Heir to the Danish throne Crown Prince Frederik married Tasmania's Mary Donaldson today in a wedding that delighted pro-monarchy Danes and Australian republicans alike.
Danes lined the streets to cheer as the prince married a foreigner without a drop of blue blood. The royal nuptials put Ms Donaldson in line to be the first Australian-born woman to become a queen.
Security was tight as royalty from Europe and Japan gathered to watch the 35-year-old prince and 32-year-old Ms Donaldson tie the knot. She joins a royal house the Danes say is Europe's oldest, dating back to Viking king Gorm the Old who died in 958.
The prince, popular among Danes for his common touch, cried as his princess walked up the aisle in a gown of white duchess satin with a veil almost 100-year-old Irish lace once used by Frederik's grandmother. Ms Donaldson's bearded father wore the kilt of his Scottish clan and Frederik wore his naval uniform.