Frederik & Mary in Australia for Sister's Wedding; January 2004

[Alexandria]

JANUARY 14, 2004: Soon to be Danish Crown Princess Mary Donaldson (L) with older sister Jane Stephens on their way out for hen's night for their sister Patricia Woods at Lenah Valley in Hobart, 14/01/04 ahead of her wedding this weekend.

[Alexandria]

JANUARY 14, 2004: Soon to be Danish Crown Princess Mary Donaldson (L) with older sister Jane Stephens on their way out for hen's night for their sister Patricia Woods at Lenah Valley in Hobart, 14/01/04 ahead of her wedding this weekend.

[Alexandria]

January 15, 2004. Hobart TAS. Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark enjoying lunch at Maldini Resturant in Hobart. The Prince and his fiancee Mary Donaldson flew back to Australia yesterday to attend the wedding of Donaldson's sister Patricia Woods that will take place this Saturday.

[Alexandria]

January 15, 2004. Hobart, TAS. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark with his fiancee, Hobartian, Mary Donaldson at Salamanca Lawns, the couple is on a visit to Tasmania for Mary's sister's wedding this Saturday.

[andiemac]

Mary, Prince visit Tas market
January 17, 2004

DENMARK'S Crown Prince Frederik and his Australian bride-to-be, Mary Donaldson, paid a quick visit to Hobart's Salamanca market today as her family prepared for the wedding of her sister, Patricia.

The market walkabout was filmed by a Danish TV crew, compiling a palace-sanctioned documentary, and the couple's every step was recorded by a determined phalanx of more then a dozen photographers and reporters.

While media interest has been intense over the marriage today of Ms Donaldson's sister, Patricia Woods, no details about the event have been confirmed.

The location of the wedding is a tightly-kept secret, but it is believed it will be held in a private walled garden in the waterside suburb of Sandy Bay.

The reception is believed to be planned at Hobart's popular harbourside restaurant, Rockefellers, with a dinner later at Wrest Point Casino.

Observers say the royal couple appear to be enjoying the attention of the media scrum.

Travelling in a new $200,000 Audi A8 they were today seen laughing cheerfully while playing cat-and-mouse with the persistent band of photographers on their tail.

[tigerlilly23]

There is an article about mary putting here smile on hold and how she has taken a very serious poise with the up coming wedding it also says that the danes are missing here lovely smile. It also points out when she got engaged she was happy but at the state dinner they explained that she was ice cold and and scared stiff.
There still saying that she a clever girl and she spends three to seven hours a day learning everthing she can before her wedding.
From everthing i have ready in the newpapers and seen of tv and ready off here it sounds like the media isn't treating her like royality but more like a celberity and i think she does enjoy all the attention she is getting from people at the momment. But the thing i find weird about her is that she is grumpy in denmark and has hidden her smile away from the media and here she is back in oz and she's smiling again . I don't think mary knows wither to smile or frown anymore. Becouse at the momment from this atricle and since she landed back in australia it seems to me she is two faced she acts and carrys herself one way when she is in denmark under pressure from not only fred's family to perform but also she has to jump throw hoops for the media over there as well.
But the minute she lands on home soil she is smiling and laughing again to be back with family and freinds with fred in tow and she is back into here usely bad dress sense once again.

[Dennism]

I wouldn't worry. She's still getting used to it all and she's probably nervous about the wedding.

[Jasl]

I think it's more about nerves that being about two-faced. There were lots of pictures taken of her in Denmark before the engagement and she was always smiling in those photos. Then I think she began to feel so pressured that she didn't smile so much post-engagement.

Of course this is only my opinion, but Mary seems to have made a conscious effort to be more casual during this trip to Tas.

But yeah, anyway, I don't think Mary is two-faced; being under pressure and being two-faced are very very different things. The latter involves making a conscious decision to appear a different way, whereas the former does not.

Maybe she's more comfortable now because she knows she can speak Danish? I wonder what she said to that camera-man - if it was a long conversation etc.

[Yirina77]

some pictures from their stay in Australia

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