Saturday saw a huge party spread all over Denmark. The infant firstborn son of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, known as 'lilleprinsens', finally received a name — Christian — at his christening.

For Mary, it is another milestone in a life which has seen her go from being a Tasmanian-born Sydney estate agent to meeting and then marrying a prince. Now, she is the mother of a prince.

Human beings learn by example. Royal watching is learning vicariously – and what a lot of fun! Like all reality shows, we can all learn something from living royal. This episode:

How to win over your fiance's skeptical mother:

 Lessons from the Danish Crown Princess

Mary Donaldson, then 32, put in time to overcome the formidable queen's doubts, to marry in style Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark in 2004 May.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark was initially very cool to the news of her elder son's newest girlfriend, an Australian he met in a bar. Nothing against foreigners — the Queen having married Henrik, a French diplomat, and her younger son's wife being the Eurasian Hong Kong-born Alexandra Manley — Margrethe was cautious.

Did Mary turn to Dr. Phil for help? The popular daytime US talkshow host, Dr Phil McGraw is a tall, middle-aged, bald Texan psychologist with a tell-it-like-it is style.

I am comparing his advice about getting married with what we royal watchers witnessed over the long years of dating for Mary and Frederik.