The Royal Correspondent

On January 8, 2011, around 5am in the HRH Crown Princess Mary’s birthing team was notified that it is time to prepare for the arrival of the royal Danish twins.  Two hours later, Crown Princess Mary was at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen.

Crown Princess Mary was in labor for five and a half hours, according to BT.dk.  Like most woman she had an Epidural to ease the excruciating pain (though from what I hear many woman in Denmark do not have Epidurals.  Why?  Apparently, they are Superwomen.)

Their newborn son arrived first followed by his twin sister a half and hour later.  There are reports that the sister was actually breeched according to several reporters from Austraila, but there has been no confirmation from Lene Balleby, the Communications Director for the Danish Royal family, nor from any member of Crown Princess Mary’s birthing team.  Once the Danish royal twins were each born HRH Crown Prince Frederik had the honor of cutting the umbilical cords.

During the press conference at Rigshospitalet, Crown Prince Frederik noted that the both twins has tuffs of brown hair, and that Crown Princess Mary is doing extremely well.  No problems whatsoever.

HM Queen Margrethe and her husband, Prince Henrik, came to the hospital to visit their latest grandchildren as well as the Crown Prince couple.  Mr. John Donaldson, Crown Princess Mary’s father, also stopped by.  He noted that everyone in the family is delighted beyond words including Crown Princess Mary’s sister, Patricia Bailey, who will be flying to Denmark very soon.  Meanwhile, Crown Princess Mary’s eldest sister, Jane Stephen’s, stated that she was “…happy things went well!”

After everyone left the hospital, Crown Prince Frederik, stayed with Crown Princess Mary and their newborns.  Meaning, he slept at Rigshospitalet, according to BT.dk. Prince Christian and Princess Isabella are reportedly will visit on Sunday, January 9.

To watch the video please click the link: DR.dk

Photos courtesy of: Billed Bladet by Martin Høien/BILLED-BLADET and Dr.dk by Keld Navntoft.

So now that the new royal Danish twins have arrived TRHs Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary have the ultimate task to figure out what their newborn son and daughter will be named.

I have no doubt they have already chosen the names.  With that being said, many royal watchers have already began a “Baby Name Pool” for fun and out of sheer boredom.

As with Princess Isabella, I believe the Crown Princely couple will decide the names that have not been heard in ages.  Meaning, the baby names will come from very old Danish Princes, Princesses, and perhaps Queen Consorts.

Here are my top guesses:

For their daughter:

1. Sophie (after Queen Sophie Amalie of Bruswick-Luneburg, wife of King Frederik III of Denmark)
2. Caroline (after Princess Caroline Mathilde of Denmark; oldest daughter of King Frederik VI of Denmark.)
3. Alexandrine (daughter of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg)
4. Dagmar (after Princess Dagmar Louise; daughter of King Frederik VIII of Denmark)
5. Christina (after Queen Consort Christina of Sweden; Princess of Denmark)
6. Frederica (after Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark; daughter of King Frederik III)
7. Margaret (daughter of King Christian I of Denmark and Queen Consort of King James III of Scotland)
8. Magdalene (after the Crown Princess Magdalene Sibylle of Denmark; wife of Crown Prince Christian of Denmark)
9. Charlotte (after Princess Charlotte Amalie; daughter of King Frederik IV of Denmark)
10. Thyra (after Princess Thyra; daughter of Frederik VIII of Denmark)
11. Ulrika (after Ulrika Elenora; daughter of King Frederik III of Denmark)
12. Anne (after Princess Anne; daughter for King Christian III of Denmark)
13. Louise (after Queen Consort Louise of Denmark; wife of King Frederik IV)
14. Amalie (after Charlotte Amalie; Queen Consort of Denmark; wife of King Christian V)
15. Paris Nicole (after Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie.)

For their son:

1. Magnus (after Magnus the Good)
2. Erik
3. Christoffer/Christopher (after the Danish monarch who reigned from 1252-1259)
4. John (after King John who reigned from 1481-1513)
5. Axel
6. Michael
7. Jørgen/George (after Prince George of Denmark and Norway; husband to Queen Anne of Great Britain)
8. Charles (after Prince Charles of Denmark; son of King Christian V of Denmark)
9. Ulrik (after Prince Ulrik of Denmark; son of King Frederik II of Denmark)
10. Viggo (after Prince Viggo Christian; son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark)
11. Maddox (after Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son.)

Of course, many royal watchers have begun to refer to the Danish royal twins as “Elvis and Priscilla” because the twins were born on Elvis Presley’s birthday.

Ummm, yeah.

Stop.

Seriously, stop.  Just freaking stop.  It’s embarrassing.

Any way, good news so far, the twins are healthy and TRHs are beyond happy.  So cheers to them and Denmark!

Photo Courtesy of : Courier Mail.au and Billed Bladet