Crown Princess Mary's 50th birthday: February 5, 2022

[Izzie]

Wonderful new photos posted by the DRF Instagram. When did these kids grow up!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkIvtYA...dium=copy_link

Another photo of the family
http://content.invisioncic.com/r3885...a6907c9efa.jpg

[polyesco]

Mary's sister Jane wrote a lovely tribute in Tasmania magazine The Mercury
https://www.themercury.com.au/subscr...s&mode=premium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKwgzOfX...g&name=900x900

“M has embraced her role as Crown Princess with dignity and grace, earning the admiration & respect of people all over the world. Our mother would have been bursting with love & pride”
https://twitter.com/CoutureRoyals/st...01646413991944

In connection with the 50th birthday of HRH The Crown Princess on 5 February 2022, the Greenlandic telecom and postal service provider Tusass issues a new postage stamp.

At the request of Her Royal Highness, a donation from the sale of the stamp is given to the Dandelion Center in Nuuk. The Dandelion Center is an independent institution that has existed since 2006, and it is both an activity center for children and young people as well as a shelter and 24-hour ward for emergency placement of socially disadvantaged children from the ages of 3 to 11 years.

https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/news/ne...crown-princess

Amazing photos!
https://www.kongehuset.dk/foto-video...nprinsfamilien

[Muhler]

Originally Posted by kathia_sophia

Usually, portraits are horrendous and don't do justice to the person. But this portrait is so well done, beautiful yet simple. I love the light tones and the calm vibe


Is Frederiksborg far from Copenhagen? It looks stunning from pictures. Never been to Denmark, but maybe one day I will.

Frederiksborg Castle is located in Hillerød, a satellite town of Copenhagen.
There are plenty of connections from the city to Hillerød.

And it is indeed worth a visit!
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freder...Slot_i_sol.jpg

[Frelinghighness]

Wonderful family photos, I love the coordinated outfits of the children. Mary is a little too photoshopped. I can’t wait for the day for Frederick to shave that awful grey beard

[Izzie]

Mary looks lovely and natural. And Frederik looks wonderful with the salt and pepper beard! The kids as has been said before looks great and so grown up. Absolutely beautiful family photos.

DR1 has posted a clip from their interview with Mary. I think she's talking about the first time she met QMII.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZlbOiH...dium=copy_link

Another beautiful photo posted by DRF Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlek8Rj...dium=copy_link

Mary Foundation
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZlk5Y8...dium=copy_link

Norwegian RF Instagram post
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZll4aWo...dium=copy_link


The posts continue....this one from Koldinghus
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZlpnnB...dium=copy_link

From the Tivoli Instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlo_JiK...dium=copy_link

Another interview it seems. I think it is a magazine or newspaper from Jutland?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZlj1LGu...dium=copy_link

https://jyllands-posten.dk/indland/E...ere-sig-umage/

[Muhler]

The zillions of articles, comments and features about Mary continues. Here are a couple of examples of photos:
https://politiken.dk/incoming/img860...al_1500/2_Desk
https://bt.bmcdn.dk/media/cache/reso...24001814-1.jpg


Meeting QMII and PH is just one step on the way, not that she wasn't nervous when it happened! - Did they like her? Could they tell she was alright?

One day Frederik told her: Mother is popping over for tea.
And Mary was flabbergasted. What's she supposed to do? Say? Dress?
Hmm, yeah, you should probably curtsy.
Ehh, how?
So Frederik showed her.

- As Mary said in the Frederik portrait book where she also describes the first meeting, to Frederik it was no big deal. QMII is just mother.
QMII has also described the first meeting and it reads between the lines that she was nervous too.
No doubt because it was serious! It was a woman Frederik loved and was likely to marry, and if Mary had failed, it would probably have been QMII who would have to tell him that marriage is a no go. And what mother want's to break her son's heart? QMII who by all account is a nice and decent person, would also be eager not to leave a bad impression on Mary. That would be a bad start.
But fortunately the first meeting went well. Mary left a good first impression. And QMII didn't scare away the poor girl.

There has as far as I know never been an account of the first meeting between PH and Mary, but considering how both Alexandra, Mary and our Marie all were very fond of PH, there is little doubt in my mind that PH was a very caring and loving father-in-law.

Mary is getting publicly celebrated to an extent that is as close to how she would normally have been celebrated.
And the massive coverage of her is genuine and heartfelt. There is a real public interest in her.

That must be heart-warming for not only Mary, but certainly also Frederik, who has never been jealous of his wife, on the contrary. And also for QMII.
The dynasty and monarchy may face problems in the future, but it's unlikely Mary will be the cause of these problems. That must be a great relief.

Even those who are against the monarchy acknowledge what Mary has accomplished, both by becoming a member of the DRF, but also what she is doing and how she represent Denmark.
There will always be those who for various reasons dislike Mary, but trying to be as objective as possible, they are at present a very small minority.

You can fool all 5.8 million Danes some times. You can fool some of the 5.8 million all the time, but you can't fool all 5.8 million all the time.

Mary has been in DK for twenty years now. We are a small country, a tribe. We know each other more intimately than what is possible in larger countries. If Mary wasn't her real self, she would long since have been exposed.

ADDED: Yes, that's an interview in Jyllands Posten, the largest newspaper in DK, which focus very much on what goes on outside Copenhagen. It's a very serious paper, with emphasis on business and commerce, and it is not in the habit of covering the DRF that much, except in connection with export and business promotion.

[Izzie]

Frederik has look so proud he could burst. At times, even a bit emotional. This has been a week where Mary has been completely in the spotlight and has received well-deserved and well- earned acknowledgement and appreciation for all she's done and accomplished as Crown Princess. It has been wonderful to see.

Oh wow...at the end of the DR1 program Mary is surprised with a beautiful song by the Danish Girl Choir. Mary is move to tears. Here is the link to the video
https://fb.watch/aZZt5sThVB/

[Muhler]

Yes, it's a song comparing the recipient, in this case Mary to a rose.

And a Danish lesson for those who glanced at the subtitles.

In English there is you, your, yours.
In Danish the informal versions are: du, dig, din.
The formal versions are: De, Dem, Deres. - Always with a capital D, which is why I usually write You with a capital Y, when the version is formal.

Mary was addressed with the formal versions.

[Izzie]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Yes, it's a song comparing the recipient, in this case Mary to a rose.

And a Danish lesson for those who glanced at the subtitles.

In English there is you, your, yours.
In Danish the informal versions are: du, dig, din.
The formal versions are: De, Dem, Deres. - Always with a capital D, which is why I usually write You with a capital Y, when the version is formal.

Mary was addressed with the formal versions.

Oh that's beautiful about the meaning of the song.

Danish is like Spanish in that way, we also have a formal and informal You.

[EML]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Yes, it's a song comparing the recipient, in this case Mary to a rose.

And a Danish lesson for those who glanced at the subtitles.

In English there is you, your, yours.
In Danish the informal versions are: du, dig, din.
The formal versions are: De, Dem, Deres. - Always with a capital D, which is why I usually write You with a capital Y, when the version is formal.

Mary was addressed with the formal versions.

It was beautiful. No wonder there was tears.

[wartenberg7]

Wasn´t there a gala banquet last night at Rosenborg castle...?!


FREDAG DEN 4. FEBRUAR
AFLYST: Gallataffel på Rosenborg Slot
Fredag den 4. februar kl. 19.00 samles gæster på Rosenborg Slot til gallataffel i anledning af Kronprinsessens fødselsdag. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen er vært for taflet, hvor blandt andet den kongelige familie og repræsentanter for det officielle Danmark deltager

[Stefan]

Originally Posted by wartenberg7

Wasn´t there a gala banquet last night at Rosenborg castle...?!


FREDAG DEN 4. FEBRUAR
AFLYST: Gallataffel på Rosenborg Slot
Fredag den 4. februar kl. 19.00 samles gæster på Rosenborg Slot til gallataffel i anledning af Kronprinsessens fødselsdag. Hendes Majestæt Dronningen er vært for taflet, hvor blandt andet den kongelige familie og repræsentanter for det officielle Danmark deltager

It was cancelled a few weeks ago.

[Frelinghighness]

Originally Posted by Muhler

Yes, it's a song comparing the recipient, in this case Mary to a rose.

And a Danish lesson for those who glanced at the subtitles.

In English there is you, your, yours.
In Danish the informal versions are: du, dig, din.
The formal versions are: De, Dem, Deres. - Always with a capital D, which is why I usually write You with a capital Y, when the version is formal.

Mary was addressed with the formal versions.

Lovely song, I was crying and didn’t understand a word. What was the other word Mary said when she said thank you, that is tak, right?

Also there are formal and informal you in french. I didn’t realize these non Romance languages had the same.

[Muhler]

You're gonna love this one!

https://www.bt.dk/royale/overrasker-...aa-amalienborg

Several hundred people had shown up today at Amalienborg - parents and grandparents with children I suspect, to mark Mary's birthday and perhaps get a glimpse of the family.
And that they did! Because Mary appeared in the gate, with Christian, Vincent and Isabella. People moved towards them, and the police officers present had to step in, distance please. People started to sing the birthday song. (Which every child knows by heart.) Mary thanked and waved.

Notice the charming photo of the guardsgirl presenting arms.
(I imagine that with the infallible observant logic of children, she would notice that the real guardsmen on a day to day basis wear a blue tunic - and wanted to wear blue, rather than red.)

ADDED: More form BB:
https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...a-slotspladsen
https://www.billedbladet.dk/kongelig...em-hun-har-med

In fact the band of the Royal Lifeguard Regiment (they are professional musicians) played Crown Princess Mary's March of Salute - in which Waltzing Mathilda has been incorporated.
And people were watching and listening, when Mary and her children came out.

So this would have happened shortly after the changing of the guards at noon.

[Frelinghighness]

Several hundred people, how nice

[Muhler]

Originally Posted by Frelinghighness

Lovely song, I was crying and didn’t understand a word. What was the other word Mary said when she said thank you, that is tak, right?

Also there are formal and informal you in french. I didn’t realize these non Romance languages had the same.

She said "tusind tak" - which literally means a thousand thanks = thank you very much,
There are several ways of saying thank you very much in Danish. Mange tak being the most common, which literally means many thanks.
But "tusind tak" is meant even more sincerely than many thanks.

And yes, in a PM with another member it was pointed out that most European based languages seems to have both formal and informal you.

ADDED: Mary's present from the government and Parliament is a tableware set from Royal Copenhagen, worth 80.000 DKK.
It's the Flora set from 2012.
Each piece is decorated with a specific flower.
Here are samples of some of the pieces:
https://atablestory.dk/wp-content/up...B8benhavn3.jpg
https://atablestory.dk/wp-content/up...%B8benhavn.jpg
https://juliemonberg.dk/wp-content/u...2015/11/23.jpg
https://sw12669.sfstatic.io/upload_d.../1017533-3.jpg
https://gbl-oned-cdn-prod.azureedge....cl.ashx?rev=-1
https://images.byflou.com/13/2/image...k-5614546.jpeg

[Emmily]

Originally Posted by Muhler

She said "tusind tak" - which literally means a thousand thanks = thank you very much,
There are several ways of saying thank you very much in Danish. Mange tak being the most common, which literally means many thanks.
But "tusind tak" is meant even more sincerely than many thanks.

And yes, in a PM with another member it was pointed out that most European based languages seems to have both formal and informal you.

ADDED: Mary's present from the government and Parliament is a tableware set from Royal Copenhagen, worth 80.000 DKK.
It's the Flora set from 2012.
Each piece is decorated with a specific flower.
Here are samples of some of the pieces:
https://atablestory.dk/wp-content/up...B8benhavn3.jpg
https://atablestory.dk/wp-content/up...%B8benhavn.jpg
https://juliemonberg.dk/wp-content/u...2015/11/23.jpg
https://sw12669.sfstatic.io/upload_d.../1017533-3.jpg
https://gbl-oned-cdn-prod.azureedge....cl.ashx?rev=-1
https://images.byflou.com/13/2/image...k-5614546.jpeg

Beautiful tableware! The Danish people have a Crown Princess they can be proud of.

[Frelinghighness]

Thank you for the lovely pictures of the Royal Copenhagen china, it is breathtaking

[Izzie]

Mary must have been so moved to see all those people gathered there to wish her happy birthday even though there was no official balcony appearance. And wonderful that she and the kids came down to greet them. If there was any doubt of how respected and adored she is, it has been put to rest this week.

From the DRF Instagram....Mary getting emotional watching video of her walking down the isle on her wedding day.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CZl-Lrw...dium=copy_link

[An Ard Ri]

Wonderful Wonderful Crown Princely family photos to mark the 50th birthday.