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Here she, as patron for Danish Skiing Association, tried out a (very) temporary skiing hill made from 70 tonnes of Austrian snow. (It'll vanish soon as the temperature is a balmy 19 degrees C right now). Located next to Aarhus Cathedral, which is about as far from the Alps as you can get ski-wise.
Anyway, there is also a video, where Marie is briefly being interviewed and she plays a very succesfull verbal ping-pong with the journalists, which show her degree of confidence in Danish - and indeed in facing the press.
(From memory) She is first asked: "Your Royal Highness, you are an excellent skier...".
M: "I don't know, where have you heard that"?
Q: "I've seen pictures of you, where you look very elegant".
M: "Thank you".
She goes on to explain that she started skiing at the age of three, the same time as her oldest.
She is repeating a couple of times that they go skiing in Switzerland while also being asked whether she thinks it's good for people to on sking holidays.
She cheekily responds by asking: "Do you want me to advertize Switzerland"?!?
She believe a skiing holiday is the best sort of vacation for a family. The children get a lot of fresh air, get lots of excersize and it's a good way to be with the family. - While the representatives of Danish Skiing Association is smiling broadly in the background...
She explains that bette Henrik is now skiing but Athena is still a bit too young.
