Mary Donaldson’s words after Federico and Genoveva’s ‘getaway’: “Life consists of failing and moving forward”

It is the first time we hear from the princess of Denmark after the media tsunami caused by the photographs of her husband and Genoveva Casanova in Madrid. But these statements have a trick, because they are not from now but from a few months ago, when Mary Donaldson participated in a documentary about mental health and nature. Even so, his words take on special relevance these days and have already gone around the world.

And the escape from Prince Frederick to Spain to spend the night with his ex Cayetano Martínez de Irujo It was just the tip of the iceberg. The betrayal of the Danish heir has exposed a broken marriage (they have not lived together for months), some terrible premarital capitulations (which would leave the princess in a very bad place if she divorced) and a serious institutional crisis for the future of the monarchy. when Queen Margaret is missing.

With all this, Mary Donaldson (who has been enduring Federico’s slips and escapades for 19 years) spoke of sadness in the aforementioned documentary: “This is the thing about pain. If you don’t process it, it can become a complicated grief.” that affects your quality of life, your health.” And he adds: “Grief is something we carry with us and we all need help from time to time.”

Nature and the mind airs this Thursday in prime time in Denmark. The princess, mother of four children, offers reflections as profound as this: “Curiosity in life is about failing and moving forward. We think too much about what others think and feel. I wish we could let go of that a little bit.”