Denmark’s beloved future queen, Mary Donaldson, will ascend to the throne on January 14 as her husband, Crown Prince Frederik, becomes the king following his mother’s abdication.

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Mary Donaldson, born in Hobart, Australia, on February 5, 1972, was working as an advertising executive in her home country when she met the future king at Sydney’s Slip Inn bar during the 2000 Summer Olympics.