Queen Anne-Marie born Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, is the youngest daughter of King Frederick IX of Denmark and his wife Ingrid of Sweden. In 1964, she married King Constantine and became queen consort of Greece. During her tenure as Queen of Greece, Anne-Marie spent much of her time working for a charitable foundation known as “Her Majesty’s Fund” and later as the “Anne-Marie Foundation”, which provided assistance to people in rural areas of Greece. In 1967, however, the king and queen were forced into exile and later deposed as Greece transitioned into a Republic.
see alsoKing Constantine II children: Pavlos, Prince Philippos, Theodora, Princess Alexia, Prince Nikolaos
In 1959, at the age of thirteen, Anne-Marie first met her future husband, her third cousin Constantine, Crown Prince of Greece, who accompanied his parents, King Paul and Queen Frederica, on a state visit to Denmark.
They met a second time in Denmark in 1961, when Constantine declared to his parents his intention to marry Anne-Marie.
They met again in Athens in May 1962 at the marriage of Constantine’s sister Princess Sofia of Greece and Denmark to Prince Juan Carlos of Spain at which Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid: and again in 1963 at the centenary celebrations of the Greek monarchy.
In September 1965, King Constantine, with Queen Anne-Marie, hosted the first Congress of Space Scientists in Athens, taking a first step in encouraging American and Soviet astronauts to cooperate rather than view each other with suspicion.
Queen Anne-Marie devoted much of her time as Queen of Greece to ‘Her Majesty’s Fund’. This was a charitable foundation started by her mother-in-law, Queen Frederica. It helped people in rural areas of Greece and supported crafts such as embroidery and weaving. She also worked closely with the Red Cross, and various charities.
