Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg

Alexandra Christina, Countess of Frederiksborg, RE (née Alexandra Christina Manley, formerly Princess Alexandra of Denmark; born 30 June 1964) is a former member of the Danish Royal Family as the former wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark. Of British, Chinese, Czech and Austrian ancestry, Alexandra Manley was born in Hong Kong, as the eldest of three daughters of Richard Nigel Manley (born in Shanghai in 1924 to a British father and Chinese mother; died Jan. 2010) and Christa Maria Manley (née Nowotny of Czech and Austrian descent, born in Austria in 1933). She was christened at the Cathedral of Saint John, Hong Kong. Her father was an insurance company executive; her mother was the manager of a communications company. She studied at the...