Meghan Markle could learn lessons from Princess Mary of Denmark.

 

They both left their lives as 'commoners' two to marry into a overseas royal family.

Yet the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, 41, and Princess Mary of Denmark, 50, couldn't be extra different.

While Australian-born Mary, formerly Mary Donaldson, embraced her new royal title after relocating to Denmark, Meghan has burned all bridges with Britain's monarchy for good.

As Meghan continues to throw barbs at The Firm in her cutting-edge Netflix docuseries, we take a seem at how Mary set the gold popular for lifestyles as a current princess.

Born in Tasmania, Mary met Frederik of Denmark by means of danger at a Sydney pub in 2000.

They maintained a long-distance relationship for a year, with Frederik making secret trips Down Under before Mary moved to Denmark to find out about the Danish language at Copenhagen's Studieskolen in 2001.

The couple married in 2004 and now have four children.

Mary's decision to marry a Danish royal came with its very own challenges - she had to relinquish her Australian citizenship and trade faith from Presbyterianism to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark.

Mary additionally had to analyze a new language and familiarise herself with Danish records and culture, as nicely as cope with the challenges of going from a no person to one of the most talked-about and photographed girls in the world.

Yet Mary did so except a word of grievance to the media - some thing Meghan has failed to achieve.

Mary, who will one day emerge as the Queen of Denmark, has always suggested clear of scandal.

Over the years, she has refused to speak negatively about others to the media and maintained a dignified silence amid controversies such as Queen Margrethe II of Denmark's latest royal title scandal. two two

Earlier this year, it was introduced that 4 teenagers of Queen Margrethe's youngest son, Prince Joachim, would be stripped of their royal titles and would no longer be known as His or Her Royal Highness.

As of January 1, Prince Nikolai, 23, Prince Felix, 20, Prince Henrik, 13, and Princess Athena, 10, will grow to be Counts and Countesses, and will be acknowledged as Their Excellencies.

Frederick and Mary's four adolescents - Prince Christian, 16, Princess Isabella, 15, and twins Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent, 11 - remain unaffected as they are direct descendants of the future King.

However, Princess Mary cautioned that might no longer constantly be the case.

'We will seem at our children's titles when the time comes,' she said in an interview with Ekstra Bladet in Copenhagen.

'Today we cannot see what the royal residence will seem like when it is Christian's time, or when Christian's time starts to approach.'

She also defended her mother-in-law's decision, saying: 'Change can be extraordinarily difficult and can truely hurt. I assume most human beings have tried it. But this does not suggest that the choice is now not the proper one.'

'I can recognize that it is a very tough selection to have to make, and additionally a very tough choice to receive.'

Meghan, on the other hand, was reluctant to accept the expectations that come with marrying a prince.

Since stepping down as a senior royal in 2020, Meghan has clung to the spotlight by taking endless public swipes at The Firm and the British press.

She has additionally complained at size about dealing with the British press, regardless of having plenty of journey with reputation prior to turning into a Duchess.

Media was once pretty the savvy media operator prior to meeting Harry, maintaining friendships with British WAGS and tabloid journalists like Piers Morgan.

In contrast, Mary had no journey with the press prior to becoming a royal.

'I'm sure Mary appears at what Meghan has accomplished and is horrified by way of it,' royal professional Phil Dampier told New Idea in 2020.

'Mary is dedicated to her function aiding Queen Margrethe and she need to experience Harry and Meghan have let down Queen Elizabeth.

'If Mary had "done a Meghan" it would be like [her] marrying Frederik, and then inside two years luring him back to Australia the place they met and taking him away from his family and destiny,' Dampier added.

In Meghan and Harry's new Netflix documentary, for which they had been reportedly paid $150million (AUD), the American-born duchess complained at length about what a shock it used to be to be part of the Royal Family.

Meghan, who used to be brought up as a Christian, used to be baptised into the Church of England before she married Harry, however reportedly didn't have to be.

'Baptism, as we apprehend it in the church, is a free adult selection and is not required for marriage,' Reverend Ruth Meyers said.

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