Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark

Pregnancy announced

It was widely expected after their wedding that the Crown Prince Couple would soon have children. Crown Princess Mary told Andrew Denton in an interview for Australian television in February 2005 that it was "no secret" that they were planning to start a family. Crown Prince Frederik jokingly told Danish reporters that he hoped there would be "kænguruer i pungen" or "kangaroos in the pouch" by the 2008 Olympics, an allusion to the female kangaroo that carries a juvenile (called a joey) in a pouch on the belly for up to a year.

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Andrew Denton - February - 2005 - Kangaroo - Joey - Pouch

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On 25 April 2005 the Danish royal court announced that the Crown Princess was pregnant with her first child, due to be born in October.

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25 April - 2005 - Pregnant - October

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If it is a boy, he will be second in line to the Danish throne. Denmark currently holds male-preference primogeniture (the technical term is Feudal Primogeniture). Males are preferred for succession, and the monarch's oldest son automatically inherits the throne. If no son exists, the eldest daughter inherits the throne, as was the case with Queen Margrethe II who has two sisters.

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Feudal Primogeniture - Margrethe II

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On the Constitution's Day 5 June 2005 the Prime Minister gave a speech in which he told the Government will propose a change in the Law of succession to the throne, as soon as the Parliament has been opened 4 October 2005. After a meeting Monday 29 August the leaders of the political parties in the Parliament, declared their support for those changes; to make the first child born in the marriage of Crown Prince Frederik become second in line to the thone regardless of its gender.

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5 June - 2005 - 4 October - 29 August

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On 14 September 2005, it was announced by the Royal Court that the Crown Princess was admitted to the Rigshospitalet (Copenhagen University Hospital) with contractions, on 13 September. Professor Bent Ottesen, Rigshospitalet said that "the Crown Princess has approximately six weeks to her due date. Crown Princess Mary's condition is stable and she feels well." http://kongehuset.dk/artikel.php?id=72835

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14 September - 2005 - 13 September

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In a statement released 15 September 2005, Per Thornit, Chief of the Court of TRH The Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Denmark, announced that Crown Princess Mary was released from the Copenhagen University Hospital. "Crown Princess Mary is well," he goes on to say, " and on the advice of her doctors will continue to rest for the duration of her pregnancy." http://kongehuset.dk/artikel.php?id=72902

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15 September - 2005

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