Queen Mary and King Frederik of Denmark prepare to move their family to Fredensborg Palace following Princess Isabella's milestone birthday
The Danish royal couple currently reside at Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen for most of the year, along with their four children, Crown Prince Christian, 19, Princess Isabella, 18, and 14-year-old twins Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine.
However, the Danish Royal Household has confirmed that the family will move to the Chancellery House at Fredensborg Palace in May.
Their arrival will be formally marked on May 5, when the Mayor of Fredensborg will welcome the monarchs with a performance by the Fredensborg Castle Church Girls' Choir and the Fredensborg Brass Ensemble.
The move marks a return to the couple's roots, as Chancellery House was Mary and Frederik's first home after their 2004 wedding and served as their primary residence until renovations were completed at Frederik VIII's Palace.
Built in 1731, the Chancellery House originally housed the King's ministers and senior officials, hence its name.
The grand Fredensborg Palace itself also holds special meaning for the couple, as it hosted their wedding reception over two decades ago.
During the event, Queen Margrethe II famously paid tribute to her new daughter-in-law, saying Mary had "shown the courage to place her future life in Denmark- may we always be worthy of her trust".
It is understood that King Frederik, Queen Mary, and their three youngest children will spend the warmer months at the Chancellery House, while Crown Prince Christian remains stationed with the Guard Hussar Regiment at Antvorskov Barracks in Slagelse as part of his compulsory military service.
In the lead-up to the relocation, the Danish royals remain busy with their public duties.
King Frederik is currently on a solo visit to Japan, where he is expected to meet Emperor Naruhito.
However, as it is not a state visit, Queen Mary has not accompanied him.
Following his return, King Frederik is also set to visit Greenland on Monday, 28 April to meet the newly-elected Prime Minister, Jens Frederik-Nielsen.
The relocation announcement comes shortly after Princess Isabella celebrated her 18th birthday on April 21 with multiple events, believed to have cost around 290,000 Norwegian Kroner (about AU$70,000).
Official portraits released to mark the occasion showed the royal teenager posing in the Knight's Hall at Frederik VIII's Palace, wearing a striking orange ball gown accessorised with the Order of the Elephant, a miniature portrait of her father, and the rare Turquoise Daisy Bandeau tiara and matching earrings.
The historic tiara, adorned with diamond-studded leaves and turquoise-inset petals, once belonged to Isabella's great-great-grandmother, Crown Princess Margaret.
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"You have a lot of people bringing up (Australian-born Danish Queen) Mary... most have a connection because they have been travelling there or their kids went to study or took a gap year." Mr Walker-Staalkjaer hasn't performed any major rescues in Denmark. It's mostly been first aid, jellyfish stings and swimmers standing on poisonous spiky weever fish. Doing solo patrols has also been a novelty, whereas back home, he is usually on duty with a team of 10. "You need a different style of guarding here. You have to keep yourself very alert. Whereas, in Australia, things kind of come at you," he said. "It's a slower pace in a good way." Later this year, a handful of Danish lifeguards are set to travel Down Under to escape Denmark's brutal winter. Mr Walker-Staalkjaer then hopes to be back in Denmark next year. "It's great hopping from summer to summer," he said. There aren't any lurking sharks or powerful rips to contend with on Denmark's Zealand island. Yet Australian lifeguard Sebastian Walker-Staalkjaer reckons it's taken a while to get used to another occupational hazard - random naked swimmers. The 27-year-old from Victoria's Portsea Surf Lifesaving Club is one of six Aussie lifeguards who have been patrolling Danish beaches northwest of Copenhagen since late June as part of an exchange program with North Zealand Lifesaving Service. The group has been deployed to swimming spots along a 70-kilometre stretch of coastline known as the Danish Riviera, where sleepy fishing villages are inundated with holidaymakers. "Because you can see Sweden from here ... you just don't get the wind that pushes the swell for kilometres and kilometres and kilometres to build the big swell we get in Australia," Mr Walker-Staalkjaer explained as AAP joined him on patrol at Lynæs sea bathing club. "So even though they do have rips here, they just don't have the power behind them." Mid-interview, a naked Danish couple wandered down to the water. 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Mr Walker-Staalkjaer hasn't performed any major rescues in Denmark. It's mostly been first aid, jellyfish stings and swimmers standing on poisonous spiky weever fish. Doing solo patrols has also been a novelty, whereas back home, he is usually on duty with a team of 10. "You need a different style of guarding here. You have to keep yourself very alert. Whereas, in Australia, things kind of come at you," he said. "It's a slower pace in a good way." Later this year, a handful of Danish lifeguards are set to travel Down Under to escape Denmark's brutal winter. Mr Walker-Staalkjaer then hopes to be back in Denmark next year. "It's great hopping from summer to summer," he said. There aren't any lurking sharks or powerful rips to contend with on Denmark's Zealand island. Yet Australian lifeguard Sebastian Walker-Staalkjaer reckons it's taken a while to get used to another occupational hazard - random naked swimmers. 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Inspired by Australia's Nippers program, he revived a Danish junior development program. The exchange also expanded after former Australian ambassador to Denmark, Kerin Ayyalaraju, introduced Mr Mogensen to a surf lifesaving contact in Sydney, resulting in NSW lifesavers coming to Denmark. For Mr Walker-Staalkjaer, who has a Danish father and Australian mother, it's an opportunity to connect with his paternal roots, practise his language skills and catch up with extended family. "Just writing Australian lifeguard up on the board, you get so many people coming up, excited, saying 'Oh wow, you've come all the way over from Australia'," he said. "You have a lot of people bringing up (Australian-born Danish Queen) Mary... most have a connection because they have been travelling there or their kids went to study or took a gap year." Mr Walker-Staalkjaer hasn't performed any major rescues in Denmark. 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