![]() It would have been terrible to have to stand up and speak English at an engagement, or thank someone for something. "It was my decision to learn the language immediately. It reminds me a little of Chinese, with the glottal stop … Saying something with an upswing or a downswing can give a word an entirely different meaning," she explained. ![]() As she said in an interview, "I don't find the grammar especially difficult, but the pronunciation can be hard, since we swallow some of our words. Within a few months she spoke it nearly without an accent, which further endeared her to the Danes. ![]() She is a native English and German speaker (through her father and mother, respectively), and her fluency in German helped her pick up the Danish language quickly. Known for her fashion sense and charity work, she was dubbed the Diana of the North. ![]() His younger brother, Prince Felix, followed three years later on 22 July 2002.Īlexandra became popular with the Danish people. On 28 August 1999, Prince Nikolai, the first grandchild of the Queen and Prince Consort, was born. ĭuring their 9-year marriage, Joachim and Alexandra welcomed two sons. It is believed that she had renounced her British citizenship prior to become a Danish subject upon her marriage. When Alexandra married Joachim, she gave up her career in marketing. The bride's gown was designed by Jørgen Bender and she wore the Alexandrine Drop Tiara, originally the property of Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which was a wedding gift from Queen Margrethe. The wedding festivities were held at Fredensborg Palace. They were married on 18 November 1995, by Queen Margrethe's Chaplain-in-Ordinary, in Frederiksborg Castle Church, the Chapel of the Order of the Elephant, in Hillerød. Their engagement was officially announced in May 1995. After a whirlwind courtship, thought to have begun in late 1994, Prince Joachim presented Alexandra with a diamond and ruby engagement ring while on vacation in the Philippines. From 1990 to 1995, she was employed by GT Management (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong, where from 1990 to 1993 she worked in Sales and Marketing and from 1993 as a deputy chief executive of that department.Īlexandra met Prince Joachim at a private dinner in Hong Kong in January 1994, where he was working for a Danish shipping company. It is not known whether she obtained a university degree. ![]() She also went to Japan and England for studies. Manley studied international business at Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria. She attended Quarry Bay Junior School (1969–1971), Glenealy School (1971–1974) and Island School (1974–1982), all in Hong Kong. She was christened at the Cathedral of Saint John, Hong Kong. Her father was an insurance company executive and her mother was the manager of a communications company. Of English, Chinese, and Austrian ancestry, Alexandra Manley (文雅麗) was born in Hong Kong, as the eldest of three daughters of Richard Nigel Manley (born in Shanghai, China on 11 August 1924 to a father of English and Chinese ancestry and died on 12 January 2010, buried 10 February 2010 in Liesing Cemetery, Vienna ) and Christa Maria Manley (born Christa Maria Nowotny in Austria in 1933 (Austrian). ![]()
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