Princess Mary's touching gesture at funeral of ASOS billionaire's children

Denmark is mourning the loss of three of its citizens, the children of ASOS billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen, who were killed in the Sri Lanka bombings last month.

A funeral service was held at Aarhus Cathedral in Denmark at the weekend, and was attended by Crown Princess Mary, as well as the Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen.

Australian-born Mary and her children were moved by the service, and stood with their heads bowed as Anders, his wife Anne, and their only surviving child Astrid, farewelled the three siblings.

At one point, Mary put her hand to her eldest daughter Princess Isabella’s face to comfort and console her.

Alfred, Alma and Agnes Povlsen were killed in the Easter Sunday terror attacks while their family was holidaying in Sri Lanka. Supported by her parents, Astrid released a bunch of balloons in their honour.

Anders, Denmark’s richest man, CEO of fashion company Bestseller and the largest shareholder of fashion website ASOS, described losing three of their four children as “completely incomprehensible” in a separate memorial service held last week.

His words were read out by a priest at the memorial held in the town of Brande.

“The loss of our beloved children Alma, Agnes and Alfred is completely incomprehensible,” he said.

“With the many lovely people we have around us, close friends, talented colleagues and our loving family we will come together through it.

“We greatly appreciate the humanity that is also shown in Brande tonight - not only to our families and children, but to all the victims of the cruel acts in Sri Lanka.”