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They're having a baby
By Andrew Hornery, Spike Editor
April 26, 2005
When Princess Mary sailed on Sydney Harbour last month in a blaze of publicity and adulation, she was carrying very precious cargo: an heir to the Danish royal throne.
Last night the royal house in Copenhagen confirmed, after much prompting from the Herald, that the Tasmanian-born Princess Mary was pregnant.
In Hobart, Prince Mary's sister, Trish Bailey, said: "We are very excited about the baby news."
Mrs Bailey said the new heir would have eight cousins waiting to play with him or her in Tasmania.
Hours earlier, royal house officials had been less forthcoming, telling the Herald "we have nothing to say" and to "call back in a few hours" in case the situation changed. Yesterday morning, Princess Mary's brother-in-law, Scott Bailey, had said: "We don't know anything about that."
But a brief official statement at 7.45pm Sydney time confirmed 33-year-old Mary was pregnant, a few weeks shy of her first wedding anniversary to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. "Their royal highnesses the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are happy to announce that the Crown Princess is expecting to give birth to a child by the end of October this year. The childbirth is expected to take place at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen [the university hospital]."
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Later, a spokeswoman said Princess Mary was "feeling well" and would continue her "normal program". There were no plans for any changes to her schedule - yet. On June 20, the Crown Princess and Crown Prince will join the Queen and Prince Consort on an official visit to Denmark's Faroe Islands.
Their child will be second in line to the Danish throne. Frederik, the 36-year-old heir to the throne, is Queen Margrethe's oldest son.
On the eve of the royal couple's visit to Australia in February and March, Princess Mary revealed in a television interview that she found media speculation about her alleged pregnancies almost comical.
Her "favourite" was the confusion that followed surgery to remove her gall bladder.
"We were in hospital to be checked, have a check-up, and the next day it came out in the press that I was pregnant and they'd seen me and it was definite for sure that I was pregnant. I must be eight weeks' pregnant and therefore giving birth in such and such a time.
"And then we were laughing about, you know, the headlines should read, 'Mary Gives Birth to a Stone'. One of the press here actually came out with the headline."
By Andrew Hornery, Spike Editor
April 26, 2005
When Princess Mary sailed on Sydney Harbour last month in a blaze of publicity and adulation, she was carrying very precious cargo: an heir to the Danish royal throne.
Last night the royal house in Copenhagen confirmed, after much prompting from the Herald, that the Tasmanian-born Princess Mary was pregnant.
In Hobart, Prince Mary's sister, Trish Bailey, said: "We are very excited about the baby news."
Mrs Bailey said the new heir would have eight cousins waiting to play with him or her in Tasmania.
Hours earlier, royal house officials had been less forthcoming, telling the Herald "we have nothing to say" and to "call back in a few hours" in case the situation changed. Yesterday morning, Princess Mary's brother-in-law, Scott Bailey, had said: "We don't know anything about that."
But a brief official statement at 7.45pm Sydney time confirmed 33-year-old Mary was pregnant, a few weeks shy of her first wedding anniversary to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. "Their royal highnesses the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are happy to announce that the Crown Princess is expecting to give birth to a child by the end of October this year. The childbirth is expected to take place at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen [the university hospital]."
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Later, a spokeswoman said Princess Mary was "feeling well" and would continue her "normal program". There were no plans for any changes to her schedule - yet. On June 20, the Crown Princess and Crown Prince will join the Queen and Prince Consort on an official visit to Denmark's Faroe Islands.
Their child will be second in line to the Danish throne. Frederik, the 36-year-old heir to the throne, is Queen Margrethe's oldest son.
On the eve of the royal couple's visit to Australia in February and March, Princess Mary revealed in a television interview that she found media speculation about her alleged pregnancies almost comical.
Her "favourite" was the confusion that followed surgery to remove her gall bladder.
"We were in hospital to be checked, have a check-up, and the next day it came out in the press that I was pregnant and they'd seen me and it was definite for sure that I was pregnant. I must be eight weeks' pregnant and therefore giving birth in such and such a time.
"And then we were laughing about, you know, the headlines should read, 'Mary Gives Birth to a Stone'. One of the press here actually came out with the headline."
