Danish Royals In Red-Hot summer Show Down!

Once the best of friends, Princesses Mary and Marie are now at loggerheads.

When Mary Donaldson left Australia to marry Crown Prince Frederik in 2004, she was entering a new and unfamiliar world. So she was quick to extend the hand of friendship to her new French sister-in-law Marie, who married Frederik’s brother Joachim in 2008 and found herself in a similarly strange situation.

But with Queen Margrethe relying more and more on Mary in the lead-up to her taking the throne alongside Frederik, 49, the crown princess’s friendship with Marie has gradually fallen away. Now palace insiders tell Woman’s Day the two women are living completely separate lives.

While Mary, 45, and Marie used to enjoy a joint summer getaway with their husbands, their decision to holiday separately this year speaks volumes.