Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg

It would be the first in the Royal Family since 1846.

The Folketing decided to put Alexandra on the civil list for life, independent of her possible future remarriage.

Of English, Chinese, and Austrian ancestry, Alexandra Manley (文雅麗) was born in Hong Kong, as the eldest of three daughters of Richard Nigel Manley (born in Shanghai, China on 11 August 1924 to a father of English and Chinese ancestry who died on 12 January 2010, buried 10 February 2010 in Liesing Cemetery, Vienna ) and Christa Maria Manley (born Christa Maria Nowotny in Austria in 1933 and died on 5 January 2023 in Vienna (Austria). Her father was an insurance company executive and her mother was the manager of a communications company. She was baptized at the Cathedral of Saint John, Hong Kong. She attended Quarry Bay Junior School (1969–1971), Glenealy School (1971–1974) and Island School (1974–1982), all in Hong Kong.

Manley studied international business at Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria.

She also went to Japan and England for studies.

It is not known whether she obtained a university degree.

Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg,, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark, (née Manley; born 30 June 1964) is the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, the younger brother of King Frederik X of Denmark.

She was born in Hong Kong and is of mixed Asian-European ancestry.

From 1990 to 1995, she was employed by GT Management (Asia) Ltd., Hong Kong, where from 1990 to 1993 she worked in Sales and Marketing and from 1993 as a deputy chief executive of that department.

She was introduced to Prince Joachim in 1994.

Alexandra met Prince Joachim at a private dinner in Hong Kong in January 1994, where he was working for a Danish shipping company.

After a whirlwind courtship, thought to have begun in late 1994, Prince Joachim presented Alexandra with a diamond and ruby engagement ring while on vacation in the Philippines.

They married in 1995 and had two sons together, then divorced in 2005.

Their engagement was officially announced in May 1995.

They were married on 18 November 1995, by Queen Margrethe's Chaplain-in-Ordinary, in Frederiksborg Castle Church, the Chapel of the Order of the Elephant, in Hillerød.

The wedding festivities were held at Fredensborg Palace.

The bride's gown was designed by Jørgen Bender and she wore the Alexandrine Drop Tiara, originally the property of Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, which was a wedding gift from Queen Margrethe.

When Alexandra married Joachim, she gave up her career in marketing.

It is believed that she had renounced her British citizenship prior to become a Danish citizen upon her marriage.

During their 9-year marriage, Joachim and Alexandra welcomed two sons.

On 28 August 1999, Count Nikolai, the first grandchild of the Queen and Prince Consort, was born.

His younger brother, Count Felix, followed three years later on 22 July 2002.

Alexandra became popular with the Danish people.

Known for her fashion sense and charity work, she was dubbed the Diana of the North.

She is a native English and German speaker (through her father and mother, respectively), and her fluency in German helped her pick up the Danish language quickly.

Within a few months, she spoke it nearly without an accent, which further endeared her to the Danes.

As she said in an interview, "I don't find the grammar especially difficult, but the pronunciation can be hard, since we swallow some of our words. It reminds me a little of Chinese, with the glottal stop … Saying something with an upswing or a downswing can give a word an entirely different meaning," she explained.

"It was my decision to learn the language immediately. It would have been terrible to have to stand up and speak English at an engagement, or thank someone for something. It would have been utterly wrong. This is my home, and so there was no other option".

Both during and after her marriage, she was involved in numerous philanthropic pursuits, including the Youth Red Cross, the Danish Society for the Blind, UNICEF, and single mothers' advocacy group, Mother Help.

She also served as a UNICEF ambassador when she travelled to Thailand to visit HIV/AIDS patients.

On 16 September 2004, Alexandra and Joachim announced their separation and eventual intention to divorce.

Alexandra's payments of her new yearly allowance of 2.1m kroner (US$330,000) started retroactively from 1 October 2004.

The couple divorced on 8 April 2005.

As early as mid-2005, there were reports and pictures of Alexandra with Martin Jørgensen, the son of Jacob Jørgensen, a well-known film producer whose company, JJ Film, has produced – and continues to produce – numerous documentaries in which the Danish royal family has participated.

Alexandra married Martin Jørgensen on 3 March 2007 in a private ceremony at Øster Egede Church near Fakse.

She was walked down the aisle by her sons, Nikolai (aged nearly 7) and Felix (aged nearly 5).

Aside from the young princes, no one from the Danish royal family attended the ceremony.

As a result of her remarriage Alexandra lost her title as a Princess of Denmark and ceased to be a member of the Danish Royal Family.

In September 2015, it was announced that Jørgensen and the Countess were divorcing after eight and a half years of marriage.

On 23 June 2017, she announced that she would renounce her entitlement to the Danish civil list in July 2020, coinciding with the 18th birthday of Prince Felix.