The royal couple has quite the love story, first meeting at a Sydney pub called the Slip Inn when the city hosted the Olympics in 2000.
At the time, Frederik was relaxing with the Danish sailing team, and the pair immediately hit it off. Frederik and Mary Donaldson started to date despite the long distance between Australia and Denmark, and after months of letters and long-distance phone calls, she decided to move from Australia to Denmark to be with her love in December 2001.
On October 8 2003, the couple became officially engaged, with the pair exchanging vows on 14 May 2004.
Since then, the Danish heir to the throne and his wife are parents of four: Frederik’s heir Prince Christian, born in 2005; Princess Isabella, born in 2007; and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, who arrived in 2011. In honour of the couple’s anniversary, scroll through some of their most beautiful wedding photos…
When she arrived at Copenhagen Cathedral, the future Princess looked breathtaking in a simple ivory gown by Danish fashion designer Uffe Frank, made of Duchesse satin and featuring a 19ft train.
Staying true to his roots, Mary’s Scottish father, mathematician John Donaldson, wore a traditional kilt as he walked his daughter down the aisle to meet her waiting husband-to-be.
Throughout the ceremony, the couple exchanged sweet glances and smiles as the Bishop of Copenhagen, Erik Normann Svendson, told them to “enjoy the day,” and to be “happy you have found each other.
Representing the British royal family, the Earl and Countess of Wessex travelled to Copenhagen for the Danish nuptials. Prince Edward’s wife looked stunning in a floor-length magenta gown accessorized with a shimmering coral shawl.
The then-Crown Prince Felipe of Spain arrived at the cathedral accompanied by his fiancée, news anchor Letizia Ortiz. A week after the Danish nuptials, the Spanish couple had their own royal wedding when they tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony in Madrid.
Parents of the groom Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark were all smiles as they arrived at the cathedral. Before they entered, the couple took a few minutes to wave to well-wishers.
The Prince sadly passed away at the age of 83 in February 2018.
The look of love. The newlyweds could hardly take their eyes of each other as they were taken in an open carriage, accompanied by outriders and an escort of the Royal Danish Guard Hussar Regiment, to their wedding reception
