Both left their lives as “commoners” to marry into a foreign royal family.
Nevertheless, the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle (41) and Princess Mary of Denmark (50) could not be more different.
While Australian-born Mary, formerly Mary Donaldson, assumed her new royal title after moving to Denmark, Meghan has burned all ties to the British monarchy for good.
Both left their lives as “commoners” to marry into a foreign royal family. But Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle (41) (left) and Princess Mary of Denmark (50) (right) couldn’t be more different
As Meghan continues to rock The Firm in her latest Netflix docuseries, we take a look at how Mary set the gold standard for life as a modern-day princess.
Born in Tasmania, Mary met Frederik of Denmark by chance in 2000 in a bar in Sydney.
They maintained a long-distance relationship for a year, with Frederik making secret trips Down Under before Mary moved to Denmark in 2001 to study Danish at Studieskolen in Copenhagen.
Meghan (right, with husband Prince Harry) has complained a lot since she joined the royal family
The couple married in 2004 and now have four children.
Mary’s decision to marry into the Danish royal family came with its own set of challenges – she had to give up her Australian citizenship and change religion from Presbyterianism to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark.
Mary also had to learn a new language, familiarize herself with Danish history and culture, and face the challenge of going from a nobody to one of the most talked about and photographed women in the world.
Born in Tasmania, Mary met Frederik of Denmark by chance in a bar in Sydney in 2000. They maintained a long-distance relationship for a year, with Frederik making secret trips Down Under before Mary moved to Denmark to study the Danish language at the Studieskolen in Copenhagen in Copenhagen. 2001. The couple are pictured at their wedding on 14 May 2004
Mary had to learn a new language, get acquainted with Danish history and culture, and face the challenges of going from nobody to one of the most talked about women in the world.
Yet Mary did so without a word of complaint to the media – something Meghan did not.
Mary, who will one day become Queen of Denmark, has always avoided scandal.
She has refused to speak negatively about others in the media over the years maintain a dignified silence amid controversies such as Queen Margrethe II of Denmark’s recent royal title scandal.
Earlier this year, it was announced that four children 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.
From 1 January, Prince Nikolai (23), Prince Felix (20), Prince Henrik (13) and Princess Athena (10) will become counts and countesses and be named their excellencies.
Frederick and Mary’s four children – Prince Christian (16), Princess Isabella (15) and the twins Princess Josephine and Prince Vincent (11) – are unaffected as they are direct descendants of the future king.
However, Princess Mary suggested that this may not always be the case.
“We will look at our children’s titles when the time comes,” she said in an interview with Ekstra Bladet in Copenhagen.
“Today we cannot see what royalty will be like when it is Christian’s time or when Christian’s time is approaching.”
She also defended her mother-in-law’s decision, saying: “Change can be extremely difficult and really hurt. I think most people have tried. But that doesn’t mean that the decision isn’t the right one.”
“I can understand that this is a very difficult decision and a very difficult decision to make.”
Meghan, on the other hand, has been reluctant to accept the expectations that come with marrying a prince.
Meghan, on the other hand, has been reluctant to accept the expectations that come with marrying a prince. Taken during her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19, 2018
Since Meghan stepped down as a senior royal in 2020, she has clung to the spotlight by endlessly attacking The Firm and the British press in public.
Since Meghan stepped down as a senior royal in 2020, she has clung to the spotlight by endlessly attacking The Firm and the British press in public.
She also complained a lot about how the British press was treated, even though she had a lot of experience of fame before becoming a duchess.
Media was a fairly skilled media operative before he met Harry and cultivated friendships with British WAGS and tabloids like Piers Morgan.
Mary, on the other hand, had no press experience before she became royal.
“I’m sure Mary looks at what Meghan has done and is shocked by it,” royal expert Phil Dampier told New Idea in 2020.
Mary is committed to her role as Queen Margrethe’s support and must feel that Harry and Meghan have failed Queen Elizabeth.
If Mary had ‘made a Meghan,’ that would have been it [her] Married Frederik and then lured him back to Australia within two years where they met and ripped him away from his family and his destiny,” added Dampier.
In Meghan and Harry’s new Netflix documentary, which reportedly cost $150 million (AUD), the American-born duchess lamented what a shock it was to join the royal family.
Meghan, who grew up as a Christian, was baptized in the Church of England before she married Harry, but apparently it was not meant to be.
“Baptism, as we understand it in the Church, is a mature choice and not necessary for marriage,” Rev. Ruth Meyers said.
An unnamed friend contradicted Meghan’s version of events, telling PEOPLE that Kate (pictured above) is indeed a “big hugger.”
On the series, Meghan claimed she was “surprised” by the family’s formality, noting that she was a “presser” – something she didn’t know was “shocking to some Brits”.
She said her sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, was “formal” behind closed doors and Kate found their hug “shocking”.
However, an unnamed friend contradicted Meghan’s version of events, telling PEOPLE that Kate is indeed a “big hugger.”
Warm and friendly, she greets everyone with a big hug and kiss. It’s natural for her to be like that,’ they said.
Meghan also appeared to mock royal protocol by giving an exaggerated bow as she described her first meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth II.
She said the whole event felt like an old-fashioned medieval banquet, a family dinner in the US with staged medieval games, sword fights and tournaments.
Meghan mocks the bow she had to make to the Queen, which was widely criticized after the Netflix documentary aired
Meghan claimed she googled the British national anthem and got no response Princess Diaries-esque crash course in royal etiquette.
Harry also spoke about his wife’s turmoil, claiming his family asked why Meghan needed more protection than other royals.
He said they failed to understand the “racial element” and showed a “massive level of unconscious bias.”
“What people have to understand is that for a large part of the family, whatever they’ve been through, they’ve been through,” Harry said on the Netflix documentary.
“So it was almost a rite of passage, and some family members were like, ‘My wife had to go through this, so why should your friend be treated differently? Why should you get special treatment? Why should she be protected?'”
“I said, ‘The difference here is the racing element.’
Meghan also said she googled the British national anthem and didn’t get a Princess Diaries-esque crash course in royal etiquette
Source: Daily Mail
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