Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary, Current Events Part 9: Sept 2012 -

[Muhler]

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #37, 2012.
Øøøv, en forbier - Aiiih, a miss!
Written by Ken Richter.

Jumping while wearing high heels must be a feat in itself, trying to score with a basketball at the same time, while wearing a tight dress, is almost impossible. It took six tries from Mary before she succeeded. While Frederik look on and held her handbag. (**) In between she handed over the ball to Frederik, who scored in his second attempt.
The local youth trainer, Micheal Sørensen observed: "The Crown Princess definitely has the talent for playing basket and I'd guess she has tried that while young in Australia. She was abit restricted by her clothes being a bit tight. On the other hand I could tell that the Crown Prince probably hasn't tried it that much before".

M&F started the visit at Frijsenborg Manor, where their good friends, Pernille and Bendt Wedell, lives. Here they were the guests of honor at a lunch for 60 specially invited guests.
Then they went with a steam train (***) to the town of Hinnerup. (****) where the celebrations of the 150th anniversary was in full swing, attended by a myriad of people. The theme was play, so children of all ages had been mobilized and put to work with all sorts of activities for when M&F went by.
Even the oldest resident of Hinnerup had been placed at the side of the road in order to wave to M&F. The 101 year old Arnold Madsen is however in excellent health, perhaps because he worked in the woods around Frijsenborg Manor for 43 years - and here he still lives.

The scene repeated itself later on in Hadsten.

(*) Who lives in the area, so when he walked out the door that day, he was basically at work right away.

(**) There is a picture of Frederik doing that in the article and at the same time he is a visibly proof why men shouldn't have handbags. Frederik holds the clutch/bag as if it was a brick. (Which is often what it is, considering what women put into such a thing)!

(***) A 114 year old beauty!

(****) Back in the 1800's when the railnet in DK were laid out, the line going up along Eastern Jutland, passed two insignificant villages, Hadsten and Hinnerup, and as a result of that they grew up as small railroad towns.



Summary of article in Billed Bladet #37, 2012.
Mary knælede i dyb respekt - Mary knelt down in deep respect.
Written by Ulrik Ulriksen.

On the annual Flag Day in the 5th September Mary and Frederik went to Kastellet, part of the old Copenhagen Fortress, where a ceremony was to take place. Mary arrived shortly before her husband.
They listened to a speech by Foreign Minister Villy Søvndal (*) that visibly moved M&F.
Then they laid a wreath in honour of those soldiers, policemen and others who have fallen while serving abroad.

After lunch there was a memorial service at Holmens Kirke (the naval church) also attended by M&F.
And then it was on to the square in front of Christiansborg (the Parliament), where there was a parade, inspected by Frederik. (**)
Then they listened to a number of speeches wittnessed by several hundred soldiers and even more relatives, ex-servicemen, guests and onlookers. A little break in the somber occasion took place when the head of the police, Jens Henrik Højbjerg gave his speech. It was windy and suddenly the papers with the speech flew away, and while attempting to catch the papers his cap flew, to the amusement and applause of those present. Including Mary and the Minister of Defence.
The poor policeman manged to retrieve his cap and his speech with the help of a TV-guy.

(*) He is also less than reverently known as Villy Sleepvalley or Villy Schlafenthal.

(**) As Crown Prince, Frederik was the direct representant of the Commander-in-Chief, Queen Margrethe, that alone meant he outranked everybody else, even though Frederik is only a colonel and there were several generals present.

[polyesco]

thank you Muhler for the translations and the extra tiblets/history.

Do we know why Frederik and Mary arrived separately to the first flag day event? maybe mary and or frederik doing the morning school run?

[Roskilde]

Barely returned to Denmark, Frederik and Mary, today receives the Danish participants from the Paralympics 2012 to a reception
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TV2 has an article and a great gallery

Article: Frederik og Mary hyldede OL-helte - TV 2 Nyhederne

The gallery: TV 2 Gallery

[iceflower]

Here are two more galleries from today:



** bt.dk: Se billederne: Kronprinsparret moedte ol deltagere **



** sn.dk: Kronprinsparret hilse på OL-handicappede **

[polyesco]

thanks for the links.
they both look good after their 3 day visit to China.

[Roskilde]

Originally Posted by iceflower

Here are two more galleries from today:



** bt.dk: Se billederne: Kronprinsparret moedte ol deltagere **



** sn.dk: Kronprinsparret hilse på OL-handicappede **

Thank you Both Mary and Frederik look really great and happy to meet the participants.

BT has an article too. One of the guests at the reception said that it was a very cozy and informal arrangement
Mary og Frederik mødte handicap-helte - Royale | www.bt.dk

[dazzling]

Nice to see Mary attending this event. Frederik was scheduled to meet with them alone.

[iceflower]

The calendar entry at the official website must have been changed then, since last week I've seen both of them listed.



Basically the same pics here: ppe gallery

[polyesco]

Originally Posted by dazzling

Nice to see Mary attending this event. Frederik was scheduled to meet with them alone.

I noticed that often Kronprinsparret gets translated to crown prince when it should be crown prince couple.

But on the official calendar it had it listed as Kronprinsparret.

[Roskilde]

Originally Posted by polyesco

I noticed that often Kronprinsparret gets translated to crown prince when it should be crown prince couple.

But on the official calendar it had it listed as Kronprinsparret.

I have noticed this as well I'm pretty sure that Mary has been listed as participating from the beginning.

Here some large pictures from Kongehuset.dk, but it's pretty much the same pictures

Reception for de danske deltagere fra de paralympiske lege 2012 - Kongehuset

[Muhler]

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #50, 2012.
Varme håndtryk på en kold dag - Warm handshakes on a cold day.
Written by Ulrik Ulriksen, just returning from China.

On a snowy and cold day M&F met the Danish participants at the Paralympic Games in London in their residence at Amalienborg.
Among them the midget (*) Bjarne Peterson, whom M&F have knwon for many years. He waded across the snow at Amalienborg Square, presumably from a taxi, so he had just time to shake the snow off his shoes before it was time to meet M&F, still with snowflakes melting in his hair and on his shulders. Bjarne Peterson is also one of the main figures in Danish Handicap Athletics Association, which is why M&F know him.
Another who met M&F was the equestrian, Annika Lykke-Dalskov, who is partially paralyzed, she went on TV later that day and told visibly moved how much it meant to her to meet M&F and to be appreciated - after no doubt a very hard period of her life.

(*) I'm not up to date with the current political correct expression, but here in DK they are called dværge = midgets/dwarves without anyone being offended.

[polyesco]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Another who met M&F was the equestrian, Annika Lykke-Dalskov, who is partially paralyzed, she went on TV later that day and told visibly moved how much it meant to her to meet M&F and to appreciated - after no doubt a very hard period of her life.

(*) I'm not up to date with the current political correct expression, but here in DK they are called dværge = midgets/dwarves without anyone being offended.

that is very sweet to read
I think i remember her from the Olympics. Frederik went to her event and she recieved a hug from him.

[Roskilde]

Originally Posted by polyesco

that is very sweet to read
I think i remember her from the Olympics. Frederik went to her event and she recieved a hug from him.

Yes I remember her too

http://multimedia.pol.dk/archive/006...nd_675449a.jpg

[polyesco]

Originally Posted by Roskilde

Yes I remember her too

http://multimedia.pol.dk/archive/006...nd_675449a.jpg

thank you Roskilde
thats just the picture I was thinking of. She looked so emotional and happy

[FasterB]

Childrens Choir Christmas concert at Esajas Church

The whole Crown Prince Family attended - all six of them :)

First pics at belga

Search: Childrens Choir Christmas concert at Esajas Church in Denmark, December 16, 2012

[HereditaryPrincess]

Originally Posted by FasterB

Childrens Choir Christmas concert at Esajas Church

The whole Crown Prince Family attended - all six of them :)

First pics at belga

Search: Childrens Choir Christmas concert at Esajas Church in Denmark, December 16, 2012

The children look so sweet! Is that Vincent with CP Frederik?

[Artemisia]

The children are just adorable!
They all look extremely happy and relaxed; Prince Vincent is the star, he even (almost) manages to outshine Bella.

Originally Posted by HereditaryPrincess

The children look so sweet! Is that Vincent with CP Frederik?

Yes, in most picture Prince Frederick is holding his younger son.

[HereditaryPrincess]

Originally Posted by Artemisia

The children are just adorable!
They all look extremely happy and relaxed; Prince Vincent is the star, he even (almost) manages to outshine Bella.


Yes, in most picture Prince Frederick is holding his younger son.

Ah, thanks for telling me; its just that the twins look so alike!

[Roskilde]

Aww I love that Mary took the whole family to church today. It must have been a tradition.

Truly delightful pictures. The pictures of Vincent with his big brother Christian and big sister Isabella on the stairs is marvelous. Little Josephine appears to be a mommy's girl :) F+M's children always look so happy. Look at Isabella's face in these pictures
http://2.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:4022...ark?m=klknigjd
http://3.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:4022...ark?m=injaegnl

Thanks for the link, FasterB

[FasterB]

Little Josephine is a mirror of the then little Princess Isabella, when she was almost 2 years and attending this concert :)