Prince weds Australian 'Cinderella'

The couple met at a bar during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- In a lavish spectacle witnessed by members of every European royal house and hundreds of thousands of Danes, Crown Prince Frederik married Australian commoner Mary Donaldson on Friday.
The wedding, a sumptuous affair that saw unprecedented security throughout the capital, gave Europe's oldest monarchy a crown princess already adopted by the Scandinavian country as its own. Mary became the first Australian woman to stand in line to become queen.
"It was so beautiful, like a fairy tale," said Kirsten Persson, 60. "When she walked down the aisle, I cried."
So did the visibly nervous Frederik when he saw his 32-year-old bride walking down the red-carpeted aisle in her long-sleeved white dress made from duchess satin and wearing a veil of Irish lace that was a gift to Denmark's late Queen Ingrid's mother, Crown Princess Margret of Sweden.
Margret used the veil and the lace for her wedding in 1905, her daughter used them at her wedding in 1935 and so did Ingrid's three daughters -- exiled Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Danish Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte -- for their weddings in 1964, 1967 and 1968, respectively.
Here's the scene
As the couple left the church, Frederik, 35, kissed his wife for the first time in public. Outside, a roar of approval erupted from the packed crowd that jammed the streets, Danish and Australian flags in hand, to watch the ceremony on dozens of outdoor video screens.
Police said an estimated 250,000 people flooded Copenhagen to be part of the celebration. Thousands more watched it live on television throughout Europe, Australia and even in Egypt.
A keen yachtsman, horseman and marathon-runner, Frederik met Mary during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, when he stopped by the Slip Inn bar.
After a 45-minute ride in an open carriage through Copenhagen's winding streets to the palace, the couple appeared on the balcony of the Amalienborg Palace.
Frederik, his arm around Mary's waist, kissed his wife, causing the jubilant crowd below them to erupt in applause.
Nearly a third of Denmark's 10,000-strong police force was assigned for the event.