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Saw with my belgian eyes nearly 300 bowing ans curtseys. What a show for the ladies a deep curtsey bow for the Queen , half one for Mary and small one for Marie and Benedikte without looking them. Is the whole Country looking this event on live as I did ?
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10-24-2018, 06:05 PM
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Saw with my belgian eyes nearly 300 bowing ans curtseys. What a show for the ladies a deep curtsey bow for the Queen , half one for Mary and small one for Marie and Benedikte without looking them. Is the whole Country looking this event on live as I did ?
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I'd be surprised if more than a few thousand watched the arrivals live.
It wasn't shown on the TV networks.
It's around the time where the main news are on, or people have dinner, or put their kids to bed.
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10-25-2018, 02:06 AM
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10-25-2018, 03:18 PM
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QMII has gone all out in entertaining her guests lately!
Summary of article in Billed Bladet #43, 2018.
Written by Trine Larsen.
Last week QMII hosted a gala dinner at Christiansborg for participants in P4G summit, consisting of heads of states, prime ministers, ministers and leading businessmen from various countries. 150 in all.
Also present were M&F.
The purpose of the P4G summit was to discuss how to adapt and implement solutions and production that will help ease the effects of the current climate change - and make money at the same time... 
QMII started the gala by giving the welcoming speech, expressing hope that the summit will help develop international partnerships.
Women were few and far between in this sea of suits, but Mary wore a dress by Claes Iversen. Gian Rossi shoes and clutch.
- After having eaten the guests were led into the adjacent Knights Hall which had been turned into a discotheque 70's style. Here the guests danced the evening away.
And that brings me to the gala for politicians last night.
QMII totally surprised many of her guests by having invited the entertainer Søren Østergaard, who performed as one of his recurring characters who is pretty foul-mouthed and very violently inclined.
QMII, who is an avid fan of Søren Østergaard and his wacky characters was cracking up, while he gave a speech thrashing everybody present.
There is a clip showing both QMII cracking up and one politician sitting literally with has jaw between his knees!
It's a priceless clip and I sincerely hope it will surface soon here on TRF.
I suspect QMII of having a very wicked sense of humor - and I understand QEII too has a wicked sense of humor, so I would like to be a fly on the wall when the two of them go into humor-mode. 
Despite the many sh*t and h*ll words flowing out of Søren Østergaard's mouth last evening, this will no doubt endear QMII even more to the average Dane.
ADDED: Here he is: http://underholdning.tv2.dk/royale/2...rt-alle-sammen
Go to 6:30 to see the baffled politician - A Social Democrat BTW. (It's AFAIK his first gala with QMII.)
If you listen carefully at the beginning of this clip, you will hear a quacking sound - someone forgot to turn off the mobile...
http://underholdning.tv2.dk/royale/2...rt-alle-sammen
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10-25-2018, 04:39 PM
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10-25-2018, 05:20 PM
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Thanks, Polyesco. 
It's great to see QMII can still swing the old wooden leg, despite her knees and back and age. It looks like she got an inexperienced dancing partner.
You do not approach QMII and ask her to dance, an adjutant informs you that the Queen would like to dance with you.
Les Lanciers is Quadrille, a kind of menuet and it's pretty complicated!
There are AFAIK at least eight different cycles you have to go through, so the dance lasts quite a few minutes and the speed is pretty high as you can see! So you may require a bit of stamina!
As I understand it the fifth cycle requires the gentlemen to lift up their lady and swing her around.
Alexandra has on at least one occasion had the interesting experience of being almost flung around by her partner. - She doesn't weigh that much, you know...
ADDED: Did a little reading, Les Lanciers originated in UK in 1817, under the name: the lancers quadrilles and it became very popular in Europe in the mid 1800's.
Today it's only danced in Denmark in connection with various events within the military, at high schools and at the court.
http://sciencenordic.com/why-danes-d...ciers%E2%80%99
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10-25-2018, 06:04 PM
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Thanks for the video!
It is great to see Queen Margrethe dancing. The dance looks like a formal ball dance of the bygone era.
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12-13-2018, 12:34 PM
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How nice to see the Queen and the Crown Prince family at this event. Looks very cozy
They look like they had a great time. and Josephine with the Queen very cute
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12-13-2018, 01:37 PM
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I think it was a neat thing to do, also to invite the conscript mates from Dannebrog who stood watch at PH's coffin.
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It's a lovely surprise to see the CP family there and I love how Josephine was lead in with her grandmother. It seems like this was the perfect event for Margrethe with a dance performance and the company of her family. It was a good idea to bring the children as it gradually eases them into more official engagements.
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Thanks so much for posting this Polyesco and thanks to Muhler for his comments and research! I loved watching how the more experienced dancers helped those who obviously had gotten lost in the many figures of the dance; this is of course what makes such country dances such fun! However, it is clearly, I think, also a form of social initiation and genetic selection: if you can't do it, you are not part of the tribe!
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Here's a first video from tonight shared by the Palace:
** kongehuset video **
And one shared by Billedbladet:
And here are some photos provided by the Palace:
** kongehuset: Hæderstegnsmiddag på Fredensborg Slot **
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For a uniform nerd like me this is great!
Mary is wearing the brand new mess-uniform for women in the military.
Frederik is wearing the navy mess-uniform.
Mary's uniform, complete with her lieutenant's diamonds, is the same for all branches of the armed forces.
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01-29-2019, 06:17 PM
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For a uniform nerd like me this is great!
Mary is wearing the brand new mess-uniform for women in the military.
Frederik is wearing the navy mess-uniform.
Mary's uniform, complete with her lieutenant's diamonds, is the same for all branches of the armed forces.
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this is indeed a great touch!
" "as the first ever H.R.H. The Crown Princess wears this evening The Armed Forces' uniform for women. The dress is joint defense, that is to say, the same for all branches and it is made of black satin wool and has a black belt with gold embroidered oak tree and floral motif. The work of designing a new uniform for women in the Armed Forces began some years ago, when a group of female officers in the Air Force started the project. The new uniform enters into the uniform provisions of the various brances on the same terms as the old company uniform for women."
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https://www.belgaimage.be/#/gallery/6435338
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01-29-2019, 06:28 PM
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this is indeed a great touch!
" "as the first ever H.R.H. The Crown Princess wears this evening The Armed Forces' uniform for women. The dress is joint defense, that is to say, the same for all branches and it is made of black satin wool and has a black belt with gold embroidered oak tree and floral motif. The work of designing a new uniform for women in the Armed Forces began some years ago, when a group of female officers in the Air Force started the project. The new uniform enters into the uniform provisions of the various brances on the same terms as the old company uniform for women."
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Indeed, Polyesco.
The captions to the Belgaimage is nonsense.
They are obviously unaware that Mary is lieutenant in the Army Home Guard. There is no such thing as a uniform honoring the navy. Apart from that her lieutenant insignias are from the army.
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