Queen Mary of Denmark will be well taken care of “by the people” if she survives her husband, King Frederik.
According to a draft bill, which also outlines the couple’s potential new “salary”, the Australian-born queen would receive around 2.5 million Australian dollars (11,300,000 DKK) a year and stay in a Danish castle if the king dies first.
The pension would be paid monthly to the widowed Queen, amounting to approximately AUD208,000 per person.
She will also likely remain in the family mansion, as other widows have been given the green light to keep their residences.
If she cannot stay in the family home, she will be assigned one of the royal residences to live out her life as befits a former queen.
It includes parts of Christiansborg Castle, Fredensborg Castle, Grasten Castle and Amaliegade 18, all of which are state-owned but reserved for the use of the royal family.
Queen Mary of Denmark will be well taken care of ‘by the people’ if she survives her husband, King Frederik
The proposals were collected and submitted by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on April 10, as part of King Frederik’s civil list.
The documents also propose the royal couple’s new base salary, which is remarkably higher than the A$3 million they received as crown prince and princess.
According to the documents, they could pocket just over $27 million a year for their efforts, more than double what Queen Margrethe received.
Of this amount, AUD 309,500 will be given to King Frederik’s aunt, Princess Benedikte, and AUD 884,300 will be reserved for Crown Prince Christian.
This would leave the popular Danish royal family with around AUD25,900,000 in their coffers, or just over AUD2,150,000 per month.
The pension would be paid monthly to the widowed Queen, amounting to approximately AUD$208,000.
“The proposed level of state allocation is an expression of a modernization of the financial conditions of the Royal House,” the document states.
Queen Mary’s ‘pension’ could be changed after the king’s death; however, the changes would have to go through Parliament for approval.
The Queen would receive the money set out in the King’s Civil List, once approved, as well as the stately home during any transition period.
The document does not describe what would happen if the couple divorced or separated – only what would happen if the king died before his queen.
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