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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Natasha May and Pamela Rontziokos

There’s something about Mary: the Australians going ‘absolutely mad’ over Denmark’s new queen

Game of thrones: Adam Knight and Sharon Atherton, who came to the Slip Inn, where the Danish royal couple met, for a drink after picking up their wedding rings
Game of thrones: Adam Knight and Sharon Atherton, who came to the Slip Inn in Sydney, where the Danish royal couple met, for a drink after picking up their wedding rings. Photograph: Natasha May/The Guardian

As Denmark prepares to welcome a new king and queen to the throne, an unassuming pub on the opposite side of the globe is celebrating its role in the ascension of the world’s first Australian-born monarch.

Frederik, the Crown Prince of Denmark, first met the Tasmanian real estate manager Mary Donaldson nearly 24 years ago at Sydney’s Slip Inn while the city was swept up in Olympic fever, though the pub is a little different these days.

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