Australian-born Crown Princess Mary will be cheering at Wembley tomorrow

Danish football fans have been left in uproar over news that Crown Princess Mary and her son are flying in for the semi final match against England at Wembley tomorrow thanks to a UEFA deal that allows VIPs to skip quarantine while fans are banned from travelling.   

Only around 6,000 ex-pat Danes who are based in the UK have been allocated tickets among the 60,000-strong Wembley crowd - while fans living in Denmark were told not to travel as they would fall foul of 10-day quarantine regulations.

But an exception to those rules - which has left thousands of Danes frustrated - has been made for Crown Prince Frederik, his wife Princess Mary, 49, and their 15-year-old son Prince Christian to allow them to travel to London for the match.

All three have been invited by the Danish Football Union (DBU) to join officials at Wembley - sparking fury among Danes.

Among those was Denmark’s biggest newspaper who lashed out at the country’s Royal Family for being allowed to flout Covid laws and watch tomorrow’s Euro 2020 Semi-Final against England at Wembley.      

The editor of Ekstra Bladet saw red at the apparent hypocrisy of allowing VIPs to enter the UK for the match.

Henrik Qvortrup railed in an editorial: ‘The Posh are welcome. Others are not. We cannot interpret it any differently when Danish fans are not allowed to travel to England and watch the national team, while those who sit in the most expensive seats are allowed to.

‘The British authorities have strict restrictions on the football fans who pay and create the atmosphere and the joy of football, but at the same time roll out the red carpet to people with VIP status and money.

‘Ekstra Bladet has been told that there will be representatives from the royal family present at Wembley. The royal crown couple and Prince Christian. (...) As we all know, blue blood gives immunity in all respects.’

‘It is completely natural that the royal family represents Denmark,’ said spokeswoman for the Danish Royal family, Lene Balleby.

The Danish royals’ Instagram page has shown Frederik, 53, and Christian attending group matches, and young Christian wearing a Danish shirt with the name of his idol and namesake Christian Eriksen on the back. 

Outspoken editor Qvortrup, 57, is no stranger to controversy. He was former editor-in-chief of the controversial tabloid Se & Hør (See & Listen), and was jailed for three months in 2016 for illegally obtaining and misusing credit card information to track the whereabouts of the rich and famous. 

Meanwhile, Kate Middleton is holed up in Kensington Palace after coming close to someone who has tested positive for coronavirus - despite having no symptoms herself, both her vaccinations and testing negative

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