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Frederik is now set to become Denmark’s head of state, Mary the queen and their eldest son, 18-year-old Christian, the crown prince, after Margrethe signs abdication papers at a state council meeting inside Christiansborg Palace, home to the Danish parliament.
The abdication will leave Denmark with two queens as Margrethe will keep her title.
King Frederik, 55, is then scheduled to make his first public appearance on a balcony alongside the Danish prime minister, who was to formally proclaim him as the country’s new regent. Crowds will also be hoping to see Mary appear on the balcony. The couple married in 2004 and now have four children.
Her Hobart-based sister, Jane Stephens, has travelled to Copenhagen for the occasion.
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The new king and queen were then to leave Christiansborg Palace in a horse-drawn coach and return to the royal residence, Amalienborg, where Margrethe also lives but in a separate building. The royal standard will be lowered on Margrethe’s home and raised on the building where Frederik and Mary live.
Four guns on the Copenhagen harbour will fire a three-by-27-shot honorary salute. In the late afternoon, Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens amusement park plans to celebrate the new king and queen with the biggest fireworks show in the park’s 180-year history.
Across town, Aussie expats on the Australian embassy’s email database known affectionately as the “Vegemite List” were invited to join ambassador Kerin Ayyalaraju for a soiree to toast Mary’s promotion.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced over the weekend that the federal government would provide a $10,000 donation in Mary’s honour to Wildcare Tasmania to support its efforts to ensure the survival of the Tasmanian devil.
The gesture followed Tasmania’s gift of a handmade huon pine occasional table to Mary and Frederik.
“The story of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is one Australians have followed closely and hold dear to their hearts,” Mr Albanese said.
“Crown Princess Mary grew up in Tasmania, and so it is fitting Australia marks this occasion with a gift to support the conservation of the Tasmanian devil.
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