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Mary won't just be marrying the man of her dreams but an institution, and one that goes back 1,000 years. On top of that, as the crown prince's wife, she will eventually be stepping into the shoes of a hugely popular monarch and highly accomplished woman – Frederik's mother, Queen Margrethe.
But Mary has not been slow to respond to the challenges. She left her home, friends and work and moved to Denmark, where she took up a job with a software company, so as to be close to Frederik. She was equally swift to drop that job as soon as her engagement was made known – "There cannot be the slightest hint of undue influence in business dealings now that she is to be queen," explained one royal observer. "From now on, she is a royal."
And apart from the emotional challenges, there is the practical one of language. Mary has been assiduously learning Danish, and the country was eagerly awaiting October 8, the day of the official engagement announcement, to hear how she speaks her betrothed's difficult native tongue. |
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