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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Katie Strick and Emma Loffhagen

Frederik, the 'party prince': the down-to-earth next king of Denmark who met his wife in a pub

Cheering his country on from the stands at the football World Cup. Giving passionate speeches about the environment. Marrying a middle-class, non-royal 'Kate Middleton lookalike'.

The parallels between Prince Frederik of Denmark, 55, and his British counterpart Prince William, 41, might be striking, in many ways — but it's the similarities between his upbringing and that of William's younger brother Prince Harry that have been doing the rounds since his mother, the Danish Queen Margrethe II, announced her abdication from the throne on new year's eve.

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