Annual Photo Shoots & Holidays At Gråsten Slot: 2003, 2005-2023


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BB video VIDEO: Kongefamilien stillede op til fotografering på Gråsten Slot | Billed Bladet

:previous: with Mary and Josephine dancing and jumping home from the photo shoot
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Christian and Bella
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Henrik with Christian
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After the photoshoot Christian was seen driving the little mini golf cart with. Can't see if he drives it by himself or he is sitting on Mary's lap. And I see Ziggy is there too...
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Thanks Roskilde.
I could hear our reporter, the Ulrik Ulriksen, say that M&F came straight from a holiday in Skagen.

It's a peculiar fact that the Copenhagen jet-set each year migrate from their natural habitat north of Copenhagen to the town of Skagen. - Where they mingle with the very same people they mingle with on a daily basis... - while the locals look on with considerable amusement.
The phenomenon is in Skagen called Hellerupugen = the Hellerup-week = Hellerup being a posh part of Copenhagen.

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Summary of article in Billed Bladet #30, 2014.
Written by Annelise Weimann.

Some days prior to all this the Regent Couple arrived at Gråsten and QMII met her younger sisters and as usual the locals came them a fond welcome.
This year that included no less than 274 mounted ring-riders (*) and additional 89 ring-riders on bicycles. Mostly children and youths.
According to tradition those among the riders who wish to present QMII with flowers break out of the procession and rides over to the Queen and presents them. - QMII said: "Thank you" a lot that day! - But PH whose popularity is high also got a bouquet.
QMII wore a dress even I recognice and which she has been wearing for years. A dress with a nautical pattern. She also wore a nautical necklace, but more on that in the jewel thread.

A huge pink teddy-bear also showed up to present flowers. Inside was a guy named Nicolai, who in this was won a bet with his niece.
(The poor guy must have lost at least five kilos from perspiration! So whatever he won, he sure deserved it)!

Ringridning = Ring-riding - is a very Southern Jutlandic phenomenon. It's basically lanser training. The point is to ride (or cycle) towards a ring suspended in the air, a ring not much larger than wedding ring.
And then at a certain speed mind you, put the tip of your lance through the ring. - And no, it's not easy!
 
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lovely tradition with those family photos..they are many now..a big family..and beautiful wheather..

isabella is a beautiful girl and the twins are simply adorable..josephine now has just as long hair as her older sister:) christian remind me so much of his grandfather john donaldson..such a gentle and calm little man who take all the fuss about the photosession with ease:D

what the names on the two blond children?

vincent:in_love:
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will share these lovely photos with you..

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look at isabella in this photo:D
 
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what a lovely location for this years summer photo session. Love this tradition of getting the family together, especially that Benedikte and her daughter Alexandra always go.

what a beautiful pic. Happy smiles and they seem relaxed
and Frederik with a beard holding a child is just :wub::wub::wub:
all we need is him in uniform ;);)
http://a.bimg.dk/node-images/526/7/1152x-u/7526083-grsten-kongefamilien.jpg

Henrik with Christian
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Frederik with Isabella
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love seeing the cousins together and Nikolai and Felix seem to enjoy the company with Uncle Frederik (you can see them chatting in the video)

Love Josephine's smile
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and Christian in his walk and mannerisms reminds me of Frederik
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the family arriving back to the palace.
it looks like Christian drove
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Thanks everyone for the photos and videos! I always look forward to the summer photo call. It's lovely to see the DRF enjoying themselves together. All the children have grown up a lot. Josephine's cup cake dress is so sweet! I loved it when Vincent sat on the fence and then Isabella did too in the BB video. Were they watching the guards at that point?

I don't have a favourite photo yet, although I really like the one of Christian and Grandpa Henrik. You can clearly see that they're very close, which is lovely.

MaggieDenmark said:
lovely tradition with those family photos..they are many now..a big family..and beautiful wheather..

isabella is a beautiful girl and the twins are simply adorable..josephine now has just as long hair as her older sister:) christian remind me so much of his grandfather john donaldson..such a gentle and calm little man who take all the fuss about the photosession with ease:D

what the names on the two blond children?
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They are (I assume) Count Richard and Countess Ingrid von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, the son and daughter of Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth, who himself is the son-in-law of Princess Benedikte, Queen Margrethe's sister. :flowers:
 
Do notice Nikolai's slick hairstyle :cool: He wan't us to you know...

He's reached the age where he pays a lot of attention to his appearance, not least his hair.
Got one here at home going through what can only be described as (lengthy) grooming ritual, not routine, ritual, in front of the mirror each morning. :D

As for Mary's dress, well, it ain't worse than the burkini Frederik wore at the beach recently.
 
A little pity that Queen Anne-Marie always travels home before the photo shooting. Could be fun to gather the Greek clan too.

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Here's a nice gallery from Facebook with some pictures we haven't seen before (most of F&M and children as it's a Facebook page about them)
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.275978085922948.1073741892.235227816664642&type=1

At this lovely picture of Mary with her girls I can see that Isabella wears her gold bracelet she inherited from farmor Margrethe. If I remember correctly, it has also been great-grandmother Queen Ingrid's?
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Hola!
Una traviesa Josephine, la niña de los ojos de Mary de Dinamarca en el posado familiar del verano
 
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Lovely pictures, although everyone looks quite warm. You can tell the children have been in the sun a lot lately - Vincent's hair is blonder than usual.

Weren't Count Richard and Nikolai the little pageboys at Frederik and Mary's wedding? Time flies!

Looks like Frederik took a holiday from shaving :lol:
 
Roskilde said:
At this lovely picture of Mary with her girls I can see that Isabella wears her gold bracelet she inherited from farmor Margrethe. If I remember correctly, it has also been great-grandmother Queen Ingrid's?
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this photo is one of my favorite from today:)
can i find the story about the bracelet somewhere? nice she as the first girl in a long time has inherited it:)

a lovely photogalleri:)
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mary and josephine being way to adorable:D

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MaggieDenmark said:
this photo is one of my favorite from today:)
can i find the story about the bracelet somewhere? nice she as the first girl in a long time has inherited it:)
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You can read the story here: https://app.box.com/s/hzknztg8tqp4ct18gsbs
https://app.box.com/s/f8q0ct7eptgtv4kub7ic

I know I wrote a summary of this article and posted it here on TRF somewhere.
That must have been in August 2012.

We may expect Josephine and Athena to get a similar bracelet when they are old enough, since this is a family tradition.
 
Lovely photos! They are all so happy and relaxed, like a warm summers day :)
 
The photos are lovely - although I do wonder what in the world Mary is wearing? If Ma Ingalls had lived in the 1960's, that's what she'd put on. :p
 
Good Lord when did Nikolai become a Teenager!?! I must have blinked and missed it. Wow does Time fly.

I always love this time of year. One thing though...How old is Ziggy now? He's got to getting up there doggy age wise, as wasn't he a present from Fredrick to Mary?


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The DRF went to Legoland today and here is what I believe is the first pic, of Mary and Josephine, so many more pics will follow shortly no doubt: Fuld fart på de royale børn i Legoland | Billed Bladet

Alas, bette Henrik and Athena were not there, but Nikolai and Felix were and they competed with farbror (paternal uncle) Frederik - and won!
 
Thanks, Iceflower :flowers: Very heartwarming pics of the Regent Couple.
 
Last evening Henrik read his poems in Gråsten Palace Chapel. The rest of the adult DRF members were present.
http://www.jv.dk/modules/jv/gallery?articleId=1794668

what a good looking man : D
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Muhler said:
The DRF went to Legoland today and here is what I believe is the first pic, of Mary and Josephine, so many more pics will follow shortly no doubt: Fuld fart på de royale børn i Legoland | Billed Bladet

Alas, bette Henrik and Athena were not there, but Nikolai and Felix were and they competed with farbror (paternal uncle) Frederik - and won!
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thank you.
always look forward to their trip to legoland. Its nice that Nikolai and Felix joined them. Sad that little Henrik didnt go, he is just at the right age:flowers:
 
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I really like how relaxed the royal family are on these vacations. I also love that they take these pictures.
 
Thanks for sharing the photo of Mary and Josephine at Lego Land. Hopefully we'll get more photos soon, it will be cute to see photos of the children having fun together. I wonder if Count Richard and Countess Ingrid go to Lego Land too, I'm not sure if they did last year or the year before that, but I was looking through the earlier pages of this thread and saw photos where they did attend. But then again that was about 5 years ago. Little Henrik and Athena's absence surprises me, given that Nikolai and Felix went.

iceflower said:
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While the kids had fun at Legoland, the older ones ;) watched the change of guard today:



** Such a lovely pic! ** gettyimages: DNK: Members of The Danish Royal Family Watch The Guard Change **
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That is indeed a lovely photo. The thing I really like about the DRF is the many warm relationships within it.
 
HereditaryPrincess said:
Thanks for sharing the photo of Mary and Josephine at Lego Land. Hopefully we'll get more photos soon, it will be cute to see photos of the children having fun together. I wonder if Count Richard and Countess Ingrid go to Lego Land too, I'm not sure if they did last year or the year before that, but I was looking through the earlier pages of this thread and saw photos where they did attend. But then again that was about 5 years ago. Little Henrik and Athena's absence surprises me, given that Nikolai and Felix went.
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Alexandra with richard and Ingrid always seem to go with Frederik and family
from 2012
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2013, Ingrid is there
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and richard
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I love that they took Nikolai and Felix again. the article had said that this is the first time but we have seen them before
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a shame Joachim and Marie didnt join them with Henrik at least
 
Frederik and mary do have such handsome children.
 
polyesco said:
Alexandra with richard and Ingrid always seem to go with Frederik and family

a shame Joachim and Marie didnt join them with Henrik at least
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Yes, perhaps they quietly decided it was M&F's turn to do the family-summer-outing thing?
 
http://www.jv.dk/modules/jv/gallery?articleId=1795364

A nice little gallery of the changing of the guards, the Regent Couple were also out to look and show their respect.
Quite a number of locals and tourists had shown up. Not least because the guardsmen in the platoon going to Gråsten are mainly local boys.

You will notice that the guards in the ceremony wear bearskin caps, while the guards on duty wear the tent hats. Partly to avoid heatstrokes but also to maintain their vigilance during their two hours on sentry duty.

:previous: Yeah, few children would want to miss that chance! :lol:
However, I think bette Henrik and Athena are not unfamilliar with Legoland, the Lego family are after all close to Joachim.
 
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