Crown Princess Mary's Ladies-in-waiting

[Royal Darkness]

What happend to her former "Lady in waiting"?

[JessRulz]

Originally Posted by Royal Darkness

What happend to her former "Lady in waiting"?

Do you mean Caroline Heering? Because Caroline will now be Mary's private secretary, and will occasionally be a L-I-W for Mary.

[Ruben Bustos]

shes having a baby ! any other ????????????

[BurberryBrit]

I look forward to seeing more of the new LIW. I wonder how one is chosen for the position. Is there an inside application process ie women of a certain rank or friends of Mary and Fred and quietly informed that they are being considered? It's very interesting. I'm sure with Tanja's background in PR, she is more than qualified. I wonder if they will be as close as Mary and Caroline.

[ayvee]

Originally Posted by Royal Darkness

Has Crownprincess Mary already had a private secretary before Caroline Heering? And if the answer is "yes" - what happend to the former private secretary? And if the answer is "no" - is it possible in the Danish Royal Family to create a new "job-position" without the agreement of the parliament?

In the official Crown Prince Couple site,D.K.H. Kronprinsparret - Deres Kongelige Højheder Kronprinsen og Kronprinsessens Hofstat,
there are two secretary positions:
Chefsekretær Anne Grethe Høffner
Sekretær Charlotte Hoff-Clausen
but these two work for the couple.
So Caroline will be Princess Mary's first private secretary.

I think the DRF is given money/budget from parliament but it is the DRF's decision on how they use the money to hire their own staff.

-Ayvee

[Fashionista100]

We also don't know how they are going to divide work between the private secretaries. Caroline could be handeling more personal correspondance and gifts and best wishes sent by the general public. The other two could do official, patraonages and royal personal duties. By that I mean visiting Sweden or Grasten etc. They prob also communitcate with eveyone elses private secretaries too.

[Royal Darkness]

Originally Posted by JessRulz

Do you mean Caroline Heering? Because Caroline will now be Mary's private secretary, and will occasionally be a L-I-W for Mary.

No!!! I mean the Lady in waiting before Caroline Heering...
Her name is: Countess Victoria Bernstorff-Gyldensteen

[agnessa]

Is this right that Mary's new LIW is only black LIW or there any others too? For me it's shows absolute respect and I think it's very nice. Also I would like to know about first LIW (older lady) - what she's doing now?

[lyndaW]

I suppose it would be very difficult to refuse/decline the position of LIW. You would probably be ousted from the inner circle.

[Fashionista100]

The first lady in waiting Victoria is home with her family. She does charity work and I believe is a friend of the Queen. I also thought I read at some point her husband had taken ill. But I cannot be sure it was her. I know she wanted to spend time with her family and at her home, which I believe is not near Copenhagen.

[Royal Darkness]

Will there be a special ceremony for Caroline Heering or the new lady-in-waiting?

[Fashionista100]

No there is no ceremony to be lady in waiting. It is a job, not a title.

[GlitteringTiaras]

First day on the job for Crown Princess Mary's new L-I-W, Tanja. The photo from was today's event, The Christmas Seal Foundation 2007 held at Tivoli.

[Royal Darkness]

Originally Posted by GlitteringTiaras

First day on the job for Crown Princess Mary's new L-I-W, Tanja. The photo from was today's event, The Christmas Seal Foundation 2007 held at Tivoli.

She is very lovely. Nice and a little bit shy... on her first day... I wish her luck and fun.

[biboquinhas]

Yes a little shy, she should smile more and be more natural! It's a job not a title!

[grevinnan]

To be l-i-w is foremost a privilege and an honor. It is not a job you apply for. These positions are reserved for a small group of people that are close to the royal family. Not something you would risk being fired from.

[bbb]

i'm sure its something you have to grow into, it's not normal to have photogs flashing, people yelling, crowding and the focus so close. i'm sure she doesn't want to do anything to embarrass the princess or call attention to herself- part of the job description is to be discreet. it's probably too new to be fun yet, later on i bet she loosens up and we'll see more smiles. she looked lovely and professional and represented Denmark very well imo. it's a very fine honor i wish her all the best.

[BurberryBrit]

Originally Posted by biboquinhas

Yes a little shy, she should smile more and be more natural! It's a job not a title!

Who said she thought she had a title? Maybe she's just nervous?

[Regina]

Originally Posted by biboquinhas

Yes a little shy, she should smile more and be more natural! It's a job not a title!

I think the contrary I think she was very well, imo. The one who has to smile and be natural is Princess Mary, the Crown Princess. Her Lady-in-waiting should be discrete and responsable all the time.

[dazzling]

Yes she did seema bit shy but isnt that normal on the first day in the public eye with the Cp? She will get used to her role & she should attract any sort of attention away from the Cp, so i think, for her first outing, she did do really well.