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frederik x of denmark and his australian born wife queen mary. the couple met in a bar in sydney during the 2000 olympics and married 20 years ago. they start their new roles amid rumours of problems in their relationship. queen mary is now widely viewed as key to the success of her husband s rang. the success of her husband s ran. ~ , the success of her husband s ran. ~ , ., the success of her husband s rant. 4 , ~ , rang. frederik x will be a very different one rang. frederik x will be a very different one up rang. frederik x will be a very different one up from - rang. frederik x will be a very different one up from his i different one up from his mother because he is much more informal, you could compare it with william and kate in the uk. mary is a very important person, she is very relaxed when talking to people and she has done a lot of work for the monarchy and any society. kevin hoaan is monarchy and any society. kevin hogan is ready. monarchy and any society. kevin ho
me everywhere. we will have more on that story throughout the day here on bbc news. the longest serving monarch in europe, queen margrethe of denmark, formally abdicates today after 52 years on the throne. her eldest son frederik and his australian wife mary will be proclaimed as king and queen this afternoon. from copenhagen, our royal correspondent daniela relph reports. it was 1972 when denmark last did this. preparing for a change of sovereign. there will be plenty of pomp, but the danes don t do the big coronation ceremony. instead, the questions bob pulis the declaration of abdication will be signed and the new king proclaimed from the balcony. last week queen margrethe said
and as princess mary is set to be crowned queen of denmark today, this will make her the first australian born queen of a european monarchy. to discuss this we can go live to birgitte maibom, chairman of danish church in australia. thank you forjoining us on bbc news, birgitte. let s start with the celebrations. how will you be marking this occasion? the danish church will have a big family celebration next sunday so we can have children to come along. we have invited them to dress up as kings and queens and princes and princesses and we will be celebrating it with some danish specialties and then of course we will be watching a recording of the streaming later today. and, of course, australia doesn t have australia follows royal family s closely,
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