Born outside the royal family, professionals and good friends, Letizia and Mary Donaldson are so alike, two queens with a purpose

With the arrival of Mary Donaldson as Queen of Denmark, the press is focusing its attention on the 51-year-old Australian woman who becomes consort, a position that puts her on par with Queen Letizia of Spain, although the latter has held the title for almost a decade.

The press suggests that they are good friends, but their lives also have a certain similarity, starting with the fact that they are both the same age and were born outside the royal family.

They also showed a certain complicity during the meeting they held in November 2023 during the visit of the Spanish kings to Denmark, amid the scandal surrounding the photos of the current king Frederick X with Genoveva Casanova.

Despite the controversy, royal family They appeared to be very similar, according to data obtained by Lecturas.

How Letizia and Mary Donaldson are alike

Title of royal family it differentiates them, and although everyone has their own style, we know, thanks to Telecinc, that Mary Donladson is one of the most influential people in Denmark.

But what other similarities are there between Letizia and Mary Donaldson. The aforementioned Spanish media recall that they both graduated from college and are professionals.

Letizia studied journalism at the UCM in Madrid and became one of the faces of the public television news program.

Mary Donaldson studied commerce and law at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), where she also achieved distinction by captaining the campus hockey team. Thus, both gained popularity in different areas.

It is also no coincidence that the two queens are committed to social causes, as Princess Diana once was. In fact, the latter carried the flag in the fight for women’s rights.

What else can Felipe VI’s wife step into. and Fridrika, according to El Mundo.

This media echoed Mary Donaldson’s choice to simply declare her husband the new king of Denmark. Now, Mary Donaldson has opted for a discreet but elegant white design by Danish designer Soeren Le Schmidt, just as Letizia once did when announcing Felipe VI on June 19, 2014.

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