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Princess Mary joins army

Jan 21, 2008, 13:30 GMT

Denmark's Crown Princess Mary has joined the army.

The princess - who has two children Christian, two, and nine-month-old Isabella with husband Crown Prince Frederik - has enrolled as an unpaid volunteer of the Danish Home Guard.

Chief of the Home Guard, Mayor General Jan S. Norgaard, said: "Crown Princess Mary's membership is a pat on the shoulder for the many volunteers.

"It is a significant sign of the Home Guard's meaningful role in the community and the Danish people's belief in its ability."

Mary, 35, will be taught first aid, how to handle and fire a weapon, marching drills, signal training, fire-fighting and rescue skills at Christiansminde's Home Guard training centre.

When the Tasmanian-born princess finishes her training she will be attached to the Home Guard 'total defence' region in Copenhagen.

Mary's husband Prince Frederik, 39, has also trained with the army, as well as the navy and the air force, and remains active in Denmark's defence force.

Frederik's mother, Queen Margrethe, was a major in the Home Guard Women's Flying Corps and his aunt Princess Benedikte received a service medal for her work in the Home Guard's Navy.

All members of the Danish army are unpaid volunteers.

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Check my image of Princess Mary, we were walking through the Jewish quarter in Prague and she justs walks down the street, she how she is smiling at me!!

Great picture, Bwendo, talk about being in the right place at the right time.  

Yes great shot bwendo
any time you want to give up your day job...I'm sure you can join the papparizza

Have you more?

Oh that's pretty cool! Did you say hello?

or G'day???

I wanted to ask that too, Dara  

Cheers Guys,
Sort of said something but it came out funny and I was trying not to be all gauche and awkward like a fan - but I guess I actually was just that...

Princess Mary pregnant with twins

Denmark's Crown Princess Mary is pregnant with twins, the palace announced on Friday.

The Danish royal court said in a statement the 38-year-old princess, who was born and raised in Hobart, is due in January.

She is expected to give birth at Rigshospitalet - the national hospital - in Copenhagen.

The announcement follows weeks of intense media speculation that the princess is pregnant.

Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik already have two children, four-year old son Christian and three-year-old daughter, Isabella.

The twins will be fourth and fifth in the line of succession after their father and two older siblings.

Frederik is son and heir to the throne of Queen Margrethe II who has reigned since 1972.

He married Mary, a commoner, in 2004 after they met in a pub during the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney where she worked as sales director with a real estate agency.

- Reuters

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/07/2976316.htm

WoW....thats great news.

Will they be first royal twins?

That's awesome, twins are so cool Hopefully it's two twin princesses
There are royal twin princes in Belgium, Nicolas and Emeric born in 2006. Their father attended the Junior Eurovision in 2005.

With 2 dark haired parents they won't be cute blonds like the Dutch princesses

^^great to see your jesc knowledge can help with questions about the world  

Quoted from Candy

^^great to see your jesc knowledge can help with questions about the world  

Of course, it's very educational

When are the UK princes going to have kids