Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark pens gushing tribute to his wife Princess Mary as they celebrate 19th wedding anniversary
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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark has penned a rare gushing tribute to his wife Princess Mary online.
The heir to the throne, 54, shared a snap of his Australian wife enjoying an ice cream on his official Instagram page yesterday.
He wrote: ‘My wife and I have our wedding anniversary today. A very special day for both of us, as we like to mark – also with our four children.’
Elsewhere, Crown Prince Frederik also acknowledged it was Mother’s Day, writing: ‘This year the day coincides with Mother’s Day. Therefore, special love for you, Mary, as a spouse and as a mother.’
Perhaps poignantly, he didn’t mention his own mother Queen Margarethe, or his sister-in-law in the post.
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, 54, has penned a rare gushing tribute to his wife Princess Mary, 51, online (pictured)
Instead he wrote: ‘At the same time, I would like to say happy mother’s day to all the mothers around the whole country.’
It came after a difficult period for Frederik and Mary, in which the couple were embroiled in a public row with Frederik’s brother Prince Joachim.
The Danish royals put on a united front last month to mark the 83rd birthday of Queen Margrethe – who underwent back surgery in March -at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.
It was a tumultuous end to 2022 for the Danish Royal Family after the monarch stripped Prince Joachim’s four children of their prince and princess titles – a shocking move which he publicly spoke out against.
She has said the decision was intended to allow Nikolai, 23, Felix, 20 – born from Joachim’s first marriage – and Henrik and Athena to live normal lives without royal obligations.
Instead of being Princes and Princesses, they are Counts and Countess and referred to as Their Excellencies – a change which is now reflected on the household’s website.
At the time, Joachim publicly spoke out against his mother’s decision – claiming that his children had been ‘harmed’ in the process.
Later this year, the 53-year-old royal, who is sixth in line to the Danish throne, will relocate to Washington DC with his family to become defence industry attaché at the Embassy of Denmark.
It came after a difficult period for Frederik and Mary, in which the couple were embroiled in a public row with Frederik’s brother Prince Joachim
Queen Margrethe (centre) pictured with her sons Prince Frederick (left) and Prince Joachim (right) and their children
In 2022, a split arose between Joachim and the Danish royal house when Queen Margrethe decided that his four children should lose their titles as prince and princess
In 2022, a split arose between Joachim and the Danish royal house when Queen Margrethe decided that his four children should lose their titles as prince and princess.
Denmark’s popular long-serving monarch later apologised for upsetting members of her family with the decision – with Joachim publicly expressing his frustration, but she has refused to change her mind.
The official reason was to allow the children to live more normal lives, and follows similar moves by other royal families in Europe, including the Windsors, to slim down their monarchies, the palace said.
But Countess Alexandra of Frederiksborg, Joachim’s first wife and mother of his two older children, said at the time: ‘We are all confused by the decision.
‘We are saddened and in shock. This comes like a bolt from the blue. The children feel ostracized.
‘They cannot understand why their identity is being taken away from them.’
And Joachim himself added in an interview with Danish news outlet Ekstra Bladet that: ‘We are all very sad. It’s never fun to see your children being harmed. They have been put in a situation they do not understand.’
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