Princess Marie's Charities and Patronages

[Muhler]

While waiting for something to happen at Gråsten BT has a very positive article about our Marie. In particular her work for her protections: Ud af Marys skygge: Prinsesse Marie haler ind på Kronprinsessen - Nyheder | www.bt.dk

In this excerpt of the paper article three protections speak up about Marie.

DanChurchAid on her recent visit to the Roskilde Festival where volunteers collected items for recycling.
The general secretary Birthe Quist Sørensen says: "There was a racket while we were there. But she reamined standing there and talkied with our volunteers, because she thought it was so widly fantastic that young people would work hard from dawn to dusk in order to raise money for the poor in this world".

The Autism Associalion. Chairman Heidi Thamestrup says about a visit in 2012: "The girls who were there still talk about the visit. Even though they were big girls back then and they are young women today, they still remember the attention she gave them. That they will talk about for the rest of their lives, I think".

The Danish Epilepsy Association. Chairman Lone Nørager Christensen: "She didn't just come and spread some princess-dust over an event, but (she) took her time to for example sit down and draw with the chidlren, when she visited the Epilepsy Hospitale together with us".

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Princess Marie as Patron of Copenhagen Cooking opened this year's Copenhagen Cooking Festival at the restaurant Toldboden in Copenhagen today, August 21:



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[polyesco]

picture and article from BB
Prinsesse Marie åbnede madfestival |billedbladet.dk

[iceflower]

An opening combined with a delicious meal, sounds good


Here are some more lovely pics from yesterday:


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** pm gallery: Un bouquet de radis et d’artichaut pour Marie **

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Princess Marie as Patron of the Danish Epilepsy Association attended the celebrations marking the 60th birthday of the Epilepsy Hospital's Children Department in Dianalund today, September 25:



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** tveast.dk video: Prinsesse Marie fejrede børneafdelings 60 år ** translation **

[polyesco]

Great to see her back, she looks lovely.
I like the hair updo

[Muhler]

Thanks, Iceflower.

Summary of article in Billed Bladet #40, 2015.
Written by Dorte Quist.

Recently Marie went to the epilepsy hospital, Filadelfia in the town of Dianalund, because the hospitals children's ward turned 30.
Upon arriving some 100 children, from the ward and from a kindergarten next door was lined up and here our Marie dispensed with formalities and walked away from the adults waiting to greet her and instead went over to meet and chat with the children, before returning to the adults.

Well inside she was shown around and highlight was an exhibition of paintings made by the children on the ward. Each child who had contributed with a piece of art was presented with a diploma by Marie.
And since the ward celebrated it's birthday, Marie sang the birthday song with the children.
Afterwards Marie said: "You have to keep in mind that these are ordinary children who have an illness that is troublesome. But they are very sweet and it's really a pleasure to be with them today".

Marie took over this protection from her father-in-law earlier this year.

[iceflower]

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Princess Marie as Patron of the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA) attended a seminar on crisis management in Odense yesterday, May 26:


** BB: VIDEO: Krisestyring med prinsesse Marie **


** kongehuset.dk: Øvelsesseminar med Beredskabsstyrelsen ** translation **


** brs.dk: Samarbejde i centrum på rekordstort øvelsesseminar ** translation **




And as Patron of the Danish Epilepsy Society Marie today, May 27, handed out the research grants, also in Odense:



** fyens.dk article & gallery: Snart kan Miamaja undvære medicin: 1,7 millioner kroner til epilepsiforskning ** translation **

[Muhler]

Our Marie has today started in a new job at the Civil Defense: H. K. H. Prinsesse Marie særlig projektmedarbejder

She will be working on project aiming at preventing accidents.
Today she has started a course preparing for her work.

- Marie has previously campaigned among the elderly for installing smoke-alarms. I assume it's along these line. I.e. prevention of fire and accidents in private homes. So presumably she will also at some point campaign for this as well.

Marie's work is however voluntarily, so she won't get a salary.

(*) Actually Beredeskabsstyrelsen, under which the Civil Defense is the uniformed branch. Beredskabsstyrelsen is a part of the Total Defense, but takes care of shall we say "minor disasters", like flooding, storms, chemical accidents and so on that doesn't require the armed forces.
But a part of their work is also to prevent such things from even occurring and this is where Marie comes in.

[dazzling]

How long is her job for and how will this work with her royal duties?

[Muhler]

She will still represent the DRF and her protections.

I don't think it will be that demanding. A few hours at the office a week, I imagine.
The odd conference and a day here and there to go look at projects and initiatives.

Still, it's good she's involved in something important.

[polyesco]

It's a great involvement. Her calendar has been somewhat light so it's great that she is involved in this and helps bring more attention.

[Muhler]

As patron for Copenhagen Jewellery and Watch Show our Marie was spotted (I couldn't resist... ) among the stands and she also presented the Nordic Gold award to the winner this year, the designer Tobias Worsøe-Petersen.

Prinsesse Marie omgivet af kostbare smykker | BILLED-BLADET

[An Ard Ri]

Originally Posted by Muhler

As patron for Copenhagen Jewellery and Watch Show our Marie was spotted (I couldn't resist... ) among the stands and she also presented the Nordic Gold award to the winner this year, the designer Tobias Worsøe-Petersen.

Prinsesse Marie omgivet af kostbare smykker | BILLED-BLADET

Some additional photos from PPE

PPE Agency

[polyesco]

And from the drf instagram
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJYQKPYg2pJ/

[iceflower]

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Here are some more nice pics from yesterday:


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[Muhler]

And a BB video of our Marie, where she first talks about how the young designers have impressed her, and in the last third, she talks about her daughter, who is not particularly interested in jewellery. In fact she's a bit of a tom-boy (I believe that's the expression). - But she'll get there eventually, Marie believes.
VIDEO: Prinsesse Marie: Min datter er lidt en drengepige | BILLED-BLADET

[iceflower]

Tomboy is indeed the right expression

Here's another nice gallery of Marie at the show. It includes a close-up of her special necklace:



** pm: Marie ne quitte plus ses enfants **


** kongehuset.dk: Copenhagen Jewellery & Watch Show **

[polyesco]

Marie opens as patron Wadden Sea Festival 2016/
Vadehavsfestival 2016

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[iceflower]

Thanks a lot for the lovely photos!


Here are some more, plus a nice video:


** kongehuset.dk: Åbning af Vadehavsfestival 2016 **


** jv.dk gallery: Prinsesse åbnede festival i Blåvand **


** varde.lokalavisen.dk: Åbning: Prinsesse Marie åbnede Vadehavsfestival 2016 ved solnedgang ** translation **

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg4mbR9zLx0