Princess Mary returns to Australia for Christmas with twins Vincent and Josephine – but Prince Frederik is nowhere to be seen after THOSE pictures with glamorous Mexican socialite

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark returned to her native Australia for the Christmas holidays with her family.

Mary, 51, was spotted flying at Sydney Airport on Saturday with her 12-year-old twins, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, and her best friend Amber Petty.

She was accompanied by a small retinue of guards and security personnel before allegedly quickly flying back to her home state of Tasmania, where she spent holidays last year.

The Danish palace has confirmed that Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, will join the family next week as they continue to deal with the fallout from photographs of him partying with reality TV star Genoveva Casanova, 47, in Madrid last month.

Before boarding the plane, Mary stopped at the local newsstand and walked out with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Be Helpful: Seven Tools for Life.

The best-selling book is a mixture of memoir and self-help that offers advice from Schwarzenegger on how to overcome adversity and achieve goals.

As always, Mary was the epitome of style and grace as she walked through the terminal in a chic beige jacket and brown trousers.

She also wore a pair of Adidas Originals, which retail for around $150.

Her two well-behaved children walked obediently next to her, and her best friend, Petty, smiled and directed the group where to go.

Prince Frederik, 55, is currently attending the COP 28 climate conference in Dubai and will attend the Council of State with his mother, Queen Margrethe, on December 12.

The royal family is visiting Mary’s relatives in Australia, and it is not yet known whether they will make any official commitments.

Mary and Frederick’s daughter, Princess Isabella, 16, plans to travel to Australia later in December when she finishes her schooling. However, 18-year-old Prince Christian cannot join them because he has to study for important exams.

Mary’s father, Professor John Dalglish Donaldson, and three siblings, Jane, Patricia and John, live in Australia, so she is likely to spend most of her time with them.

Following royal tradition, the family is expected to return to Aarhus in Denmark to celebrate Christmas Eve at Marselisborg Palace with Queen Margrethe.

Mary last visited her homeland in April, when she took part in a cycling tour of Sydney and led a Danish delegation to discuss Australia’s transition to renewable energy.

The royal, formerly known as Mary Donaldson, grew up in Tasmania and spent 28 years of her life in Australia before moving to the Scandinavian country and marrying Frederik at Copenhagen Cathedral in 2004.

She famously met her husband, Crown Prince Frederick, at Sydney bar The Slip Inn during the 2000 Olympics.

Their 23-year romance has been called a “real life fairytale”, but Princess Mary and Prince Frederick’s relationship has made headlines in recent weeks for less glamorous reasons.

Frederick, heir to the Danish throne, was photographed with reality star Genoveva Casanova, 47, in Madrid, where they attended an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work without his 19-year-old wife.

The publication of the photos in Spanish magazine Lecturas prompted the divorced Mexican socialite to issue a statement “categorically” denying any speculation that the couple were romantically involved, calling it “malicious” and untrue, according to Hola!.

The news comes amid a busy schedule of events for the royal couple during the state visit of King Felipe of Spain and his wife Queen Letizia, and will no doubt be seen as an unwanted distraction by Mary, who has hardly done anything wrong. nearly two decades as a working member of the royal family.

Mary Donaldson was a 28-year-old advertising executive when she first met Frederick in a crowded city pub, the Slip Inn, in Sydney 23 years ago.

She had no idea that the handsome European tourist she chatted with for hours was actually Crown Prince Frederik, the future King of Denmark.

Now married for 19 years and the proud father of four children, Mary is poised to become the world’s first Australian-born queen and has captivated her adopted country with her dedication to royal duty and fluency in the language.

After meeting in a pub, 32-year-old Fred, who was in Australia to support the Danish sailing team at the 2000 Olympics, asked Mary for her phone number and they began an affair.

“When we first met, we shook hands. I didn’t know he was the Prince of Denmark. Half an hour later, someone came up to me and said, “Do you know who these people are?” Maria spoke in an interview about meeting the heir to the Danish throne.

They maintained a long-distance relationship for a year, with Frederic taking secret trips down before Mary moved to Denmark to study Danish at the Copenhagen Research School in 2001.

In early 2003, Frederik’s mother, Queen Margrethe, publicly acknowledged their relationship, and the couple announced their engagement at Amalienborg Castle later that year on 8 October.

Frederick and Mary married on May 14, 2004, at Copenhagen Cathedral, and the newly crowned princess chose a beautiful dress by Danish designer Uffer Frank and a veil first used by Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden in 1905.

In a nod to her heritage, Mary carried a bouquet of Australian snow gum interspersed with flowers from the palace gardens.

At the altar, Frederick announced: “From today on, Mary is mine, and I am hers. I love her and will protect her with all my love.”