State Visit from The Netherlands to Denmark: March 17-19, 2015


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Escorted by 2 F-16's, does that happen on all state visits?
 
dazzling said:
Escorted by 2 F-16's, does that happen on all state visits?
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Incoming State Visits are welcomed with fighters indeed. When outgoing, the Dutch royal family uses frigates from the Royal Netherlands Navy. The last State Visit of Queen Beatrix to a fellow European head of state was to Norway. She travelled with one of the air defence and command frigates to Oslo: http://gpdhome.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c648253ef0134828efd02970c-pi

The Queen stood on deck and was picked up by Crown Prince Haakon, who escorted her to the quay.

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Marengo said:
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What a difference in the way the Danish queen and the Dutch king receive these journalists btw.
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The King invited the journalists around a large table in one of the salons of the palace. The Queen and the Prince Consort were -more traditionally- seated on a sofa and answering the questions. But on itself I found both the Dutch and the Danish royals accessible and friendly, not really a difference.

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dazzling said:
Escorted by 2 F-16's, does that happen on all state visits?
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It's certainly become normal that two Danish Air Force fighters escort the plane with a foreign head of state on the last leg to Copenhagen airport.
So if King WA and Queen Maxima fly to DK they are most likely to get an escort. (The pilots needs flight hours anyway, lest someone should raise the taxpayer money argument ;))
 
gerry said:
Of course my Danish isn't fluent but am I correct in reading that Queen Margrethe and the Prince Consort are not participating in this visit (will they be Regentparret?):eek:
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QMII and PH are in Danish officially known as Regentparret = the Regent Couple.
While M&F are officially known as Kronprinseparret = the Crown Princely Couple.

I do understand your confusion however, because QMII is both the Queen, the Regent and the Monarch. While Frederik is only Regent when QMII is abroad.

So, don't worry both QMII & PH as well as M&F will be around during the visit. But we are going to see a lot of Mary and Frederik! Eventhough they are outranked by King WA and Queen Maxima they are personal friends and M&F have in many ways taken over from the Regent Couple.
 
Thank you Muhler for posting King WA's interview. :flowers: I didn't know that there was a large Dutch population in Jutland or that both the Netherlands and Denmark were the same size. I'm making a guess that the Netherlands is more built up (?) than Denmark, which is why it's population is much larger. I also didn't realize that the Danish and Dutch RFs were so close, that's nice to hear. I'm looking forward into this state visit (it's just a shame that Prince Henrik had to interrupt things with his "it's not fair that I'm just a Prince Consort" episode).

As Lee-Z has said, in regards to introducing young heirs/esses to their future roles, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde are starting to let Princess Elisabeth undertake official engagements. In the Norwegian RF, I think I remember CP Mette-Marit taking Princess Ingrid Alexandra to an official event once (though I can't remember what it was, so this might just be me imagining things), though she mostly goes to events where she's expected to attend such as National Day, and she has also taken part in an interview with CP Haakon.
 
So it's today. It sounds to be an pretty exciting program. I looks forward to especially the Samsø-visit. It will be two busy days for Willem-Alexander and Maxima and Frederik and Mary.

And once again a clear example of how much F&M has taken over for the Regent Couple. It will be F&M who accompanying our Dutch guests around for almost all events. As we see with all the state visits now.

I guess WA & M are going to stay at Fredensborg as they will drive to together with Margrethe and Henrik after the arrival.

The gala dinner tonight won't be broadcasted directly, but TV2 will send one hour broadcast later in the evening.

The weather is fortunately fine. It's always funnier with good weather.
 
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Thanks for sharing the picture Marengo, it's not always we get such a picture from the start of such a visit. I hope Maxima will change, I find her outfit a bit casual for such a visit.


www.kongehuset.dk picture gallery
 
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Considering the hair is up, the hat is in place and the outfit seems better than usual I would not be surprised if this is it. She looks good but she has looked better, esp. at first days of state visits. I believe that during the state visits to Japan and Poland HM did not change outfits half way during the day, as Q. Beatrix usually did. Let's hope that HM will at least attach a brooch to the outfit.

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Arrival pictures. Maxima added a coat:
http://www.royalty-online.nl/monarchie/nl/4900/fotos-staatsbezoek-aan-denemarken-begonnen
https://twitter.com/royalblognl/media
 
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muriel said:
Lovely picture, the warmth between the families is so palpable.
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Just seen a clip in the news. A warm welcome indeed. Willem-Alexander opened his arm as he saw Margrethe. And him and Frederik gave each other a real man hug :p Maxima and Mary each other a warm hug. Then we wasn't shown more. Besides I saw Princess Benedikte's husband I think.
 
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The warmth between the two families is really nice.

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The Plus,
How Warm welcome from a Godmother the Queen to her Godson the King of the Nederlands
The courtsey of the Crown Princess
Prince Richard being there

The only minus , Prince Henrik 's outfit , terrible ...
 
 
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We are waiting the comments of Duke et Pair about this curtsey....
 
 
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Mary looks nice. Maxima not so much.
 
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Frederik and Joachim are wearing orange ties. Everyone looks nice, but I can't say I'm in love with Maxima's coat.

I wonder what language these families will speak during their visit. Dutch and German are similar, most of the DRF speaks French but I don't know about the Dutch. Maybe they'll just resort to English.

Tonight should be interesting - I hope to see some serious bling!
 
FasterB said:
I´m always so impressed by how low CPss Mary can go when she courtsey. Of course she has her arms on the arms of the person she courtsey for, but still... She can go loooooow and it´s it in high high heels

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that was indeed a really nice curtsy of mary to maxima. i also like how all her accessories (hat, gloves, purse and brooch) match in colour.

i'm very looking forward to the gala and hoping it will be at least tonight a tiara event.
 
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