When Frederik and Mary of Denmark turn into King and Queen Consort tomorrow, their lives will change irrevocably – as will the lives of their 4 youngsters.
So far, the teenager royals have grown up with relative normality.
They reside removed from the glare of publicity, attending state colleges and staying near the Australian aspect of the household, together with their grandfather, Scottish-born maths professor, John Donaldson.
An official portrait of the brand new first household taken to mark the fiftieth birthday of Crown Princess Mary, who sits on the again with husband Crown Prince Frederik. From the left, the kids are: Isabella, 16, Christian, 18, Vincent , 13,. and, backside, twin sister Josephine
An earlier photograph of the household, with the kids’s grandmother, Queen Margrethe, colourfully attired for the rain
A photograph of Mary, Frederik and household from 2018
Crown Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella and Crown Prince Frederik arrive on the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen earlier than the gala celebration of the Queen’s fiftieth anniversary in 2022
Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine have simply turned 13
While the eldest youngster, soon-to-be Crown Prince Christian has already turn into extra concerned within the household enterprise since his 18th birthday in October – celebrated with a gala dinner along with his grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe – he’s at the moment targeted on ending his training.
Younger siblings Princess Isabella, 16, and twins Vincent and Josephine, who lately celebrated their thirteenth birthday, are all concentrating on their schoolwork.
And whereas photographers have captured official household portraits at birthdays, official occasions and annual photo-calls on the royal household’s summer season residence, Grasten Castle, personal snaps reveal a detailed and odd household life.
The youngsters – and royal mother and father – are as more likely to be noticed in puffa jackets and fight trousers as in fits, heels and attire.
They take pleasure in taking their Australian border collies Grace, Coco and Chloe for walks, attending soccer matches and snowboarding.
Airs and graces aren’t inspired at dwelling. The household have been captured dressed casually – Mary in glasses and a woolly jumper, Isabella in a denim shirt – to brighten their Christmas tree in December.
It appears the kids prefer to make enjoyable of their mum’s Australian accent – describing her Danish pronunciation as ‘funny’ in a tribute filmed for her fiftieth birthday in 2022.
But life will change unavoidably for the brand new first household of Denmark at 2pm on Sunday, January 14, when Queen Margrethe formally abdicates after 52 years on the throne.
Crown Prince Frederik, 55, turns into Danish monarch, and Mary, 51, an Australian-born former advertising and marketing marketing consultant, might be topped queen consort.
In an indication of the brand new eldest Crown Prince’s new obligations Christian will journey by automobile along with his mother and father from their dwelling of Frederik VIII’s Palace at Amalienborg to Christiansborg Palace, which is utilized by the Danish royal household for official occasions.
So who’re these younger royals now rising on to the world stage? We have a look…
PRINCE CHRISTIAN, 18
When Christian Valdemar Henri John, Prince of Denmark and Count of Monpezat, was born on October 15, 2005, 21-gun salutes have been fired in Copenhagen and at Kronborg Castle in Helsingore (Elsinore, of Hamlet fame) to mark the beginning of a royal youngster.
A portrait from 2006, with Crown Prince Frederick, spouse Mary and child Prince Christian on his arm
A portrait of father and son taken in 2007 in Southern Jutland
Prince Christian seems to be out between the railings of the balcony at Amalienborg Castle in 2007
An casual portrait taken on Christian’s first day of college in 2011
This one, taken along with his mom, adopted his affirmation at Fredensborg Castle Church in 2021
A pensive Christian along with his father. Tomorrow, the 18-year-old would be the first-in-line to the throne
HRH Prince Christian Valdemar Henri John of Denmark – taken earlier this month
Queen Mary smiles as Christian, who turned 18 final yr, waves from the balcony on the Amalienborg Castle in Copenhagen
His identify was chosen in keeping with the Danish royal custom of alternating between Frederik and Christian, and in a touching tribute to Mary’s Australian roots, his center identify ‘John’ is after his grandfather, John Donaldson.
As a child he made his first journey to Australia as a personal go to to satisfy his maternal grandfather and kinfolk.
Christian was the primary member of the Danish royal household to attend nursery college after which a public state college, Tranegårdskolen in Hellerup, an prosperous suburb of Copenhagen.
But he was pulled out of his boarding college, Herlufscholm in 2022, when a documentary revealed an alleged tradition of bullying and violence there.
He now attends the progressive Ordrup Gymnasium the place he’ll end his training.
Christian didn’t have to attend lengthy to undertake his first official engagement, opening the elephant home in Copenhagen Zoo along with his late grandfather Prince Henrik when he was simply six.
And in 2014, he and his siblings accompanied their mother and father on an official go to to Greenland after which to the Faroe Islands in 2018.
On his 18th birthday in 2023 Queen Margrethe gave Prince Christian the Order of Elephant – Denmark’s highest honour, which has been awarded since 1693 and has not more than 30 holders at a time.
His coming of age was marked with a lavish ceremony and solemn declaration that he’ll abide by the structure.
When he leaves college Christian would possibly go to school and is more likely to endure army coaching like his father did, however now, as first in line to the Danish monarchy, his largest lesson now might be to tackle the mantle of inheritor to the throne.
PRINCESS ISABELLA, 16
Although solely 16, Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe is already one thing of a fashionista with Instagram fan accounts devoted to celebrating her model.
Christian and sister Isabella on the Royal Theatre to mark their grandmother’s fiftieth yr on the throne in 2022
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Princess Isabell and Crown Princess Mary, an image taken for Isabell’s affirmation in 2022
Princess Isabella joins her household to welcome riders to the traditional Tilting-At-The-Ring occasion at Graasten Castle in 2018
Princess Isabella and her mom go to a nature college and falconry centre don the Island of Samso
Isabella visits a Strawberry Farm on Samso
Queen Margrethe and granddaughter Princess Isabella on the Queen’s 77th birthday celebrations
Isabella departs the Amalienborg Palace her first day in school in 2013
Born on April 21, 2007 in Copenhagen University Hospital, she was named after either side of the household – Henrietta for her late Australian grandmother and Margrethe after her regal grandma.
She was the primary woman born into the Danish royal household for the reason that beginning of her nice aunt, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece in 1946.
Her godparents embody Princess Alexia of Greece (Frederik’s first cousin) and Queen Mathilde of Belgium.
She undertook her first official engagement – the baptism of a ferry named the Prinsesse Isabella in her honour, in 2015.
Currently at Oregard Gymnasium, the higher secondary college attended by her father and uncle Joachim, she beforehand went to the identical state college as her brother Christian.
Like many teenaged ladies, Isabella loves raiding her mom’s wardrobe, and so it was for her affirmation on the Fredensborg Palace Church in May, 2022. Then 15, she wore a white blazer and a pair of trousers from Mary’s royal closet.
She accomplished the look with a diamond, peal and pink pearl brooch – a Christening current from her grandmother Queen Margrethe.
PRINCE VINCENT, 13
Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander was born 26 minutes earlier than his twin sister Josephine on January 8, 2011, making him third in line to the throne as soon as his father turns into king.
Twin Prince Vincent seems on the palace balcony for the 78th birthday celebrations of his grandmother
Princes Vincent and Christian in 2022, accompanied by their father with Crown Prince Princess Mary within the background
Princess Isabella and Prince Christian present the horse energy for Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine through the annual Summer photograph name at Grasten Castle in 2013
The twins on their first day in school in August, 2017
Born at Rigshospitalet, the identical hospital as his siblings, at 10.30am native time, Crown Prince Frederik joked about calling his new child Elvis because the twins share a birthday with the music legend.
With a Greenlandic center identify – Minik, which implies ‘earwax’ – Vincent’s godparents embody his Australian uncle John Donaldson and the King of Spain.
On 15 August 2017, Vincent and Josephine began college at Tranegårdskolen, the identical state college as their siblings.
Vincent and Josephine have simply celebrated their thirteenth birthdays the place they have been photographed in sensible outfits – Vincent in a navy go well with and blue patterned tie.
And lower than every week later the siblings might be celebrating once more, this time their very own father’s accession.
PRINCESS JOSEPHINE, 13
Princess Josephine Sophia Ivalo Mathilda might be fourth in line to the Danish throne after January 14.
Fourth-in-line to the throne, Princess Josephine poses along with her mom
Mary and Frederick with their new-born twins, Vincent and Josephine, in 2011
The royal household in conventional costume for a go to to the Faroe Islands in 2018
Josephine appears anxious to cover on her first day in school
A pure portrait of Vincent and Josephine on the Faroe Islands in 2018
Like her twin brother, she has a Greenlandic center identify: Ivalo stems from the Qaanaaq area the place her father patrolled with the Sirius Dog Sled Patrol and means ‘sinew’.
She and Vincent have an adventurous streak and revel in actions similar to climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge with their mom and participating within the annual Royal Run, a race open to the general public in Copenhagen the place members can mingle with the royal household.
She and Vincent are additionally soccer followers – nabbing seats for Denmark worldwide video games and Euros and posing proudly in soccer scarves.
And Josephine, who’s at the moment attending Kildegard, a personal college, is already starting to experiment with vogue, even borrowing her mom’s outdated attire, together with a yellow pleated frock beforehand worn by Mary, and her huge sister Isabella’s outdated seems to be.