Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik have christened their daughter Isabella.
The royal couple named their 10-week-old baby girl Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Margrethe, in an intimate ceremony at Fredensborg Palace Chapel, north of Copenhagen, on Sunday (01.07.07).
In keeping with Danish tradition, the princess’ name was kept secret until the service.
The Bishop of Copenhagen, Erik Norman Svendsen, who was only informed of the name at the last minute, joked: ‘Luckily I haven’t known it for long and hence it hasn’t been difficult to keep quiet about the little princess’ name.’ Isabella - who wore a historic lace christening robe first worn by her great-grandfather King Christian X in 1870 - slept peacefully in her mother’s arms throughout the ceremony, even when the bishop poured water over her head.
Australian-born Mary, dressed in a mauve dress, looked overcome by emotion as she listened to The Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir sing a collection of moving hymns.
Mary’s husband Prince Frederik was unable to hold back the tears and started crying during the first song.
The couple’s two-year-old son Prince Christian spent the majority of the service sitting on his father’s knee.
Frederik’s parents Queen Margrethe and Prince Consort Henrik also looked on proudly.
Other royal guests included the princess’ godmothers Princess Mathilde of Belgium and Princess Alexia of Greece.
The princess’ name has not gone down well with everybody, with some royalist believing Isabella - a Spanish version of Mary’s middle name Elizabeth - is not ‘royal enough’.
Isabella - who was born on April 21 - took her other names from Mary’s late mother Henrietta, Frederik’s maternal grandmother Ingrid and the prince’s mother, Queen Margrethe.
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