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The romance began with a simple get-together of friends. During the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, a girl called Beatrice Tarnawski arranged to meet the king of Spain's nephew, Bruno Gómez-Acebo, for an evening out. She invited her friend Andrew Miles and his flatmate at the time, Mary Donaldson.
In a surprise move Bruno brought along his friends – a group of European royals who included Frederik. The party went to the Slip Inn for a cosy dinner, where Frederik ate pizza and drank beer. At first it seemed as though Mary preferred his cousin, Prince Nikolaus of Greece, but when the group moved on for drinks, she got chatting to Frederik and the sparks began to fly.
Frederik returned to Sydney a few months later to spend Valentine's Day with Mary, and the pair embarked on a secret romance that encompassed trips to Tasmania, where Mary's sisters live, and far flung parts of Australia and Denmark. By 2003, their involvement was attracting attention, and on October 8, their engagement was officially announced. |
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