After weeks of birthday celebrations in Denmark and abroad, Crown Princess Mary has released a message of thanks with a special nod to her homeland.
The Tasmanian-born royal turned 50 on Saturday and was showered with love from the Danish people, as well as her many fans back home in Australia.
There were countless festivities in Copenhagen, from the opening of a special gallery exhibit in Mary’s honour, to a special TV documentary about her life that included rare footage of her four children.
Crown Princess Mary visited the new ‘Garden’ named in her honour at Copenhagen Zoo, which houses a number of native Australian animals.
(Image: Getty)Now Mary has taken the time to pen a special message to all of her well-wishers, writing on the Danish royal palace Instagram: “Becoming 50 years old is something very special.
“But that I received so many warm greetings from all over Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland…. and Australia – I was deeply moved. It’s not so crazy to be 50 😊”
The Crown Princess shared a photo of a vase of pink tulips by a large window in her palace home alongside the message, which she concluded by saying how pleased she was with all the birthday messages.
Her special nod to Australia didn’t go unnoticed, with hundreds of Australian fans flocking to the comments section to praise Mary for remembering her roots.
Though the 50-year-old is every bit a Danish royal these days, it’s clear that her Australian heritage is still deeply important to her.
There were several special Australian details included in her many birthday celebrations, subtly reminding the world where Denmark’s future Queen Consort came from.
Mary visited the new ‘Garden’ named in her honour at Copenhagen Zoo, which houses a number of native Australian animals from penguins to snakes.
Accompanied by her two youngest children, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, Mary appeared totally at ease as she interacted with the critters from her homeland.
The royal’s Australian roots were brought up again in the Danish documentary Mary At 50, where her children – including Prince Christian, 16, and Princess Isabella, 14 – joked about her accent.
“She has an Australian accent, so there are some words she says a bit funny,” Isabella revealed adding that the whole family teases Mary for her pronunciation.
Christian added: “Sometimes, if she wants to say ‘put the dog in its basket’, it always turns into, ‘the dog lies in its hook’.”
These days Mary speaks Danish fluently and is rarely seen speaking English at formal events, but Australian fans were delighted to know that even after almost two decades in Denmark, she still carries her Australian accent.
