Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark (born Frederik Andr? Henrik Christian on May 26, 1968) styled HRH the Crown Prince is the eldest son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. He is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. He has a MA in Political Science from the University of Aarhus, completed in February 1995. He has also completed extensive military studies and training in all three services, notably completing education as a frogman in the elite special forces Danish Frogman Corps.

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In the Council of State on October 8, 2003 Her Majesty gave her consent to the marriage of the Crown Prince to Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, an Australian marketing consultant whom the prince met when he was attending the Sydney Olympics in 2000. The wedding took place on May 14, 2004 in Copenhagen at the Copenhagen Cathedral. On April 25 2005 the Danish royal court announced that the Crown Princess was pregnant with the couple's first child, due to be born in October. The Crown Prince receives a government allowance, or 'appanage', of approximately DKK 14,500,000 or about ?1,950,000, of which the Crown Princess is entitled to 10%.

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As a descendant of Sophia of Hannover, Crown Prince Frederik is in the line of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth Realms, though far down on the list.

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