King Frederik of Denmark appears to address rumors of extramarital affair in book

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by Nika Shakhnazarova

Denmark’s King Frederick X praised his wife Queen Mary’s “patience” throughout their marriage in a surprise royal book released just three days into his reign.

The 55-year-old monarch took the throne on Sunday after his mother, Queen Margrethe II, 83, abruptly announced her abdication in a New Year’s Eve address to the nation.

In his new book, titled ‘The King’s Words’, Frederic appeared to address recent allegations of infidelity surrounding his marriage, and said he was glad he and Mary “managed to be together”. He said there was.

“I love marriage, my wife, my children, the whole happy foundation that comes with people who manage to stay together and endure,” he writes in the book, translated by the BBC.

The book, released on Wednesday, was written in collaboration with author Jens Andersen, who also wrote a biography of the king in 2017.

Frederick met his current wife in Sydney, Australia during the 2000 Olympics.

The couple started dating and tied the knot four years later in a lavish royal ceremony in Denmark.

The couple, who will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary on May 14, have four children: Prince Christian, 18, Princess Isabella, 16, and twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine, 12.

Frederick became Denmark’s first king in 52 years on January 14th.

Royal experts believe Margrethe’s decision to step down early was to make way for a younger ruler, but the announcement leaves the prince’s relationship with Mary intact amid rumors of an affair. Some people wonder if it was a means to an end.

It was speculated that Frederic had been unfaithful to the Australian-born marketing consultant, 51, and socialite Genoveva Casanova after photos of them together during a trip to Madrid in November were leaked.

However, the 47-year-old from Mexico denied any affair took place.

Elsewhere in the book, the monarch admits that as a child he struggled with the idea that he would someday become king.

At one point in his memoirs, Frederick admitted that he “just wanted to be like other boys my age.”

“I remember my 18th birthday feeling like the end of the world,” he recalls. “It was a feeling that everything fun and exciting was coming to an end. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.”

The revelation appears to confirm previous claims made by royal author Trine Wilman in her 2008 unauthorized biography 1015 Copenhagen K that Frederick “never wanted to be king”.

The book contains interviews conducted over the past year and a half, offering the king’s insights into Denmark’s place in the world and snippets of his personal life.