Not only Frederick of Denmark y Genoveva Casanova They are in the spotlight, because since their peculiar friendship came to light, all eyes are, of course, on Mary Donaldson. The crown princess consort has not commented on the headlines of the Spanish and Danish press, although sometimes words are unnecessary: in her last reappearance with the prince, her face was a poem. And this situation is not easy for her, especially after having had to give up a life to marry a man who has failed so many times.
When she met the prince, Mary Donaldson’s life was very different from the one she lives now. As already happened to Queen Letizia at the time, she will be part of the Royal House led her to say goodbye to her job and some hobbies to fully dedicate themselves to their institutional duties.
Goodbye to your job, family and friends
To begin with, he had to change continents and move away from his family and friends. Furthermore, with a degree in Commerce and Law from the University of Tasmania, and with a degree focused on advertising and marketing, she was forced to move away from this world to embark on a new path with Federico. When they met, she was working as an account director in advertising.
The princess was also a great lover of sports, an activity to which she dedicated a lot of time. In an interview with the Financial Times she confessed: “I was a short t-shirt and shorts girl, Known for going barefoot. From very early on there were expectations about what she wore and whether she was appropriate, that was quite daunting for me.”
Other rumors of infidelity
Married to the prince for two decades and mother of four children, Christian, Isabela and the twins Vincent and Josephine, she has earned the affection of the Danish people. And she has never had it easy, because four years after passing through the altar she was her husband He was seen kissing another woman during a night out through the Danish capital. Later, in 2017, the marriage fell apart again. The Danish magazine Her & Nu accused the prince of having been unfaithful again. And not only that, since he would have paid 7,000 euros to silence the case. Patience is the princess’s main weapon to preserve her public image, even more so when divorcing her could lead to absolute ruin.
Very tough marriage agreement
The heir to the Danish throne had his wife sign, when she was in her fourth month of pregnancy, some complicated marriage agreements. The princess suddenly renounced many of her privileges by design of her mother-in-law and with the connivance of her husband, which caused much to be said about her at the time. Specifically, she said goodbye to a sum of compensation that she was going to receive if the marriage was dissolved, calculated according to the years they had spent together and the economic situation of each party. She would also not be able to choose her future residence either in Denmark or outside of it. The princess was left to the designs of the Royal Family, which would determine where she was going to live in the event of separation and saved enormous expense.