MARY QUITS!

The princess wants to reconnect with Australia and her family

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In all her years as Denmark’s future queen, Princess Mary is rarely seen without showing her trademark megawatt smile.

So when she broke down in tears during an emotional public speech last week, those close to the 48-year-old say it was the culmination of a “very trying year” for the Aussie royal.

Speaking at an event in Copenhagen in honour of Children, Youth & Grief’s 20th anniversary, witnesses tell Woman’s Day she was “visibly overcome” when recalling her own mum Etta Donaldson, who died of a heart condition when Mary was only 26.

“It’s difficult, if not impossible, to find meaning in losing someone you love,” she said. “But what makes sense, and something that cannot be taken from us, is [what] we all had with that person.”