She was the wife of Count Christian of Rosenborg, the grandson of King Christian X of Denmark.
Prince Christian had to give up his princely rank in order to marry her because she was a commoner.
The couple married on 7 February 1971, earning her the title Her Excellency Countess Anne Dorte of Rosenborg.
Since 1991, Anne Dorte and Christian of Rosenborg resided in a detached classical wing of the royal palace Sorgenfri in Lyngby near Copenhagen.