Queen Mary at the beach in Australia while King Frederik works in the Danish gray

Queen Mary of Denmark enjoys a vacation with her best friend in her homeland. While the queen was photographed in a swimsuit on a beach in Sydney, her husband, King Frederik X, is carrying out his usual engagements in Denmark. Will Queen Mary return in time for her official engagement this Sunday?

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Queen Mary reunites with friend Amber Petty in Australia

Queen Mary, 52, returned to Australia, her native country, to soak up some sun before gradually entering the gray of late autumn in Copenhagen. This Thursday, October 31, temperatures did not exceed 12 degrees in the Danish capital, while temperatures were close to 27 degrees in Sydney. Jacket to protect himself from the cold and hat on his head, King Frederik .

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Queen Mary frequently returns to her country, where she meets her best friend, Amber Petty. Amber Petty, who notably participated in the celebrity version of Australian Koh-Lanta, was one of her bridesmaids at Mary and Frederik’s wedding. Photos taken by paparazzi show that Queen Mary is accompanied by her youngest daughter, Princess Josephine, 13, with whom she goes jogging in nature.

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Will Queen Mary be back in time this Sunday in Denmark?

As always when it comes to private travel, the Royal Household refuses to comment on the Queen’s trip. However, the Danish press wonders if the queen will return to Denmark in time, while she is still announced this Sunday at the Hubertus hunt.

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Mary Donaldson was born in 1972 in Hobart, capital of Tasmania, an Australian island, to two British parents exiled on the other side of the world. Mary, who worked in advertising before meeting Queen Margrethe II’s eldest son at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, left her life in Australia to marry in 2004. Frederik ascended the Danish throne in January 2024, continued at the abdication of his mother, on the day of her 52nd reign.