Danish Royal and nephew of Queen Mary Count Nikolai tours Tassie

The nephew of Tassie’s beloved Queen Mary is visiting the state for the first time over the Christmas period. Check out the photos.

Count Nikolai of Monpezat the nephew of Queen Mary of Denmark in Tasmania for the first time. Picture: Instagram

The Danish model nephew of Tasmanian-born Queen Mary of Denmark has made a stateside visit this year instead of his aunt.

Count Nikolai of Monpezat, 25, eldest son to Prince Joachim of Denmark and Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, travelled to Australia in early December for the GQ Men of the Year awards based in Sydney.

Count Nikolai of Monpezat. Photo by Wendell Teodoro/Getty Images

The Danish Royal has a blossoming modelling career, signed to Barcelona agency Sight Management Studio and was recognised for this at the awards before travelling south to Tasmania with model girlfriend Benedickte Thousrup and friends.

Count Nikolai and a friend at Cradle Mountain. Picture: Instagram.

Count Nikolai collecting Cradle Mountain spring water. Picture: Instagram.

Many of Count Nikolai’s stops have been documented through pictures on Instagram, including hikes through Freycinet National Park, Mt Wellington/kunanyi and Cradle Mountain, plus stops at mountain biking town Derby in the state’s northeast and the well-known floating sauna at Lake Derby.

The trip is the first time he has visited Tasmania.

Count Nikolai, his girlfriend and friends also spent time at the Floating Sauna in Derby. Picture: Instagram.

Count Nikolai of Monpezat heading up kunanyi/Mount Wellington. Count Nikolai of Monpezat the nephew of Queen Mary of Denmark in Tasmania for the first time. Picture: Instagram

Originally published as Danish Royal and nephew of Queen Mary Count Nikolai tours Tassie