The queen consort was born Mary Donaldson in Tasmania, Australia, and was working as a real-estate agent when she met Frederick at a pub in Sydney in 2000, according to the couple's 2003 interview ...

Queen Mary of Denmark has shared a sweet photo with her father John Donaldson to mark her 52nd birthday - after photos of King Frederik's night out with a Mexican socialite rocked the monarchy ...

Donaldson Collection/Getty Images The term is used twice in "Mary Poppins" by Admiral Boom (Reginald Owen), the eccentric neighbor of the Banks family who often fires a cannon from his rooftop.

Born Mary Donaldson in Tasmania, Australia, this people's princess first entered the public eye in the early 2000s when she began dating Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik.

When Mary Donaldson, former Belle Property Kings Cross staffer and habitué of Sydney’s Slip Inn, moved to Copenhagen in 2002, high on the agenda was learning Danish. ... Picture: Getty Images.

But when Mary Donaldson, then a 28-year-old from Tasmania working in real estate, met “Fred” — also known as Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark — at the Slip Inn in September 2000, she was ...

Mary Donaldson married Crown Prince Frederik in 2004 after a chance meeting in Australia. Getty Images Like Kate Middleton, the Danish queen frequently wears tailored coat dresses and floral frocks.

Crown Prince Frederik, the future King of Denmark, posed for pictures with his fiance Mary Donaldson after announcing their engagement to the world on October 8, 2003. The Australian-born Mary ...

Mary Donaldson at a royal engagement before marrying into the royal family in March 2004. Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images At a state banquet in 2004, Mary wore her most formal look yet, which ...

Mary Donaldson and Crown Prince Frederick attend the wedding of Mary's sister Patricia in 2004. Ryan Pierse/Getty Images At a royal engagement in 2004, she dressed in a floral-print skirt, a gold ...

Mary Donaldson at a royal engagement before marrying into the royal family in March 2004. Julian Parker/UK Press via Getty Images At a state banquet in 2004, Mary wore her most formal look yet, which ...