Summary of a number of articles about the state visit in Billed Bladet #20, 2011.
All written by Annelise Weimann.
When the Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his wife, Kim Yook-on touched down at the airport, almost the entire DRF, except for Mary, was lined up to greet them.
QMII in a dress from Celli Freifeldt. The fair Marie had her hair done by Dennis Knudsen as usual.
After being driven from the airport the Korean guests were escorted by the Horse Squadron from The Guards Hussars from Fredensborg up to the palace.
Here the Korean President was presented with Order of the Elephant, the first lady was presented with the Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog.
Then it was time for the gala dinner in the evening. The Danish government and who's who of the Danish business world showed up.
Sternchen: The unidentified uniformed lady you asked me about is ambassador and chief of protocol, Jette Nordam.
At the dinner the Music Corps of the Royal Lifeguard played Korean folk tunes and Danish polkas and gallops. They are professional musicians, only employed by the Ministry of Defence.
QMII wore a dress from Birgitte Thaulow and la joli Marie wore a dress from Rikke Gudnitz.
The next day the Korean President placed a wreath at the monument for the hospitalship Jutlandia, which saw service during the Korean War. After that he talked to some of those who had served onboard Jutlandia.
The Koreans hosted a return reception at Glyptoteket in Copenhagen and again all of the DRF showed up, except Mary.
Princess Marie was seated between Joachim and Frederik and whatever the brothers were talking about it wasn't serious! The faces the two of them for whatever reason put up made both Benedikte and Marie laugh.