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Frederik Andre Henrik Christian was born in Copenhagen on May 26, 1968. The elder son of Princess Margrethe of Denmark and Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, he became crown prince at the age of three when his grandfather, King Frederik IX died.
At 18, he was given a seat in the Council of State and so was able to assume the duties of Head of State when the Queen was abroad.The same year, the prince started the first of two stints in the military, and in 1989 he became the first Danish royal to study for an academic degree. As part of a Political Science and Constitutional Law course, he spent a year at Harvard University.
Frederik returned to military service after graduation, then took up a diplomatic posting at the Danish Embassy in Paris in the late 1990s. The sporty prince is known to be crazy about cars, and it is not unusual for him to be seen out in central Copenhagen, enjoying a drink on a terrace or dancing at a nightclub. |
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