Princess Mary and Prince Frederik have welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, into their royal family.
“Both mother and children are doing well and we are very happy,” Prince Frederik said.
Princess Mary first welcomed the couple’s son, born at 10.30am on Saturday (about 8.30pm Sydney time) weighing 2.7 kilograms followed by their daughter at 10.56am weighing 2.5 kilograms. Both children were born naturally.
A teary eyed Prince Frederik said at a press conference in Denmark that both Princess Mary and their new born babies, calling them the “double trouble”, are healthy and well.
“How surreal the birth seemed to be. First you are gifted with a healthy baby and half an hour later there’s a second one. One for each hand,” he said.
“Obviously when there are two hearts and two minds involved you take every precaution you can.”
Prince Frederik was by his wife’s side at Rigshospitalet hospital throughout the birth and even cut the umbilical cords when the twins were born.
“The progress has been just as exciting – almost as if it was the first time I had to be a dad,” Prince Frederik said of the birth.
When asked about the babies names he joked that the boy would be called Elvis, as it is The King’s birthday.
He also said that he, Mary and the Queen have known about sexes “for some time”.
Prince Frederik’s father Prince Henrik, who loves children and couldn’t wait for the arrival of the twins, was the first to pay the new Royal additions a visit.
Prince Frederik had called him at 7am on Saturday, when Princess Mary went into labour.
When asked if he was looking forward to babysitting four grandchildren he replied with a smile “do you really think I am babysitting?”.
Princess Mary was admitted to Rigshospitalet hospital at 7am today.
A Woman’s Day Copenhagen correspondent said that Prince Frederik drove his wife to the hospital after taking their daughter Princess Isabella, to a friends house to be looked after.
On Friday night, Danish newspapers reported that Crown Prince Frederik had been seen arriving at the Rigshospitalet hospital in his red Saab at around 6pm where he was greeted by Mary’s doctor Peter Haam.
But Amalienborg Palace spokeswoman Lene Balleby said the trip was for one of the Tasmanian-born Princess’s final check-ups before giving birth.
“It was a check-up and they are home now”, she told Danish newspaper BT.
“The birth will take time some time during January, there is not much else to say. Babies come when they come.”
But the birth of the royal couple’s twins happened sooner rather than later.
Thankfully Prince Frederik’s royal calendar changed straight after the check-up.
He was supposed to attend an event at the State Museum of Art on January 13, but the event has now been erased from his calendar.
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