BB informs us today the Victoria and Haakon will join Frederik at Auschwitz later this month.
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #4, 2015.
Written by Casper Nielsen.
As you know Frederik has been in Qatar supporting the Danish handball team. (They could do better! I will not repeat Mrs. Muhler's opinion of their play after their draw with Germany here, lest I'd be banned for using most inappropriate words...
Personally I believe life is to short for handball. Counting the thorns on a cactus being so much more meaningful).
Frederik said that he would return to see the Danish team should they end up in the finals (that'll be the day): "When the big games are on it's apropiate to travel out in the world and offer support. Handball is a game that is big in Denmark. I count on the team to tangent their score - that is that they get to the semi-finals - and I clearly sense from the players that they will be surprised if they don't get there.
If they end up in the finals it will be on 1. February and then you can count on me standing here on the ringside". (Frederik is sometimes a real challenge to translate!)
Frederik also ended up as a commentator on TV2 sending live. (*)
Morten Ankerdal, the sports-anchor, said afterwards: We simply asked the Crown Prince whether he wished to attend and he came right away. It was completely uncomplicated. The Crown Prince is genuinely interested in sports and it always surprises the players that he really can remember them by name and often also their accomplishments. After all the Crown Prince meets a lot of people.
The World Championships in Handball also takes place far away for many Danes, but that the Crown Prince shows the flag is a big moral pad on the back for the team.
Former national coach, Ulrik Wilbek actually presented him, with a twinkle in eye, as the new national coach of Denmark".
(*) And in that process doubling the standard, even considering Frederik's often very quirky way of expressing himself!
Sports commentators often sporting remarkable observations like: "The team that gets a ball in the net first will have scored". - No kidding!!
Or "Huttelihut" when lacking the cognitive abilities to form an coherent sentence.