and John Dalgleish Donaldson, an academic, mathematics professor and member of the Clan Donald.[3][4] Her paternal grandfather was Captain Peter Donaldson (1911–1978).[5] She was named after her grandmothers, Mary Dalgleish and Elizabeth Gibson Melrose, and was born and raised in Hobart. She has two older sisters, Jane Stephens and Patricia Bailey, and an older brother, John Stuart Donaldson. Her mother died from complications following heart surgery on 20 November 1997, when Mary was 25.[6] In 2001, her father married the British author and novelist Susan Moody (née Horwood).[4]

During her childhood, Mary was involved in sports and other extracurricular activities both at school and elsewhere. She studied music, playing piano, flute, and clarinet, and played basketball and hockey.[7]

Education

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Mary began schooling at Clear Lake City Elementary School in Houston, Texas, when her father, a professor of applied mathematics, worked at the Johnson Space Center.[8] She then 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 School, and matriculation (1988–1989) at Hobart College.[9] She studied at the University of Tasmania from 1990 to 1994,[10][11] graduating with a combined Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degree on 27 May 1995. From 1994 to 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).[10]

Her native language is English, and she studied French during her secondary education. In 2002, she briefly worked as an English tutor in Paris while dating Crown Prince Frederik.[10] After moving to Denmark and before her marriage, Mary studied Danish as a foreign language at Studieskolen in Copenhagen in 2003.[12]

Career

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Mary worked for Australian and global advertising agencies after graduating in 1995.[10][13][14] 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.[10]

In June 2000, Mary moved to a smaller Australian agency, Love Branding, working for a short time as its first account director. In the (Australian) spring of 2000, she became sales director and a member of the management team of Belle Property, a real estate firm. In the first half of 2002, Mary taught English at a business school in Paris, but upon 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.[10]

Personal life

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Courtship and engagement

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Mary met Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the Slip Inn[15] in 2000 during the Summer Olympics in Sydney. Frederik was at the bar with his brother Prince Joachim, his cousin Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, as well as the then Felipe, Prince of Asturias and Princess Märtha Louise of Norway. Felipe knew Mary's flatmate.[16] Frederik was not identified by her friends as the Crown Prince of Denmark until after they met.[7] They conducted a long-distance relationship and Frederik made several discreet visits to Australia. On 15 November 2001, the Danish weekly magazine Billed Bladet named Mary as Frederik's girlfriend.[17] She 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.[18] Frederik had presented Mary 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.[19] The couple became officially engaged on 8 October 2003.

Marriage and children

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Mary and Frederik at the wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill (Stockholm, June 2013)
Further information: Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Mary Donaldson

Mary and Frederik married on 14 May 2004 in Copenhagen Cathedral.[20] The couple reportedly spent their honeymoon in Africa.[21]

The couple have four children:

The Danish Folketing (parliament) passed a special law (Mary's Law)[22] giving Mary Danish citizenship upon her marriage, a standard procedure for new foreign members of the royal family. She was previously a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom. Formerly a Presbyterian, she converted to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark upon marriage.[23]

As a native English speaker, Mary's priority from the time of her engagement was to become fluent in Danish, and she acknowledged in several interviews at the time of her engagement and marriage that this was a challenge for her.[24][25]

Mary and her family reside at Frederik VIII's Palace, one of the four palaces that make up the Amalienborg Palace complex. Since May 2004 they have also resided at the Chancellery House, a building in the park at Fredensborg Palace, during the summer months.

Mary is a keen equestrian and has competed at several dressage events.[26]

Mary is the godmother of, among others, Princess Estelle of Sweden, who was also given the secondary name Mary in her honour,[27] and her nephew, Count Henrik of Monpezat (then Prince Henrik of Denmark).[28]

Queen consort

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Mary became queen consort of Denmark upon the abdication of Queen Margrethe II and the subsequent accession of her husband as King Frederik X on 14 January 2024. After he was proclaimed king from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace, Mary joined Frederik on the balcony to wave to the crowds. The next day, 15 January, the royal family attended a ceremony at the Folketing to mark the change of monarch,[29] and on 21 January, they attended a service at Aarhus Cathedral.[30]

The King and Queen made their first state visits from 6–7 and 14–15 May 2024 when they visited Sweden and Norway. In June, they toured one of the autonomous territories of the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland.[31][32][33] In 2025, they will tour the other territory, the Faroe Islands.[34]

Public life, charities and patronages

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Mary attends the wedding of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden. She is pictured here surrounded by (left to right): Frederik; Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands; Máxima of the Netherlands; Mette-Marit of Norway; and Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Following the wedding, the Crown Prince couple embarked upon a summer working-tour of mainland Denmark aboard the royal yacht Dannebrog, then travelled to Greenland and the 2004 Athens Olympics.[35] In 2005, during the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen, the royal family was involved in related events throughout the year. Frederik and Mary marked the anniversary in London, New York, and in Australia, where she was made Honorary Hans Christian Andersen Ambassador to Australia in the Utzon Room of the Sydney Opera House.

After becoming Crown Princess, Mary made a number of international visits,[36][37] and Frederik and Mary participated in the reburial ceremonies for Empress Maria Feodorovna in Denmark and Saint Petersburg in 2005. In November 2009, Mary made a surprise visit to Danish soldiers in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. One of her stops was FOB Armadillo.[38]

During a Council of State on 2 October 2019, the Queen's request to appoint Mary a rigsforstander, a functioning regent when the monarch or the heir is out of the country, was approved by the government. After having sworn to respect the Danish constitution, she became the first person not born into the royal family to assume the position of rigsforstander since Queen Ingrid in 1972.[39]

Mary was voted Woman of the Year 2008 by the Danish magazine Alt for damerne, donating her cash reward to charity.[40] She was interviewed by Parade Magazine (US),[41] on television programs of Andrew Denton (Australia),[24] and by USA Today (US).[42]

She serves on the board of directors of The Royal Danish Collection.[43]

Patronages and interests

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Since 2004, Mary has steadily worked to establish her relationships with various organisations, their issues, missions, programmes and staff. Her patronages range across areas of culture,[44][45] the fashion industry,[46] humanitarian aid,[47] support for research and science,[48][49] social and health patronages[50][51][52] and sport.[53] The organisations of which she is patron have reported positive outcomes through their relationships with her and there are various reports in the Danish media and on some of the organisations' websites about her being quite involved in her working relationship with them. She is currently involved in supporting anti-obesity programs through the World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe.[54]

In the context of immigrant issues in Denmark, Mary has visited the disadvantaged migrant areas of Vollsmose (2006),[55] Gellerup (2007),[56] and Viborg (2010),[57] and has participated in integration projects including the teaching of the Danish language to refugees.[58][42][59] As patron of the Danish Refugee Council, Mary visited Uganda (2008)[60] and East Africa (2011)[61] and supports fundraising for the region.[62][63][64]

Mary has played an active role in promoting an anti-bullying program based on an Australian model through the auspices of Denmark's Save the Children.[65] She is also involved in a campaign to raise awareness and safe practices among Danes about skin cancer through The Danish Cancer Society.

Mary is also an Honorary Life Governor of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute based at the Garvan Institute/St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, a member of the International Committee of Women Leaders for Mental Health and a member of various sporting clubs (riding, golf and yachting). In June 2010, it was announced that Mary had become Patron of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, "to support the agency's work to promote maternal health and safer motherhood in more than 150 developing nations".[66][67] Mary lends her support to a number of other "one-off" Danish causes, industry events, and international conferences. In 2011, the Westmead Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital in Sydney was renamed the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Care Centre Westmead.[68]

Mary is an active patron of Denmark's third-highest-earning export industry, the fashion industry, and is Patron of the Copenhagen Fashion Summit.[69]

The Mary Foundation

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On 11 September 2007, Mary announced the establishment of the Mary Fonden [da] at an inaugural meeting at Amalienborg Palace.[70] The foundation's aim is to improve lives compromised by environment, heredity, illness, or other circumstances that can isolate or exclude people socially. The initial funds of DKK 1.1 million were collected in Denmark and Greenland and donated to Frederik and Mary as a wedding gift in 2004. Mary is Chairwoman of eight trusts. In 2014, she received a Bambi Award for her work with the foundation.[71]

LGBT rights

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In 2016, on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, Mary gave a speech on LGBT rights at a forum in Copenhagen hosted by the Danish government. She called for an end to discrimination, oppression, and violence against people on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.[72][73] In January 2018, Mary delivered her speech on LGBTQ+ equality at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.[74] On 25 April 2018, she was invited to present the honorary award to LGBT Danmark at the Danish Rainbow Awards – AXGIL 2018. She thus became the first ever member of the royal family to attend the Danish Rainbow Awards.[75] She also attended the awards ceremony in 2019 and 2020. In 2020, Mary spoke at Copenhagen Pride's virtual pride festival.

In October 2019, it was announced that Mary would serve as patron of WorldPride Copenhagen 2021, making her the first ever royal to serve as patron for a major LGBT event.[76] She carried out numerous engagements in connection with the event and also gave the closing speech of the week-long celebrations on 21 August 2021.[77]

Public image and style

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Mary has been named one of the world's most fashionable people in Vanity Fair's annual International Best-Dressed List[78] and has posed and given interviews for magazines including Vogue Australia (where she used pieces of foreign designers, such as Hugo Boss, Prada, Louis Vuitton or Gaultier, and Danish designers, like Malene Birger and Georg Jensen), Dansk (Danish Magazine, dedicated to Danish fashion) and German Vogue (where she was photographed between pieces of Danish modern art in Amalienborg Palace).[79][80] Mary also posed for other magazines during her life as a royal, such as The Australian Women's Weekly (to which she spoke on several occasions about her life as a royal and her family), and Parade.

In 2010 her elegance was praised by designer Tommy Hilfiger, who remarked "I've seen pictures of her and she dresses really well. Mary has a very sophisticated, European style that is also worthy of a princess".[81]

50th birthday celebrations

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Numerous official events were planned for the week of Mary's 50th birthday on 5 February 2022.[82] Several of these, including a gala dinner at Rosenborg Castle, were cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but several hundred Danes showed up at Amalienborg's courtyard at noon on Mary's birthday. Rather than stepping out onto Frederik VIII's Palace's balcony as is customary for birthday celebrations in the Danish royal family, Mary and her three oldest children came out onto the courtyard to thank the people who had shown up.[83] The day after her birthday, the Crown Prince family attended a televised concert held in her honour named Mary 50 – we’re celebrating Denmark's Crown Princess hosted by TV2.[84]

For Mary's 50th birthday, several places in Denmark were named in her honour: The University of Copenhagen created a knowledge centre named the Crown Princess Mary Centre in which Mary will be part of the Advisory Committee;[85] Rigshospitalet, the Copenhagen University Hospital, named their new department for children, teenagers, expecting mothers and their families Mary Elizabeth's Hospital in honour of Mary's extensive work with the well-being of children and youths, maternal health and the hospital's network for children with cancer;[86] and Copenhagen Zoo named the Australia-themed section of their garden Mary's Australian Garden.[87]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

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Titles and styles

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Upon marriage to Frederik on 14 May 2004, Mary assumed the title "Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark". When Margrethe II created the title Count of Monpezat for her male-line descendants on 29 April 2008, Mary became known as "Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Denmark, Countess of Monpezat".[88] Since the accession of her husband, Mary has been styled "Her Majesty The Queen, Countess of Monpezat".[89]

Military ranks

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Danish Home Guard

Honours

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See also: List of honours of the Danish Royal Family by country

National honours

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Orders and appointments
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Medals and decorations
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Foreign honours

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Honorific eponyms

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Structures

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Arms

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Marital arms of Mary of Denmark,
as Crown Princess

With the marriage in 2004, Queen Mary was invested with the Order of the Elephant, and her father John Dalgleish Donaldson with the Order of the Dannebrog. In accordance with the statutes of the Danish Royal Orders, both Mary and her father were granted personal coats of arms, displayed on a stall plate in the Chapel of the Royal Orders at Frederiksborg Castle. The main field of Mary's coat of arms is Or-coloured and shows a MacDonald Gules eagle and a Sable-coloured boat both symbolising her Scottish ancestry. The Chief is Azure-coloured and shows two gold Commonwealth Stars from the arms of Australia, and a gold rose in between, depicting her personal symbol. The shield is surmounted by the Royal Crown of Denmark,[104] and surrounded by the Collar of the Order of the Elephant.

The coat of arms of her father, Professor John Donaldson, is almost identical to that of the Crown Princess, but a gold infinity symbol symbolises his career as an Australian mathematician, instead of her gold Rose. Above his shield is instead placed a barred helmet topped with a gules rampant lion, which is turned outward. The lion is derived from the arms of Scotland and also from the arms of Tasmania and Hobart. Both armorial bearings were granted in 2006 and installed in the Chapel of the Royal Orders in 2007.[104]

  • Royal monogram
    Royal monogram
  • Joint monogram of Frederik and Mary
    Joint monogram of Frederik and Mary

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