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Thursday, 17th June 2004 (5839 views)

A collection of jewellery formed a host of wedding gifts on display in Australia by Crown Prince Frederik and Australian-born Crown Princess Mary.<BR/><BR/>Around 1800 wedding gifts were given to the couple last month by communities, companies and officials, that included wristwatches and jewellery.<BR/><BR/>The exhibition also included a $399,854 copy of a small 900-year-old gold-covered copper shrine.<BR/><BR/>Lord Chamberlain Ove Ullerup, head of the royal household told The Courier-Mail: "This is an overwhelmingly large amount of presents…The couple will do its best to find use for every item…None of them will be given away."<BR/><BR/>The couple were married on May 14 and it is not revealed which exact gifts are being kept on show or stored elsewhere.<BR/> <BR/>One item that did not go on display was the couples wedding ring made of gold form Greenland's first gold mine.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=2847027"/>

 

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