ðə stˈoːɹi ʌv ˌæntɪsˈiːdənts ʌvðə pɹˈɪnsᵻz mˈæɹɪdʒ ɡoʊz æz fˈɑːloʊz: ɪn fˈɛbɹuːˌɛɹi wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, ðə nˈeɪʃənz fˈɔːɹmoʊst stˈeɪtsmən, tʃˈiːf mˈɪnɪstɚ kˈaʊnt ɑːndɹˈeɪəs pˈiːɾɚ bˈɜːnstoːɹf, hˈætʃt ɐn ɪndʒˈiːniəs plˈæn fɚðə jˈʌŋ pɹˈɪnsɛs, sˈʌmθɪŋ ðæt ˈɔfən hˈæzbiːn kˈʌstəmˌɛɹi wɪð ɐ ɹˈɔɪəl tʃˈaɪld səspˈɛktᵻd ʌv nˌɑːt bˌiːɪŋ sˈaɪɚd baɪ ɪts nˈɑːmɪnəl fˈɑːðɚ bˌʌt ɪn ɪts mˈʌðɚz ɪlˈɪsɪt liːˈeɪzɑːn: tə mˈæɹi sˈʌtʃ ɐ tʃˈaɪld tʊ ɐnˈʌðɚ mˈɛmbɚɹ ʌvðə ɹˈɔɪəl hˈaʊs.
The story of antecedents of the prince's marriage goes as follows: In February 1779, the nation's foremost statesman, Chief Minister Count Andreas Peter Bernstorff, hatched an ingenious plan for the young princess, something that often has been customary with a royal child suspected of not being sired by its nominal father but in its mother's illicit liaison: to marry such a child to another member of the royal house.