Australian-born Princess Mary is set to bring a modern take to the Danish royal family when she is crowned Queen of Denmark alongside her husband Prince Frederik.
It was a fairytale romance when Frederik met Mary at Sydney's Slip Inn during the 2000 Olympics.
Mary Donaldson, a sales director with a real estate agency at the time, knew two things about the country she is set to rule: the author Hans Christian Andersen and that the Sydney Opera House was designed by a Dane.