Princess Mary Gives Birth To Twins In Copenhagen

Denmark has a new prince and princess, born to Princess Mary at Copenhagen's Rigshopitalet hospital.

The boy weighs about 5.9 pounds and is about 18.5 inches long. The princess weighs 5.5 pounds and is about 18 inches long.

"The names we are still talking about, and I've just been told that he was born on Elvis's birthday - then one of them we'll call Elvis so far," Crown Prince Frederik joked (?), The Sydney Morning Herald reports.

It's reported that the Prince drove his wife to the hospital earlier in Saab. The couple has two other children: Christian, 5, and Isabella, 3.

Crown Princess Mary is 38 and was born in Tasmania. The newborn twins are expected to the leave the hospital this week and go home to Amalienborg Palace. The names might not be announced for another two or three months, when the babies will be christened.

Unless Prince Frederik wasn't joking about Elvis.

Comments

[Skiwee]

09:07 AM on 01/11/2011

HP, who's writing/proof reading your articles? The typos are horrendous.

[paperloader]

02:10 PM on 01/10/2011

Who cares.

[RockyBlue3]

12:13 PM on 01/10/2011

I think good names would be Fred and Mary (obvious reasons). Or Fred and Ethel. Or Fred and Ginger.

[wolfiegirl]

01:19 PM on 01/10/2011

Why not Fred and Wilma?

I'm still holding out for Elvis and Priscilla. Fred even suggested Elvis at his press conference.

[Danish dame]

02:07 PM on 01/10/2011

Yeah - and had a great laugh afterwards!!! It's a joke!

[RockyBlue3]

07:36 PM on 01/10/2011

See? Or Fred and Wilma! That's what I'm saying! Fred and Wilma would be really good!

[jukesgrrl]

01:03 AM on 01/11/2011

Marvin and Aretha?

[Countess 1]

05:04 AM on 01/10/2011

My deepest congratulations to the Royal parents, new Royal Twins, the rest of the Royal Danish Family, and all the people of Denmark, (and of Austrailia, too!) I know that one of Prince Frederick's nicknames is: "Mr. Perfect".....an obviously EARNED nickname, which would be his, whether he was Royal or not. Now, with Princess Mary, Prince Christian, Princess Isabella, and the two new little twins, they are the "Perfect Family"! A wonderful role-model for all who value wholesomeness, love, and family togetherness, the world over.....(including we here in the USA, where I live!) Congatuations and Mega-congratulations, to all
concerned! !!!!!!!! :) :)

[Karama]

01:08 PM on 01/11/2011

WHO calls Freddie "Mr Perfect?"

[Countess 1]

03:14 PM on 02/10/2011

Emma Tom, in her biography of the Princess, called "Something About Mary: From Girl About Town To Crown Princess." (A wonderful read, by the way -- the best of the books about Her Highness, I think!)

[schatsie]

10:56 PM on 01/09/2011

Oh gosh, now they have two of each, so each will have a great playmate....will it be fun or what?

[Kitten Kramer]

11:13 AM on 01/09/2011

Congradulations to both mother and father on the birth of their 2 children. Wishing you well and all the people of Denmark. Long live your beautiful country and way of life.

[mrs adler]

09:45 AM on 01/09/2011

If they do name the babies before the christening... I don't understand why not make it public then. Oh, an atheist's logic!

[lee4713]

11:23 AM on 01/09/2011

I believe it's a Danish custom. Take it up with them.

[Eileenla]

05:53 AM on 01/09/2011

Who knew Denmark still had royalty? And why hasn't that anachronism vanished in the 21st century? The concept of "royal" by birth has no logical or civil merit; it's a holdover from the time of serfs, peasants and untouchables.

[lee4713]

11:24 AM on 01/09/2011

The Danes love their Queen. They are a progressive country. And weren't they found to be the happiest country on earth?

[DailyShowSpecial]

11:49 AM on 01/09/2011

It is called a constitutional monarchy. The royalty has no real power but are essentially servants of the country. The Danes love their royal family and what they stand for. They are modest people who want the best for all Danes and the royal family does their very best to represent Denmark around the world. It might surprise you, but it would be no big deal to get rid of the constitutional monarchy in Denmark, except that the Danes adore their royal family. In times where things change fast, the monarchy is a constant - a 1,000-year old tradition - something the Danish people can hold on to. Unless the royal family decides to not serve the will of the Danish people, I think the constitutional monarchy in Denmark will continue for centuries to come. Personally, I don't envy the royalty. I wouldn't want to be exposed to the continued scrutiny which they are and know that just by being born your children will be public figure until you die.

[edacelis]

07:08 PM on 01/09/2011

Who cares if the Danes love their royal family? House slaves may have loved their masters but that doesn't make slavery right. Women may love their abusive husbands. Children may love their abusive parents. Most Germans, initially, loved Hitler. None of it matters. The concept, regardless of the practice, is wrong. We all know the Danes have a wonderfully progressive country, little if no poverty, etc. Doesn't matter. Privilege by birth, whether formal or informal (as we have here in the U.S.) is wrong. Doesn't matter if you think they do a good job "representing" Denmark around the world. If you are representing a country as royalty, you are representing a country that retains an unjust institution that teaches people some are born better than others. The concept is wrong and immoral. There is no argument that makes it right.

[Karama]

08:00 PM on 01/09/2011

"Unless the royal family decides to not serve the will of the Danish people,..."

That won't happen. They're not going to rock their boat, and lose their comfy life, paid for by the taxpayers. They don't want to be like the former Greek royal family.
I don't know what the former king of Greece, Constantine, did to make the Greeks kick him out. Maybe he did nothing wrong, and the Greek people just didn't want a king anymore.

[edacelis]

03:53 AM on 01/09/2011

So when do we put the kids in foster care and put the Prince and Princess in jail for hording the public's money?

Stop this incessant obsession with people that steal from the poor.

Why don't we just choose random people from our own communities, give them tons of money and worship them right here? That is unless you don't need someone to worship.

[Sockme]

05:31 AM on 01/09/2011

Unfortunat­ely your attitude is all too common among Americans - you make no effort to understand a tradition or system that varies even slightly from your own. It is up to the Danish people to decide what respect is accorded to their tradition and royalty.

Look at your own backyard before you go criticisin­g others. It doesn't look so pretty.

[edacelis]

05:56 AM on 01/09/2011

I say the same thing when it happens here. I was actually criticizing Americans for worshiping them. A pox on both houses! When traditions kill, traditions need to be done away with.

[sweatermoose]

10:09 AM on 01/09/2011

Your strong opinions might hold a little more weight if Danish children weren't so very much better off than US children. They are better educated, have better health care, less obesity, less mental illness, and far less of them live in poverty. They get killed by gun violence way less often.
If we could have the standard of living for our kids that Danes have for theirs, I'd take a dude with a crown in a second.

[edacelis]

10:29 AM on 01/09/2011

Again, my remarks were a criticism of royalty in general and OUR (Americans) obsession with them, not a criticism of Denmark. I'm well aware of the high quality of living the Danes have.

[Kitten Kramer]

10:53 AM on 01/09/2011

You are so right, and they all, Danish people, have free medical and education for their people. Something the American government and rich people here don't want to our country because then they won't have all that money in their pockets.

[Leigh in Austin]

02:07 AM on 01/09/2011

On this day of all days, I'm glad to see some good news. Makes me thankful I paged down enough to run across it! And as the mother of boy-and-girl twins born when I was 37 -- Fred and Mary, start taking your vitamins. You can't imagine how busy you're going to be!

[wolfiegirl]

09:50 AM on 01/09/2011

Unlike you, Fred and Mary have nannies, servants, chauffeurs and bodyguards.

[Leigh in Austin]

02:40 AM on 01/12/2011

We had a nanny -- my husband and I were both working full-time. Didn't mean mom and dad abandoned the children, however. We still had lots to do; and we had two older children, too.

[RockyBlue3]

04:21 PM on 01/09/2011

Hmmm...I think that's a little weird that your twins are named Fred and Mary and
the Prince and Princess are Fred and Mary.

[Leigh in Austin]

02:41 AM on 01/12/2011

Bud and Sis aren't named Fred and Mary, as it happens. But they won't take their vitamins, either.

[vegetablelollipop]

12:28 AM on 01/09/2011

Children are innocent.
Royals are guilty.

[french queen13]

03:24 AM on 01/09/2011

Oh? Prince Frederick and Princess Mary are guilty of what, precisely? Have they ordered any wars or bombings as various presidents and prime ministers have done?

[edacelis]

04:00 AM on 01/09/2011

They live a life of luxury on the backs of the people you *%#@$%. You don't see that? They do nothing while people starve. They have resources beyond most people's imaginations and give but a pittance of what they have. They are a hold over from feudalism, an archaic form of government that idolizes those descended from and chosen by a god to rule over the rest of us. You see nothing wrong with this?

[Kitten Kramer]

10:56 AM on 01/09/2011

How are royals guilty? Being born into that positon. Not all countries have to be like America, heaven forbid this country is ............won't say it here. I think every country should have and keep their own traditions without some people being so negative about how other people live or govern their country.

[vegetablelollipop]

11:53 AM on 01/09/2011

When you develop a sense of genuine critical thinking about class privilege in this world (and not just apologizing and romanticizing royals and elites), then I can engage with you. Otherwise, there is nothing really to say to someone who says, weakly, that they think every country should have their traditions. Such a statement nullifies the need for criticism of all countries some of the time.

[mssreader]

02:38 PM on 01/09/2011

Kitten, I know exactly what you are thinking but didn't say and I agree

[marknez21]

11:49 PM on 01/08/2011

Why we have monarchs in 21 century? !!!!!!!! Abolish monarchies

[Karama]

12:15 AM on 01/09/2011

Other countries' monarchs are the business of the people in those countries.

[marknez21]

02:19 AM on 01/09/2011

People of those countries are living in 16th century.

[Kitten Kramer]

10:59 AM on 01/09/2011

I really like your thinking, shame on other people for being so negative about how other countries live. Denmark is a beautiful country and the people there love their life there, free medical, free education and they aren't destorying their country with all the cement buildings that we are doing here.

[french queen13]

03:23 AM on 01/09/2011

Grow up. It's the Danes' business if they want a monarchy or not. And as Angelaaa has pointed out, they aren't doing so badly for a "16th century" country. If you are going to judge countries only by their past, then you need to read more books than you have - and I speak as one familiar with European history too, so save the lecture.

[mssreader]

02:43 PM on 01/09/2011

french queen, my thughts exactly. We in America have made such a mess of this beautiful countries that we stole and slaughtered so many people for and now we think we can criticize other countries who live in peace and give their people a proper life. Come on, turn around and look at this mess we've in which is only getting worse and let's try to improve and not tell other countries whether or not they can have a monarchy. It's their business.

fan #52

[Kittenesque]

10:48 PM on 01/08/2011

Reminds me of the Little Women movie line...

edited to fit - "It's a prince...and a princess"

[advocatusdiaboli]

10:38 PM on 01/08/2011

Abolish monarchies worldwide now please.

[Karama]

12:16 AM on 01/09/2011

Again, it's up to the people in those countries.

[vegetablelollipop]

12:27 AM on 01/09/2011

And those people should abolish these monarchies.

[Sockme]

05:30 AM on 01/09/2011

Unfortunat­ely your attitude is all too common among Americans - you make no effort to understand a tradition or system that varies even slightly from your own. It is up to the Danish people to decide what respect is accorded to their tradition and royalty.

Look at your own backyard before you go criticisin­g others. It doesn't look so pretty.

[littleraerae]

10:26 PM on 01/08/2011

Gorgeous couple. Very exciting for them.