Thursday, October 1, 2009

Royal Families

I'm not sure why, but I love to learn about Royal families. Today, I gave a group presentation for my Comms 381 (International Media) class about Denmark media etc. I decided to talk about their political system, drawing comparisons between them and the U.S., and I also talked about their Monarchy.

As a result of this presentation, I found out, and was reminded of, some sweet things in Denmark. I'm not sure how many of you know where the Crown Princess of Denmark was born...do you? *ding ding ding* Australia! Princess Mary is a native Tasmanian. She's had two kids already and, according to what I could find, is a media darling in Denmark. In order to become a princess, she did have to convert to the state religion (where the her mother-in-law, the Queen, is the head) and become a "Dane." No biggy (really?).

The Queen of Denmark, Margrethe, has ruled since the 70s. Her husband is known as "The Prince Consort" and is from France. Some interesting stories about their relationship, however, I'll spare you the details.

1 comment:

Jenny said...

aww. adam! I totally stayed up to watch Mary Donaldson's wedding when she got married. :)

I blogged about her while ago at work when we were celebrating women's month.

October 1, 2009 at 9:04 PM

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