Danish Princess Awaits Arrival Of Constantine; Visit by King of Greece Will Begin Festivities Preceding Nuptials

COPENHAGEN, Sept. 6 —King Constantine of the Hellenes arrives here tomorrow to claim his future queen, Princess Anne‐Marie Dagmar Ingrid, the 18-year‐old youngest daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. The engaged couple and the Danish royal family will leave on Thursday for Greece.

Their wedding in Athens oh Sept. 18, to be attended by members of royal families and heads of state of Europe, Asia and Africa, will reunite the ruling families of Denmark and Greece. Since the engagement of the couple was officially announced here on Jan. 23, 1963, Danes have been eager to point out the strong ties between the two countries.

Anne‐Marie is the first Danish Princess to marry a reigning monarch since Princess Ulrika Leonora became the Queen of King Carl XI of Sweden in 1680.

The founder of the present royal house in Greece was Prince William of Denmark, who ruled as King George I of Greece from 1863 until his assassination in 1913. Princess Anne‐Marie and King Constantine are distant cousins. Denmark's King Christian IX, who reigned from 1863 to 1906, was the great‐great-grandfather of both.

A three‐day program of celebrations and farewell “parties for the tall (o‐foot-8), blueeyed. Princess—who ascends the throne of Greece only 19 days after her 18th birthday to become the youngest queen in the world—starts the minute King Constantine's private plane lands here.

After an official reception at the airport, where he will be greeted by the Danish Royal family and leading Government officials, The King and the Princess will be driven to the gleaming‐white, 422-room Fredensborg Palace, built in 1719 by King Frederik IV, 30 miles north of the city on the Island of Zealand. It is the spring and autumn residence of the royal family.

There will be a princess's ball in their honor tomorrow evening. The final one to be given by” all three royal sisters who have often entertained the young aristocrats of Europe in the huge salon.

Princess Margrethe, who is 24 years old and will succeed to the throne, and 20-year‐old Princess Benedikte, will be in the receiving line with their parents to welcome several hundred Danish guests, most of them in their 20's.

Princess Caroline‐Mathilde, the wife of the brother of the King, who is Prince Knud, and her children, 29-year‐old Princess Elizabeth, 24-year‐old Princess Ingolf and 22-year‐old Prince Christian will attend.

This will be Anne‐Marie's last carefree chance to enjoy a good party— she is an excellent dancer—and to say goodby to her many friends. Many of them were classmates at Zahle's School, Copenhagen's best known private school. One of the closest companions had been an attractive brunette contemporary, Miss Dorrit Bech, her lady in waiting.

During Constantine's courtship of Anne‐Marie, Miss Bech was introduced to the King's aide, Maj. Konstantinos Kombakis. It amused the Danes to watch them walking behind Princess Anne‐Marie and Constantine, holding hands just as intently as the royal couple.

In the huge, banqueting hall of the Frederik VIII palace, one of four palaces that are part of the Amalienborg Castle, which is the Copenhagen residence of the royal family—Anne‐Marie and King Constantine will receive nearly 1,000 Danish citizens ranging from high‐ranking officials to the mayors of Denmark's 88 urban municipalities. On the same day it is also expected that King Constantine will have a quick glimpse of the wedding present sent by the people of Denmark.

Among the thousands of presents are: huge polar bear skins sent from the citizens of Angmagssalik, a district in Greenland; a grand piano from the city of Copenhagen; a blue mutation mink coat presented by; the Danish Fur Breeders Association and a gold‐plated ship radio, which an organization of international yachtsmen thought would be appropriate for King Constantine; who won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in yachting events. The Danish Government and Parliament are giving the couple a costly porcelain dinner service called Flora Danica.

Many of the wedding presents have been cash contributions from Danish business concerns, civic groups and private organizations. Since it is not customary to give a Danish bride a dowry, a Princess Anne‐Marie Fund was begun early this year. The money, which is deposited in her name at a Danish bank, is to be used at Anne‐Marie's discretion for social, cultural and humanitarian projects in Greece.

The amount has not yet been disclosed but it is estimated at more than $250,000. It is widely rumored that after Swedish‐born Queen Ingrid's visit this year to see her father, King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, the young couple had received a generous cash gift from him.

The leading citizens of Denmark, and the aristocracy, will attend a performance of the Royal Ballet in Copenhagen's Royal Theater on Tuesday night. The city's handful of fashion designers have been frantically trying to fill the hundreds of orders for new evening dresses.

The busiest designer of all, Holger Blom, Copenhagen's leading designer who has had a couturier business here for 34 years, is making Anne‐Marie's wedding dress in secrecy. He has presented her with a strapless, embroidered tulle vest that she will wear at the theater Tuesday evening. On the program will be one of the royal family's favorite ballets. It is “Napoli,” written in 1841 by a leading figure in Danish ballet, August Bournonville. There will be supper afterward in Christiansborg Castle.

On Wednesday the citizens of Copenhagen will have a chance to wave goodby to their Princess when she and King Constantine drive through the main streets in an open carriage, escorted by a regiment of Royal Hussars.

Hundreds of shopkeepers will display huge red hearts in their store window's and the city has decorated itself with Greek and Danish flags everywhere. The engaged couple will go to a reception at the city hall.

On Thursday morning, King Constantine and Princess Margarethe deport for Athens by plane. Princess Margrethe will be accompanied by Countess Wava Arnselt, her lady in waiting. King Frederik, Queen Ingrid, Princess Benedikte and Princess Anne‐Marie will fly to Brindisi, Italy.

On their arrival in Brindisi they will board the Dannebrog, the 1,200-ton yacht of the royal family which has a smoking room, a library and a dining room big enough to seat 40 guests. It will sail into the Bay of Phaleron, near Athens, on Friday. There will be a reception on the pier and a warm welcome for the future Queen of Greece from the 8,500,000 new subjects.