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Another article about Fred's sailing......
Prince proves it's all in the jeans
By ALISON RIBBON
10jan03
THE Crown Prince of Denmark will spend the next two weeks lapping up the warmth of a Hobart summer while his Tasmanian girlfriend endures sub-zero temperatures in his homeland.
That was what Prince Frederik said when he turned up unannounced at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Sandy Bay yesterday.
In town for the world dragon class championships, the Prince said it was a shame to be in Hobart without Mary Donaldson but that she had commitments in Denmark.
However, Mary is expected to arrive in Hobart next week.
Prince Frederik arrived at the yacht club early yesterday afternoon, dressed casually and relatively unnoticed.
If not for his link with Mary, who he is tipped to marry, the 34-year-old may not have been noticed at all.
But this was his first trip to Mary's home city and, despite being here to sail, there was speculation surrounding his relationship with her.
Dressed in a casual yellow jumper and blue jeans, the Prince was accommodating to the small contingent of Tasmanian journalists and photographers who approached him.
The Danish paparazzi had been arriving in Hobart since Wednesday, but none was there when the Prince quietly emerged to set up his sail boat Nanoq for the dragon championships.
Prince Frederik was polite, enthusiastic about the championships and coy when questioned about 30-year-old Mary, who he has been seeing since the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Asked if he planned to propose to her in her home town, he laughed and gave away nothing.
"I don't think it's going to be right here actually," he said. "We are just enjoying ourselves, getting to know each other more."
He did say Mary wished she was in Hobart.
"It's hard for her to think I'm here in her own place," he said.
Asked if she was here too, he said: "Not right now, she's got a good job at home."
Prince Frederik said his "princess-in-waiting" was still acclimatising to the "crystal cold" Danish weather while he was enjoying the Hobart sun.
He said he hoped to see some of the beautiful Tasmanian spots she had recommended, such as Wineglass Bay and Seven Mile Beach.
But the Prince, whose father is president of the International Dragon Class Association, said most of his days would be spent preparing for the championships rather than sightseeing.
"I hope to see some of the sights but it depends if and when there's time," he said.
Prince Frederik said he might be able to finally meet Mary's older sisters, Patricia Woods and Jane Stephens.
"That's a good point and chances are [reasonable] but we will see how things progress," he said.
The Prince described Mary's father, John Donaldson, and stepmother, Susan Moody, who visited the pair in Copenhagen recently, as "good people, good Tasmanians".
But he wouldn't confirm whether his own mother, Queen Margrethe, had met his potential bride.
"Some say she hasn't, some say she has," he said. "I'm not going to clarify particularly but, being in Denmark for a long time, you would say it's about time they had."
Mary, who grew up at Taroona and went to Taroona High School and the University of Tasmania before moving to Sydney and becoming a real estate agent, is expected to arrive in Hobart next week after attending a christening for Danish actress Ellen Hillingso's child.
Link: http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/s...55E3462,00.html
Prince proves it's all in the jeans
By ALISON RIBBON
10jan03
THE Crown Prince of Denmark will spend the next two weeks lapping up the warmth of a Hobart summer while his Tasmanian girlfriend endures sub-zero temperatures in his homeland.
That was what Prince Frederik said when he turned up unannounced at the Royal Yacht Club of Tasmania in Sandy Bay yesterday.
In town for the world dragon class championships, the Prince said it was a shame to be in Hobart without Mary Donaldson but that she had commitments in Denmark.
However, Mary is expected to arrive in Hobart next week.
Prince Frederik arrived at the yacht club early yesterday afternoon, dressed casually and relatively unnoticed.
If not for his link with Mary, who he is tipped to marry, the 34-year-old may not have been noticed at all.
But this was his first trip to Mary's home city and, despite being here to sail, there was speculation surrounding his relationship with her.
Dressed in a casual yellow jumper and blue jeans, the Prince was accommodating to the small contingent of Tasmanian journalists and photographers who approached him.
The Danish paparazzi had been arriving in Hobart since Wednesday, but none was there when the Prince quietly emerged to set up his sail boat Nanoq for the dragon championships.
Prince Frederik was polite, enthusiastic about the championships and coy when questioned about 30-year-old Mary, who he has been seeing since the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
Asked if he planned to propose to her in her home town, he laughed and gave away nothing.
"I don't think it's going to be right here actually," he said. "We are just enjoying ourselves, getting to know each other more."
He did say Mary wished she was in Hobart.
"It's hard for her to think I'm here in her own place," he said.
Asked if she was here too, he said: "Not right now, she's got a good job at home."
Prince Frederik said his "princess-in-waiting" was still acclimatising to the "crystal cold" Danish weather while he was enjoying the Hobart sun.
He said he hoped to see some of the beautiful Tasmanian spots she had recommended, such as Wineglass Bay and Seven Mile Beach.
But the Prince, whose father is president of the International Dragon Class Association, said most of his days would be spent preparing for the championships rather than sightseeing.
"I hope to see some of the sights but it depends if and when there's time," he said.
Prince Frederik said he might be able to finally meet Mary's older sisters, Patricia Woods and Jane Stephens.
"That's a good point and chances are [reasonable] but we will see how things progress," he said.
The Prince described Mary's father, John Donaldson, and stepmother, Susan Moody, who visited the pair in Copenhagen recently, as "good people, good Tasmanians".
But he wouldn't confirm whether his own mother, Queen Margrethe, had met his potential bride.
"Some say she hasn't, some say she has," he said. "I'm not going to clarify particularly but, being in Denmark for a long time, you would say it's about time they had."
Mary, who grew up at Taroona and went to Taroona High School and the University of Tasmania before moving to Sydney and becoming a real estate agent, is expected to arrive in Hobart next week after attending a christening for Danish actress Ellen Hillingso's child.
Link: http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/s...55E3462,00.html