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06-25-2013, 08:28 AM
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06-25-2013, 09:13 AM
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06-25-2013, 09:14 AM
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06-25-2013, 11:34 AM
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Interesting tour!
Its nice to see that they had sometime to discover the city. The two Princesses visited the town hall, courtyard, Puppenbrunnen, Cathedral Square and Cathedral.
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06-25-2013, 11:52 AM
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06-25-2013, 01:47 PM
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Thanks for the pics. 
Good, the visit seems to have been met with a favorable response and press. - And that's the purpose of the whole thing. Germany is the biggest export market for DK, surpassing all the other Nordic countries combined. And we would like even more Germans to come up here on vacation, thank you.
Which is of course why Aachen got the big show.
You may think I'm cynical. I'm not, in fact I'm very pleased indeed that the DRF (and not least Mary) are used as such very efficient tools for promoting DK.
Benefitting Australia too BTW, as each time Mary show her face abroad the word Australia pops up in the back of the mind of people seeing her.
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06-25-2013, 01:49 PM
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06-25-2013, 01:53 PM
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06-25-2013, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Muhler
Thanks for the pics.
Good, the visit seems to have been met with a favorable response and press. - And that's the purpose of the whole thing. Germany is the biggest export market for DK, surpassing all the other Nordic countries combined. And we would like even more Germans to come up here on vacation, thank you.
Which is of course why Aachen got the big show.
You may think I'm cynical. I'm not, in fact I'm very pleased indeed that the DRF (and not least Mary) are used as such very efficient tools for promoting DK.
Benefitting Australia too BTW, as each time Mary show her face abroad the word Australia pops up in the back of the mind of people seeing her. |
I don't think you are cynical at all. Promotion of the nation (and its economic benefits) is one of the primary functions of all of our royal families. They can gain us much more attention than a cabinet minister ever could.
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06-25-2013, 01:55 PM
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A shoestore...
You will notice the tired look and slumping shoulders of the gentlemen accompanying Mary inside the store. - A default reaction by any married man upon entering a shoestore. 
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Yes, a good pic.
Mary really is very fond of horses. Here is another pic for comparison from some years back, where she for a moment forgot all about cameras and being on the job: https://www.box.com/s/e13sb9vp7sevnkelzt3r
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06-25-2013, 02:00 PM
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06-25-2013, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Muhler
You may think I'm cynical. I'm not, in fact I'm very pleased indeed that the DRF (and not least Mary) are used as such very efficient tools for promoting DK.
Benefitting Australia too BTW, as each time Mary show her face abroad the word Australia pops up in the back of the mind of people seeing her.
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I agree, IMO this what a royal family is about, representing their countries.
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this is a beautiful pic
picture of Mary yesterday, without the white coat
http://24.media.tumblr.com/875c0e34fc7aa3c2e5aacef8a5a99066/tumblr_moytehNpdV1sq4lwho10_250.png
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06-25-2013, 03:20 PM
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06-25-2013, 04:58 PM
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A nice shot of Mary and Benedikte in the coach.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...24386253_n.jpg
And I recognized our Eurovision Song Contest winner Emelie Forrest in some of the pictures.
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06-25-2013, 05:06 PM
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super intense photo. quietness. warmth. love
said by a big horselover myself :-)
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06-25-2013, 05:41 PM
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Thank you to everyone for the wonderful pics. The International Horse Show looks great with so many interesting things going on. It is lovely to see two Royal ladies who share the same passion for horses enjoying each others company and the show. I think Princess Benedikte is a wonderful Ambassador for Denmark and she and the Crown Princess are a class act together. Good to see dear Roger Moore looking so well, he must be in his eighties by now.
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06-25-2013, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Muhler
A shoestore...
You will notice the tired look and slumping shoulders of the gentlemen accompanying Mary inside the store. - A default reaction by any married man upon entering a shoestore.
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Yes, a good pic.
Mary really is very fond of horses. Here is another pic for comparison from some years back, where she for a moment forgot all about cameras and being on the job: https://www.box.com/s/e13sb9vp7sevnkelzt3r |
Muhler! you are spot on about the shoestore, even though the crown princess seems to be more interested in the (yet another?) handbags  As a point of interest, do you know whether the crown princess was able to follow the tour in German (tsyk in Danish, I think) or would her hosts have to try their English (always a challenge in Germany  )?
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06-26-2013, 02:52 AM
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Muhler! you are spot on about the shoestore, even though the crown princess seems to be more interested in the (yet another?) handbags As a point of interest, do you know whether the crown princess was able to follow the tour in German (tsyk in Danish, I think) or would her hosts have to try their English (always a challenge in Germany )? |
Yes, over the years I've come to realise that woman simply cannot have too many handbags or shoes. A fact of life... 
Anyway, no, I don't think Mary speaks more than a few words of German/tysk/deutch, judging from a visit to the German minority in DK just a few years ago.
However, the Minister for (economic) Growth, Annette Wilhelmsen, who accompanied Mary, probably don't either. Members of that party are infamous for their deficient language skills... (The Foreign Minister, Villy Schlafenthal aka Villy Sleepvally's language skills springs to mind).
The minister was the woman in red, with the grey cropped hair seen near Mary in the Landtag. Looking every bit like the political non-entity she has been reduced to, even though she is head of a government party. - Politics can be very brutal.
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It's some nice shots of Mary. 
It's so cute.
