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- Both have been faithful to the summer Olympic Games, attending every ceremony with the exception of Salt Lake City in 2002. In 2009, Frederik was inducted into the International Olympic Committee. He previously held an Olympic dream of his own, training as a diver in his youth and debating a try-out for Denmark’s Olympic sailing team in 1996.
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Jul 30, 2016 · Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik abandoned his dreams of becoming an Olympian after he met his future wife Princess Mary at the 2000 games in Sydney, he recently told a Danish journal.
Jul 30, 2016 · Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik abandoned his dreams of becoming an Olympian after he met his wife Princess Mary at the 2000 games in Sydney, he has told a Danish journal
Jan 5, 2024 · In pure Hallmark movie style, when crown prince Fredrik of Denmark stepped into a crowded bar in Australia during the Sydney Olympics in 2000 little did he know that he was about to meet the love of his life, or that she would be a 'commoner.'.
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- Royal relations. Prince Frederik is the oldest son of Queen Margrethe and her late French-born husband, Prince Henrik, who died February 2018. Born at a time when his maternal grandfather, Frederik IX (whom he was named after), ruled the Danish throne and his matrilineal great-grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf, held the Swedish throne, Frederik, 55, shares his royal legacy with his younger brother, Prince Joachim.
- From party prince to academic achiever. In 1995, he achieved a milestone by becoming the first Danish royal to earn a master's degree. Frederik, who was considered a rebellious "party prince" with a liking for fast cars in the early 1990s, turned his reputation around when he graduated from Aarhus University with a masters in political science, which included a year stint at Harvard University.
- "Pingo" in the navy. Frederik has completed extensive military studies and training in all three services (navy, army and the air force) notably completing the training as a frogman in the naval elite special operations forces Frømandskorpset.
- When prince meets consultant. In 2003, Queen Margrethe gave her consent to his marriage to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, an Australian marketing consultant he met during the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
2 of 24|. FILE - Danish Crown Prince Frederik, second from left, meets with the Mondavi family in Oakville on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989. As a teenager, Crown Prince Frederik felt uncomfortable being in the spotlight, and pondered whether there was any way he could avoid becoming king.
Dec 31, 2023 · He later served in the Danish navy, where he was nicknamed "Pingo" - which according to the Mail, external was earned after his wetsuit filled up with water during a scuba diving course and he...
1 day ago · Then-Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. (AP) King Frederik and Queen Mary make their official return to public life in Paris following a short ...
